Celebrated New Zealand writer Catherine Chidgey has won the $64,000 Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction at the 2023 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for The Axeman’s Carnival – a page-turning novel of depth, pathos and humanity that skilfully infuses .
NZ Music Month kicked into action across the country last week with a huge focus on this year’s theme: Community + Collaboration . This year is about working together to build a more connected and collaborative musical landscape across Aotearoa, from .