New-Zealand
New Plymouth, which specializes in the works of New Zealand sculptors.
Prose and Poetry
Novelist Janet Frame realized her love for writing ever since she was a mere child growing up
in a poor South Island family. Born in 1924, Frame has published over 20 novels, four
collections of stories, poetry and children's books, and three volumes of autobiography - To
the Island, An Angel at My Table, and The Envoy From Mirror City.
Other Maori and Pacific Island post-colonial novelists include Witi Ihmaera, Patricia Grace,
and Albert Wendt. All have had an impact on the New Zealand literary scene in the 1980s and
'90s. Award winning novelist Keri Hulme achieved worldwide literary status with her Booker
Prize winning novel, The Bone People, in 1985 and is still writing from her home in the South
Island.
New Zealand Food & Wine
New Zealand producers some of the world's tastiest fresh food. Besides many restaurants