RESIDENCY ALUMNI

Victor holds the University of Auckland Residency which he started on the 19th of February and is our fourth residency for the year. He will…

Our second residency for the year is held by Rosetta and she is working on her second novel. Rosetta spent her formative writing years developing…

Lawrence holds our third residency for the year and is working on a literary novel of communities in turmoil, set on a future Kāpiti Coast.…

Helen Waaka (Ngāti Whaatua, Ngā Puhi) has joined us for the fifth residency of the year. Helen completed a Graduate Diploma in Creative Writing at…

Nadine Hura is of Ngāti Hine, Ngāpuhi and Pākehā whakapapa. She grew up in South Auckland but has spent much of her adult life living…

Allan is our first writer in residence for 2018 and is working on some contemporary short fiction. Allan recently completed his PhD in creative writing…

Whiti Hereaka (Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Te Arawa) will take up the Māori Writer’s Residency to work on the final draft of a new novel for adults…

Anthony Byrt is a regular writer for Metro, a contributing editor to Paperboy, and the New Zealand correspondent for Artforum International. In 2013 he was…

The six-month University of Auckland Residency at the MKWC was awarded to Frankie McMillan for a book of small narrative forms, mainly prose poetry and…