Noel Harvey Hilliard (6 February 1929 – 22 October 1996) was a New Zealand journalist and novelist.

Background

Hilliard was born in 1929 in Napier, New Zealand. He married Kiriwai Mete in 1954 and they were to have two sons and two daughters. Hilliard gained his education at Kotemaori Primary School, Raupunga Maori School, Kopuawhara Primary School, and Gisborne High School. He attended

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and

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; he gained a teacher's certificate in 1955. In 1971, Hilliard was the recipient of the

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. Hilliard's wife died in 1990; at the time they were living at Titahi Bay in

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. His death was announced in the December 1996 edition of ''Booksellers News''.

Works

Fiction

* ''Māori Girl'' (Heinemann, 1960) * ''A Piece of Land: Stories and Sketches'' (Robert Hale, 1963) * ''Power of Joy'' (Michael Joseph, 1965) * ''A Night at Green River'' (Whitcombe and Tombs,1969) * ''Māori Woman'' (Whitcombe and Tombs, 1974) * ''Send Somebody Nice'' (Robert Hale, 1976) * ''Selected Stories'' (John McIndoe, 1977) * ''The Glory and the Dream'' (Heinemann, 1978)

Non-Fiction

* ''We Live by a Lake'' (with

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; Heinemann, 1972) * ''Wellington: City Alive'' (with Ans Westra; Whitcoulls, 1976) * ''Mahitahi: Work Together: Impressions of the USSR'' (Progress Publishers, 1989) * ''Nude Chooks Stun Farmer!'' (with Bill Paynter; Reed, 1992)

References

1929 births 1996 deaths 20th-century New Zealand male writers People from Napier, New Zealand People from Wellington City People educated at Gisborne Boys' High School Victoria University of Wellington alumni {{NewZealand-writer-stub