There is much joy to be had poring over a great map. And this particular map may be the finest in New Zealand to pore over of them all. It's a map of Wellington city first made in 1891 by surveyor Thomas Ward. Obsessive in its detail, it's thought to be unique as a record of a New Zealand city for its time, and provides the visual structure for a very handsome new book, Mr Ward's Map by Elizabeth Cox, published by Massey University Press.
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There is much joy to be had poring over a great map. And this particular map may be the finest in New Zealand to pore over of them all. It's a map of Wellington city first made in 1891 by surveyor Thomas Ward. Obsessive in its detail, it's thought to be unique as a record of a New Zealand city for its time, and provides the visual structure for a very handsome new book, Mr Ward's Map by Elizabeth Cox, published by Massey University Press.
Winner of Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement, poet Dinah Hawken
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Winner of Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement, poet Dinah Hawken
On Thursday evening, poet Dinah Hawken was one of three recipients of a Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement. The others were, for fiction, Barbara Else and non fiction, Ross Calman. The awards have been made annually since 2003. They are managed by Creative New Zealand and decided by its governing Arts Council following public nominations and recommendations from an external panel. Dinah Hawken will publish her 11th book of poetry in 2026, Peace and Quiet. Her debut collection, It Has No Sound and is Blue won the Commonwealth Poetry Prize for Best First Time Published Poet back in 1987. Across those 48 years she has been published by Te Herenga Waka Press. In 2007 Dinah received the Lauris Edmond Award for Distinguished Contribution to Poetry. As a poet Dinah Hawken has a remarkable ability to situate herself and us in nature and history. To connect us to these bigger things, while - gently yet pointedly - make us ask questions of ourselves. Dinah joined Culture 101 in the Poneke Wellington studio on Friday, and we started with her reading a poem she read at the awards ceremony.
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There is much joy to be had poring over a great map. And this particular map may be the finest in New Zealand to pore over of them all. It's a map of Wellington city first made in 1891 by surveyor Thomas Ward. Obsessive in its detail, it's thought to be unique as a record of a New Zealand city for its time, and provides the visual structure for a very handsome new book, Mr Ward's Map by Elizabeth Cox, published by Massey University Press.
