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2. Emily Perkins (novelist) - Wikipedia

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   Emily Justine Perkins MNZM (born 1970) is a New Zealand novelist, short story writer, playwright and university lecturer. Over the course of her career Perkins has written five novels, one collection of short stories and two plays. She has won a number of notable literary awards, including twice winning the top award for fiction at the New ...

3. Janet and John - Wikipedia

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   Reading. Janet and John is a series of early reading books for children, originally published in the UK by James Nisbet and Co in four volumes in 1949–50, and one of the first to make use of the "look and say" approach. Further volumes appeared later, and the series became a sales success in the 1950s and 60s, both in the UK and in New Zealand.

4. List of books banned in New Zealand - Wikipedia

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   Banned for encouraging readers to view children and young teenagers as valid objects of sexual desire, to derive sexual pleasure from inflicting pain, and to use violence against vulnerable young people to compel participation in sexual conduct. [ 207 ] Pleasant Dripping With Sweat. Izumi Tsukimori. Manga.

5. James Cowan (New Zealand writer) - Wikipedia

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   James Cowan (14 April 1870 – 6 September 1943) was a New Zealand non-fiction author, noted for his books on colonial history and Māori ethnography. A fluent Māori speaker, he interviewed many veterans of the New Zealand Wars. His book The New Zealand Wars: A History of the Māori Campaigns and the Pioneering Period (1922–23) is his best ...

6. Mighty Ape - Wikipedia

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   Mighty Ape Ltd is an online retailing company founded and operating in New Zealand since 1999, and owned by Australian company Kogan.com since 2020. Formerly known as Gameplanet Store, it is one of the longest running online retailers in New Zealand. Founded by Simon Barton as Virtual Stores (NZ), Ltd. in 1999, the company began by selling ...

7. The Bone People - Wikipedia

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   The Bone People, styled by the writer and in some editions as the bone people, [1] [2] is a 1984 novel by New Zealand writer Keri Hulme.Set on the coast of the South Island of New Zealand, the novel focuses on three characters, all of whom are isolated in different ways: a reclusive artist, a mute child, and the child's foster father.