Whanganui Chronicle
  • Whanganui Chronicle home
  • Latest news
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
  • Death notices
  • Classifieds

Subscriptions

  • Herald Premium
  • Viva Premium
  • The Listener
  • BusinessDesk

Sections

  • Latest news
  • On The Up
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
    • All Property
    • Residential property listings
  • Rural
    • All Rural
    • Dairy farming
    • Sheep & beef farming
    • Horticulture
    • Animal health
    • Rural business
    • Rural life
    • Rural technology

Locations

  • Taranaki
  • National Park
  • Whakapapa
  • Ohakune
  • Raetihi
  • Taihape
  • Marton
  • Feilding
  • Palmerston North

Media

  • Video
  • Photo galleries
  • Today's Paper - E-Editions
  • Photo sales
  • Classifieds

Weather

  • New Plymouth
  • Whanganui
  • Palmertson North
  • Levin

NZME Network

  • Advertise with NZME
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • BusinessDesk
  • Newstalk ZB
  • Sunlive
  • ZM
  • The Hits
  • Coast
  • Radio Hauraki
  • The Alternative Commentary Collective
  • Gold
  • Flava
  • iHeart Radio
  • Hokonui
  • Radio Wanaka
  • iHeartCountry New Zealand
  • Restaurant Hub
  • NZME Events

SubscribeSign In

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Home / Whanganui Chronicle

Organisers thrilled by entries to South Taranaki literary awards

Whanganui Chronicle
10 Oct, 2018 02:00 AM2 mins to read

Subscribe to listen

Access to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.
Already a subscriber?  Sign in here

Listening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech.
‌
Save

    Share this article

Hāwera's TSB Hub is the venue for the Ronald Hugh Morrieson Literary Awards on October 24. Photo / Tracey Grant

Hāwera's TSB Hub is the venue for the Ronald Hugh Morrieson Literary Awards on October 24. Photo / Tracey Grant

The 13 finalists in the Ronald Hugh Morrieson Literary Awards have been revealed and they come from across the Taranaki region.

The winners will be announced on October 24, in a function at the TSB Hub in Hāwera. It starts at 7pm, and those intending to go need to email contact@stdc.govt.nz by October 22.

Entries to the awards have increased again this year, South Taranaki District Council children and young adults librarian Pam Jones said. She is rapt with the response, and said it showed the value of keeping the awards going.

"A large proportion of entrants have never entered the competition before so new writers continue to emerge. This brings fresh views and voices to the rich collection of local stories about life in our community."

The community gains from gathering and hearing these stories, she said.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

One category that got a lot of entries was the research article. This year the subject was the way technology is changing life in small towns.

Entries covered the way doctor consultations in Pātea have been done online, whether cellphones are good or bad and how farming has been changed by technology. The young entrants were sceptical about how good this was for humanity, awards judge Matt Rilkoff said.

The five Hāwera finalists are Bruce Finer, Darly Paraha, Chris Purdon, Holly Stewart, with Sasha Finer from Hāwera High School. Maria Cunningham is a New Plymouth finalist, Alyx Devlin is an Eltham finalist and finalist Stuart Greenhill is from Stratford.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Finalist Lexi McQuaig goes to Ōpūnake High School, and Michaela Stoneman is a Pātea finalist. The remaining three finalists all go to St Mary's Diocesan School and are Maia-Lane Rupapera Maeke, Alex Paish and Monique Radford.

Judges will comment on the entries in their categories on awards night, and tell the audience how they chose the winners.

Discover more

Snapped! Photographers explore Whanganui's avenues and alleyways

30 Sep 06:10 PM

Patea's LibraryPlus building to close for renovation

09 Oct 06:00 PM

KASM, Greenpeace, Taranaki-Whanganui Conservation Board continue their opposition

06 Oct 09:00 PM

Quakes, volcanoes, rising seas - the Whanganui landscape

08 Oct 04:00 AM
Save

    Share this article

Latest from Whanganui Chronicle

Whanganui Chronicle

Multiple fire crews extinguish large house fire in Bulls

Whanganui Chronicle

WWI soldier’s journal of scientific breakthrough gifted to National Army Museum

Whanganui Chronicle

Coaching guru moves south to take role at Cricket Whanganui


Sponsored

Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Latest from Whanganui Chronicle

Multiple fire crews extinguish large house fire in Bulls
Whanganui Chronicle

Multiple fire crews extinguish large house fire in Bulls

Fire and Emergency NZ attended with seven vehicles, three tankers and a command unit.

20 Jul 10:23 PM
WWI soldier’s journal of scientific breakthrough gifted to National Army Museum
Whanganui Chronicle

WWI soldier’s journal of scientific breakthrough gifted to National Army Museum

20 Jul 05:00 PM
Coaching guru moves south to take role at Cricket Whanganui
Whanganui Chronicle

Coaching guru moves south to take role at Cricket Whanganui

20 Jul 05:00 PM


Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky
Sponsored

Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky

06 Jul 09:47 PM
NZ Herald
  • About NZ Herald
  • Meet the journalists
  • Newsletters
  • Classifieds
  • Help & support
  • Contact us
  • House rules
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of use
  • Competition terms & conditions
  • Our use of AI
Subscriber Services
  • Whanganui Chronicle e-edition
  • Manage your print subscription
  • Manage your digital subscription
  • Subscribe to Herald Premium
  • Subscribe to the Whanganui Chronicle
  • Gift a subscription
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Subscription terms & conditions
  • Promotions and subscriber benefits
NZME Network
  • Whanganui Chronicle
  • The New Zealand Herald
  • The Northland Age
  • The Northern Advocate
  • Waikato Herald
  • Bay of Plenty Times
  • Rotorua Daily Post
  • Hawke's Bay Today
  • Viva
  • NZ Listener
  • Newstalk ZB
  • BusinessDesk
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • iHeart Radio
  • Restaurant Hub
NZME
  • NZME Events
  • About NZME
  • NZME careers
  • Advertise with NZME
  • Digital self-service advertising
  • Book your classified ad
  • Photo sales
  • © Copyright 2025 NZME Publishing Limited
TOP