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Rachel McAlpine
Rachel Phyllis McAlpine (; born 1940) is a New Zealand poet, novelist and playwright. She is the author of 30 books including poetry, plays, novels, and books about writing and writing for the internet. Early life, family and education McAlpine was born in Fairlie in 1940. Her father was a vicar, and her mother was a granddaughter of notable New Zealand suffragette Ada Wells. She grew up with her five sisters in small-town vicarages in Canterbury, New Zealand. When she was 10 the family moved to Christchurch, where she attended Christchurch Girls' High School and the University of Canterbury, graduating with a BA degree in 1960. In 1959, aged 19, she married engineer Grant McAlpine and they had two daughters and two sons. They spent four years in Geneva before returning to Masterton, New Zealand, where she raised her children and taught high school. In 1973 she gained a Diploma in Education from Massey University and in 1977 she completed a BA(Hons) at Victoria University of W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairlie, New Zealand
Fairlie is a Mackenzie District service town (or township) located in the Canterbury region of the South Island of New Zealand. The estimated population was Being on state highway 8 between Christchurch (182 km, 2 hours 20 minutes drive) and Queenstown (300 km 3.5 hours drive), tourism is fast becoming a major industry within the town. Kimbell is 8 km west of Fairlie via state highway 8. Geraldine is 45 km east via state highway 79 and Timaru is 58 km southeast of Fairlie via state highway 8. Fairlie sits at an altitude of 301 metres above sea level. From 1884 to 1968, the town was served by the Fairlie Branch railway,"Opening of the Railway to Fairlie Creek" ''Timaru Herald'' (31 January 1884): 3. though until 1934, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Bay / Mohua
Golden Bay / Mohua is a shallow, paraboloid-shaped bay in New Zealand, near the northern tip of the South Island. An arm of the Tasman Sea, the bay lies northwest of Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere and Cook Strait. It is protected in the north by Farewell Spit, a 26 km long arm of fine golden sand that is the country's longest sandspit. The Aorere and Tākaka rivers are the major waterways to flow into the bay from the south and the west. It is part of the Tasman Region, one of the territorial authorities of New Zealand. The bay was once a resting area for migrating whales and dolphins such as southern right whales and humpback whales, and pygmy blue whales may be observed off the bay as well. The west and northern regions of the bay are largely unpopulated. Along its southern coast are the towns of Tākaka and Collingwood, and the Abel Tasman National Park. Separation Point, the natural boundary between Golden and Tasman Bays, is in the park. North-eastern parts of K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Learning Media Limited
Learning Media Limited (Māori: ''Te Pou Taki Kōrero'') was a New Zealand state-owned enterprise. The company published most of the Ministry of Education's material. A division of the Ministry until 1993, it continued to publish the ''New Zealand School Journal The ''New Zealand School Journal'' is a periodical children's educational publication in New Zealand. Founded in 1907 by the Department of Education, it is one of the world's longest-running publications for children. Since 2013 it has been pub ...'' and ''Junior Journal'' magazines and the ''Ready to Read'' readers for the Ministry, as well as provide services for other organisations. It was formed from three former divisions of the abolished Department of Education in 1989, most notably the School Publications Branch, which had hitherto published the ''School Journal''. It published an English–Māori dictionary by H. M. Ngata, first in print as ''English–Maori Dictionary'' in 1993, and later on the web as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NZ On Air
NZ On Air (NZOA; mi, Irirangi te Motu), formally the Broadcasting Commission, is an autonomous Crown entity and commission of the New Zealand Government responsible for funding support for broadcasting and creative works. The commission operates largely separate from government policy but must follow directions from the Minister of Broadcasting. NZOA is responsible for the funding of public broadcasting content across television, radio and other media platforms. It is also a major investor in New Zealand independent producers. NZ On Air is the operating name of the Broadcasting Commission formed in the Broadcasting Act 1989 alongside the Broadcasting Standards Authority, meant to encourage individuals to pay the historical Broadcasting Fee that funded public broadcasters. In 1999 the Broadcasting Fee was abolished, and NZOA now receives funding directing from the Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Activities NZ On Air's activities can be broken up into several areas: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HarperCollins
HarperCollins Publishers LLC is one of the Big Five English-language publishing companies, alongside Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, Hachette, and Macmillan. The company is headquartered in New York City and is a subsidiary of News Corp. The name is a combination of several publishing firm names: Harper & Row, an American publishing company acquired in 1987—whose own name was the result of an earlier merger of Harper & Brothers (founded in 1817) and Row, Peterson & Company—together with Scottish publishing company William Collins, Sons (founded in 1819), acquired in 1989. The worldwide CEO of HarperCollins is Brian Murray. HarperCollins has publishing groups in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, India, and China. The company publishes many different imprints, both former independent publishing houses and new imprints. History Collins Harper Mergers and acquisitions Collins was bought by Rupert Murdoch's News Corpora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Random House
Random House is an American book publisher and the largest general-interest paperback publisher in the world. The company has several independently managed subsidiaries around the world. It is part of Penguin Random House, which is owned by German media conglomerate Bertelsmann. History Random House was founded in 1927 by Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer, two years after they acquired the Modern Library imprint from publisher Horace Liveright, which reprints classic works of literature. Cerf is quoted as saying, "We just said we were going to publish a few books on the side at random," which suggested the name Random House. In 1934 they published the first authorized edition of James Joyce's novel ''Ulysses'' in the Anglophone world. ''Ulysses'' transformed Random House into a formidable publisher over the next two decades. In 1936, it absorbed the firm of Smith and Haas—Robert Haas became the third partner until retiring and selling his share back to Cerf and Klopfer in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penguin Books
Penguin Books is a British publishing, publishing house. It was co-founded in 1935 by Allen Lane with his brothers Richard and John, as a line of the publishers The Bodley Head, only becoming a separate company the following year."About Penguin – company history" , Penguin Books. Penguin revolutionised publishing in the 1930s through its inexpensive paperbacks, sold through Woolworths Group (United Kingdom), Woolworths and other stores for Sixpence (British coin), sixpence, bringing high-quality fiction and non-fiction to the mass market. Its success showed that large audiences existed for serious books. It also affected modern British popular culture significantly through its books concerning politics, the arts, and science. Penguin Books is now an imprint (trade name), imprint of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NZCER
The New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) is an independent, educational research organisation that provides educators, students, parents, policy makers, and the public with innovative and independent research, analysis, and advice. Established in 1934 through grants from the Carnegie Corporation, it became a statutory body in 1945 and now operates under the NZCER Act 1972 (and amendments). It is not formally attached to any government department, university, or other educational organisation. Under Section 13 of the NZCER Act, the organisation is required to: *foster the study of, and research into, educational and other like matters; *prepare and publish such reports on these matters as may in its opinion be necessary or of value to teachers or other persons; *furnish information, advice, and assistance to persons and organisations concerned with education or similar matters. NZCER conducts educational research and evaluation, and publishes reports. It provides ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Château De Lavigny
A château (; plural: châteaux) is a manor house or residence of the lord of the manor, or a fine country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally, and still most frequently, in French-speaking regions. Nowadays a ''château'' may be any stately residence built in a French style; the term is additionally often used for a winegrower's estate, especially in the Bordeaux region of France. Definition The word château is a French word that has entered the English language, where its meaning is more specific than it is in French. The French word ''château'' denotes buildings as diverse as a medieval fortress, a Renaissance palace and a fine 19th-century country house. Care should therefore be taken when translating the French word ''château'' into English, noting the nature of the building in question. Most French châteaux are "palaces" or fine "country houses" rather than "castles", and for these, the word "château" is appropriate in English. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doshisha Women's College Of Liberal Arts
'' , mottoeng = I am the true vine , established = Founded Chartered 1949 , type = Private , affiliation = , endowment = , debt = , rector = , officer_in_charge = , chairman = , chancellor = , president = Hirō Kaga , vice-president = , superintendent = , provost = , vice_chancellor = , principal = , dean = , director = , head_label = , head = , faculty = 836 , administrative_staff = 251 , students = 6,538 , undergrad = 6,466 , postgrad = 52 , doctoral = , divinity = , residents = , other = , city = Kyoto, Kyoto , province = , country = Japan , address = , coor = , campus = Urban/suburban, , free_label = , free = , sports = ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felicia Edgecombe
The name Felicia derives from the Latin adjective ''felix'', meaning "happy, lucky", though in the neuter plural form ''felicia'' it literally means "happy things" and often occurred in the phrase ''tempora felicia'', "happy times". The sense of it as a feminine personal name appeared in post-Classical use and is of uncertain origin. It is associated with saints, poets, astronomical objects, plant genera, fictional characters, and animals, especially cats. People * Felicia Nimue Ackerman (born 1947), American Brown University Philosophy professor, monthly op-ed columnist, poet and author * Felicia Adeyoyin (1938–2021), Nigerian academic * Felicia Barton (born 1982), an American semifinalist on the eighth season of ''American Idol'' * Felicia Bond (born 1954), American writer and illustrator, author of '' If You Give a Mouse a Cookie'' * Felicia Brabec (born 1974), American politician and clinical psychologist * Felicia Brandström (born 1987), Swedish singer and one of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Manhire
William Manhire (born 27 December 1946) is a New Zealand poet, short story writer, emeritus professor, and New Zealand's inaugural New Zealand Poet Laureate, Poet Laureate (1997–1998). He founded New Zealand's first creative writing course at Victoria University of Wellington in 1975, founded the International Institute of Modern Letters in 2001, and has been a strong promoter of New Zealand literature and poetry throughout his career. Many of New Zealand's leading writers graduated from his courses at Victoria. He has received many notable awards including a Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement in 2007 and an Arts Foundation of New Zealand#Icon Award, Arts Foundation Icon Award in 2018. The ''Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature'' (2006) states that he is "recognised as among the two or three finest New Zealand poets of his generation", and literary critic Peter Simpson (writer), Peter Simpson has observed that Manhire has "probably done more to widen the audi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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