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BY ELAINA FELLOWS “Why don’t you just quit your job and do it?” My husband asked me. I
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New Zealand Poet Laureate, Dr Selina Tusitala-Marsh Selina Tusitala-Marsh has published three critically acclaimed collections of poetry. She was the
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He’s the son of New Zealand’s inaugural Poet Laureate and describes himself as a freelance writer and editor.
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In most stories, people talk to each other. Many readers enjoy the “talking bits” the most, and will happily