2025

Kerry Sunderland: 2025
Emerging Writers Residency

Kerry Sunderland: 2025
Emerging Writers Residency
857 858 Michael King Writers Centre

Kerry is an Australian-born writer who moved to New Zealand in late 2012 and now calls Aotearoa home. She is based in Te Tauihu, the…

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Isla Huia: 2025
Emerging Māori Writers Residency

Isla Huia: 2025
Emerging Māori Writers Residency
853 853 Michael King Writers Centre

Isla (Te Āti Haunui a-Pāpārangi, Uenuku) is a te reo Māori teacher and kaituhi from Ōtautahi. Her debut collection of poetry, Talia, was released in…

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Jason Gurney: 2025
Emerging Māori Writers Residency

Jason Gurney: 2025
Emerging Māori Writers Residency
1907 1907 Michael King Writers Centre

Jason (Ngāpuhi) is an author, epidemiologist and Associate Professor in the Department of Public Health at the University of Otago (Wellington campus). He has been…

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Michelle Duff: 2025
Late Winter Residency

Michelle Duff: 2025
Late Winter Residency
1580 1472 Michael King Writers Centre

Michelle is an award-winning writer and journalist from Te Whanganui-a-Tara. She was the winner of the 2023 Fiction Prize from the International Institute of Modern…

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Ashlee Sturme: 2025
Emerging Māori Writers Residency

Ashlee Sturme: 2025
Emerging Māori Writers Residency
1698 1698 Michael King Writers Centre

Ashlee (Ngāti Awa, Te Arawa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa) is a writer of creative fiction and non-fiction, a health coach, educator and community volunteer.  She holds a…

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Jack Remiel Cotterell: 2025
Emerging Māori Writers Residency

Jack Remiel Cotterell: 2025
Emerging Māori Writers Residency
459 459 Michael King Writers Centre

Jack (Ngāti Rangi) is a queer short fiction writer who currently lives in Te-Whanganui-a-Tara. His debut flash fiction collection Ten Acceptable Acts of Arson and…

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Hannah Marshall: 2025
Emerging Writers Residency

Hannah Marshall: 2025
Emerging Writers Residency
1024 1024 Michael King Writers Centre

Our 10th writer-in-residence for the year, Hannah is a Wellington-based writer who completed her Masters in Creative Writing at the International Institute of Modern Letters…

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Andrea Hotere: 2025
Matariki Residency

Andrea Hotere: 2025
Matariki Residency
418 418 Michael King Writers Centre

Andrea (Te Aupōuri, Te Rarawa, Ngati Pakeha ) is the author of The Vanishing Point (Ultimo Press, 2023) a historical fiction novel exploring the enduring…

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Ash Davida Jane: 2025
Early Winter Residency

Ash Davida Jane: 2025
Early Winter Residency
1707 1707 Michael King Writers Centre

Our 8th writer-in-residence for the year, Ash is a writer, editor and reviewer from Te Whanganui-a-Tara. They are the author of two collections of poetry,…

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Marianne Schultz: 2025
Easter Residency

Marianne Schultz: 2025
Easter Residency
1946 1707 Michael King Writers Centre

Marianne attained a Masters degree and PhD in History from the University of Auckland, and a MA Performing Arts from Middlesex University, London.  She held…

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