My Published Books, Short Stories and Articles


Fiction:

2008: At the Café de la Prix. Radio New Zealand.
2003: Butter Trap. School Journal Pt2. Learning Media, (short story).
2002: Slumber Party. Learning Media (reader for USA).

Please Mom!. Learning Media (reader for USA).

2001: River Crossing. Reed Publishing, 2001, (junior novel).
1998: The Hay Party, another 100 NZ short short stories, Tandom Press, Auckland.
1987: The Blossom Falls, Antipodes New Writing, Antipodes Press, Plimmerton.

A Bolt out of the Blue, Hoofprint Magazine, (5 part serial).

1986: The Day the School Caught Fire, School Journal Pt.1, School Publications Branch, Dept. of Ed.
1980: Seasons, Top Yarns, Shortland Publications, Auckland.

Tapuhi Tales. Radio Pacific.

1979: Solly's Reputation, NZ Farmer Magazine.

Strange Creatures, NZ Farmer Magazine.


Nonfiction:

2008 Getting off the Ground. Learning Media Choices.
2005 Cecil Woods - Speeding at 13kph. Learning Media Choices.

Photographs for Sun Lyoung Kim's story Becoming Kiwi, Learning Media.

2004 Conserving Water. Orbit Write, Learning Media.

Why Everyone Should Wear a Bike Helmet. Orbit Write, Learning Media

Why we should be allowed to have mobile phones in school. Orbit Write.

2002: Eucalypts: Trees of the Future, NZ Geographic, NZ Geographic Ltd. Auckland (article co-written with Warren Judd).

Sounds All Around, Learning Media (reader for USA).

Bicycles Then, Bicycles Now, Learning Media (reader for USA).

2001: Whangarei Hospital: A Century of Service 1901-2001. Northland Health.
2000: A Story to Tell: The Process of Writing for Children, in Talespinner,

Issue No 9, May 2000, Christchurch College of Education.

1997: You Shall Be My People: Whangarei Catholic Parish.
1996: Bream Bay Club Celebrates: Bream Bay Club Inc.
1995: POUNAMU New Zealand Jade: Jadepress.

(Self published in partnership with Neil Hanna. 0ver 8000 sold - now second edition.)

1994: KAMO The Story of a Village: Kamo Book Committee.

Sea Survey, School Journal Pt.2, Learning Media (article).

1992: Kotuku, School Journal Pt.2, Learning Media, (article). Also translated in Nga Kőrero 8.
1991: Accuracy Above All, NZ Geographic, Academy Press Publishing, Auckland.
1989: HUKERENUI ...in the beginning: Capricorn Communication.
1987: Pets with Problems, (Look Section for Children) NZ Listener, Auckland.
1986: Going Bush, (Look Section for Children) NZ Listener, Auckland.
1984: Charlie, School Journal Pt.2, School Publications Branch, Dept. of Ed.
1980: Greedy Gull, Ready to Read, School Publications Branch, Dept. of Ed.



These books available for sale

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Pounamu: New Zealand Jade (1995) has been translated into Japanese and sales have reached over 10,000 copies. A reviewer describes it as "a concise and very readable book covering all aspects of New Zealand jade from the chemical composition of nephrite, Maori mythology and traditional designs, through to the intricacy of modern design and carving."
Christine Endean FGA, Jewellery Time.





Hukerenui...in the beginning (1989) "encompasses the early history of Hukerenui, with a brief look at the adjacent settlements - Puhipuhi, Taheroa, Tapuhi and Whakapara. An absorbing story it covers the hardships of the early settlers, their determination to have their children educated and their slow but sure progress towards prosperity. The great stories about the early days included in the book will be a joy to descendents of the first settlers...but they will also be of interest to the general reader."
Thelma Hall, Northern Advocate.




Kamo: The Story of a Village (1995)
"Diana Menefy has researched the origins and background of Kamo thoroughly. She has been fortunate in having access to old records and family letters to an unusual degree... Kamo, from its earliest days up to about when the mine flooded for the last time, lives again, works and plays in her account. Kamo is a splendid edition to the growing documentation of Northland's history."
Ivo Davey, Northern Advocate.