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Obituaries – Hugh Price, Bub Bridger and Louise St John White

Posted on March 1, 2010 by NZ Books

Hugh Price 1929–2009 Being born with club feet was good luck, Hugh Price said – during remedial massage his mother read to him, getting him hooked on books. He came to champion access to literature as a fundamental human right.…

Tagged with: Ann Mallinson, Bub Bridger, Gregory O’Brien, Hugh Price, Louise St John White, Louise White, Roger Steele
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Obituary — Alistair Te Ariki Campbell

Posted on December 1, 2009 by NZ Books

Alistair Te Ariki Campbell (1925-2009) A death at the age of 84 cannot be called unexpected. But at any age the loss of a person close to us leaves an absence that will not be filled. In the case of…

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Obituary — Terry Sturm

Posted on September 1, 2009 by NZ Books

Terry Sturm (1941-2009) Terry Sturm, a major figure in the literary culture of New Zealand for more than a quarter of a century, died in June in Auckland after a long and characteristically tenacious battle with cancer. He would have…

Tagged with: Issue 87, Michael Neill, Spring 2009
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Obituary — Geoff Park

Posted on June 1, 2009 by NZ Books

Geoff Park (1946-2009) I heard about Geoff Park long before I actually met him. David Young and Peter Horsley had told me about him, so I already knew about his energy and passion for plants and landscape, and the unusual…

Tagged with: Anne French, Geoff Park, Issue 86, Winter 2009
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Obituary — Andrew Mason

Posted on March 1, 2009 by NZ Books

Andrew Mason 1950-2009 Writer, editor and literary figure Andrew Mason died in Wellington on 11 January 2009. He was probably best known as literary editor of the New Zealand Listener, a position he held from 1981-1991, during the magazine’s heyday. He…

Tagged with: Andrew Mason, Autumn 2009, Issue 85
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Obituary — Dianne Ruth Pettis

Posted on December 1, 2008 by NZ Books

Dianne Ruth Pettis (1955-2008) Dianne Ruth Pettis was a fiction writer and poet, who published under the name Ruth Pettis. She was born in Waipawa in Hawke’s Bay and worked as a journalist, a script writer for the Natural History…

Tagged with: Christine Johnston, Dianne Ruth Pettis, Issue 84, Summer 2008
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Obituary — Richard King

Posted on September 1, 2008 by NZ Books

Richard King (1948-2008) The New Zealand book world lost one of its most able and respected publishers with the sudden and premature death earlier this year of Richard King, managing editor of Canterbury University Press. Over the past decade CUP…

Tagged with: David Grant, Issue 83, Richard King, Spring 2008
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Obituary — Gerry Evans

Posted on September 1, 2008 by NZ Books

Gerry Evans (1937-2008) One-time seaman, wharfie and union leader, writer Gerry Evans of Wellington jokingly asked that his ashes be scattered in Karori Library. Born in Wales, he went to sea as a 16-year-old, and didn’t begin writing until 1994,…

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Obituary — Ruth Dallas

Posted on June 1, 2008 by NZ Books

Ruth Dallas (1919-2008) Dunedin writer Ruth Dallas was born in Invercargill into a working-class settler family, which informed her writing. She published 20 books, mainly poetry and books for children. Her most recent poetry collection, The Joy of a Ming…

Tagged with: Issue 81, Ruth Dallas, Winter 2008
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Obituary — Meg Campbell

Posted on March 1, 2008 by NZ Books

Meg (Aline Margaret) Campbell (1937-2007) Meg Campbell died at home in Pukerua Bay on November 17 2007, 24 hours before the launch of her sixth collection, Poems Adrift (Te Kotare Press). Meg Campbell’s poems have typically reflected on her often…

Tagged with: Autumn 2008, Issue 81, Meg Campbell, Roger Robinson
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