PUBLISHED WORK

Awards:

• Shadow of the Boyd:
  Finalist in the Junior Fiction category New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards 2011.
  Winner of the LIANZA Esther Glen Medal 2011.
• I Had a Brother:
  Storylines Notable Book Award 2020.

Books:

• Shadow of the Boyd, 2022, eBook released as part of the Aotearoa Classic Collection by OneTree House publishing.
• Nothing Stops the Floods, A history of the Hikurangi Swamp Scheme, 2021.Jadepress.
• I Had A Brother,2019, OneTree House Publishing (picture book)
• Shadow of the Boyd, 2018, Reprint 2018, Jadepress, Hukerenui.
• Hukerenui in the Beginning,  2015, Jadepress - new edition for 125 year celebration.
• Dancing on Air:21 years of Northtec Applied Writing 2016. (Editor) NorthTec, Whangarei.
• 1915: Wounds of War, 2015, Scholastic Kiwis at War Series, Auckland.
• Hukerenui in the Beginning,  2014, Jadepress - new edition.
• Shadow of the Boyd, 2010, HarperCollins, Auckland.
• River Crossing. 2001, Reed Publishing. (junior novel).
• KĀPIA: New Zealand Kauri Gum, 2008, with Neil Hanna, Jadepress Hukerenui.
• Whangarei Hospital: A Century of Service 1901-2001. 2001, Northland Health.
• You Shall Be My People: 1997, Whangarei Catholic Parish.
• POUNAMU: New Zealand Jade: 1995, with Neil Hanna, Jadepress Hukerenui. (Out of print – over 14,000 sold, two editions.)
• KAMO: The Story of a Village: 1994, Kamo Book Committee.
• HUKERENUI ...In The Beginning: 1989, Capricorn Communication.

Readers:

• Slumber Party. 2002, Learning Media (reader for USA) -fiction.
• Please Mom!. 2002, Learning Media (reader for USA) – fiction.
• Sounds All Around, 2002, Learning Media (reader for USA)- non-fiction.
• Bicycles Then, Bicycles Now, 2002, Learning Media (reader for USA) – non-fiction.

Stories

• Waiting for Anna Kate, 2010. Takahe 69.
• At the Café de la Prix. 2008, Radio NZ
• Butter Trap. 2003, School Journal Pt2. Learning Media, (short story).
• The Hay Party, 1998, Another 100 NZ Short Short Stories, Tandem Press, Auckland.
• Also in NZ Short Short Stories: The Collection, Tandem, 2001.
• The Blossom Falls, 1987, Antipodes New Writing, Antipodes Press, Plimmerton.
• Seasons, 1980, Top Yarns, Shortland Publications, Auckland.
• Solly’s Reputation, 1979, NZ Farmer Magazine.
• Strange Creatures, 1979, NZ Farmer Magazine.

In Anthologies:

• Slow Bake Theory, 2023, Pav Deconstructed- Pavlova through the eyes of everyday kiwis, Compiled and edited by Kathy Derrick, Jac Jenkins  and Claire Gordon. Pavlova Press
• Dreaming of Riches – Silver mining at Puhipuhi, 2022, Amazing Puhipuhi, Don  Goodall & Friends, Whangarei.
• Kill or Cure, 2021, Ngā Ripo Wai, Swirling Waters, A Kerikeri Anthology, Pavlova Press.
• There in a crisis… 2016. Grandparents Talk, Janice Marriott, David Bateman, Aucland.
• Portrait of an Early Settler, 2009, in Crest to Crest, Wily Publications, Christchurch.
• A Story to Tell, 2000, The Process of Writing for Children”, in Talespinner, Issue No 9, May 2000, Christchurch College
• of Education.

Articles:

• Lunch with a Southern Giant Petrel, 2010. School Journal Pt1, Learning Media.
• A Foal is Born, 2009. School Journal Pt1, Learning Media.
• Getting off the Ground, 2008. Learning Media Choices.
• Cecil Woods – Speeding at 13kph,2005. Learning Media Choices.
• Eucalypts: Trees of the Future. 2002, NZ Geographic,  NZ Geographic Ltd. Auckland (co-written with Warren Judd).
• Sea Survey,1994, School Journal Pt.2, Learning Media
• Kotuku, 1992, School Journal Pt.2, Learning Media,  Also translated in Nga Kõrero 8.
• Accuracy Above All, 1991, NZ Geographic, Academy Press Publishing, Auckland.
• A Bolt out of the Blue, 1987, Hoofprint Magazine, (5-part serial).
• The Day the School Caught Fire, 1986, School Journal Pt.1, School Publications Branch, Dept. of Ed.
• Pets with Problems, 1987, (Look Section for Children), NZ Listener, Auckland.
• Going Bush, 1986, (Look Section for Children), NZ Listener, Auckland.
• Charlie, 1984, School Journal Pt.2,  School Publications Branch, Dept. of Ed.
• Greedy Gull,1982.  Ready to Read, School Publications Branch, Dept. of Ed.
• I also worked as a feature writer for The Northern Advocate 1990-1995.

Education & Work Experience:

• Certificate in E-Learning Design & Development, NorthTec, 2008.
• Certificate in Adult Teaching NorthTec, 2004.
• Certificate of Participation & Completion E-Moderating Online course for Glasgow Caledonian University, 2003.
• Master of Education (Children’s Literature) Charles Sturt University, Australia 2001.
• Diploma of Professional Writing. ICS, 1990.

For fifteen years I worked part-time for NorthTec since 2000 as a course designer and tutor on the Online Applied Writing programme, which has diplomas at level 5-7. I was responsible for writing several of the level 6 papers and co-writing many of the level 5 papers. Since 2012 I was a principal academic staff member and the programme coordinator working with a team of eight tutors and prepared the degree programme (online BCW) for the course – which got dropped with the changeover of  the polytech programmes.

As part of my work for the last three years I chaired the Governance Group of industry representatives and participated in the Working Group that produced the new New Zealand Writing Qualifications that went up on the NZQA Framework in June 2016. I retired from NorthTec in May 2016.