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Other published work

Fiction
Short stories broadcast on Radio New Zealand, and published in Takahe. Shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Competition, and for the BNZ Literary Awards (x2)
Poetry
Poems published in Mental Health News, Other Voices, Kapiti Poems, SportLandfall, Takahe, Presence, JAAM, New Zealand Books; also in a number of anthologies
Writing for children
10 chapter books for Learning Media series or as commissioned works for Learning Media clients
Stories and articles in School Journal, Ngā Kōrero, Choices, (Learning Media); Ears programme (Radio NZ); several anthologies
Non-fiction  
Having a Baby in New Zealand, co-author. WMERC (published in five languages), 1985
Whitireia Conversations/ He Whakawhitinga: the first ten years of Whitireia Community Polytechnic, co-author. Whitireia Polytechnic, 1996
Articles 
‘Porirua ESL Summer School’, ‘Porirua ESL Home Tutor Project’, ‘Exhibition of Asian Crafts’, ‘Multicultural Counselling: How new settlers see New Zealanders as counsellors’ – all published in New Settlers and Multicultural Education Issues, Department of Education
‘Pakeha Exodus’, NZ Listener, 30 August 1986
‘Respecting the silences: recording the lives of immigrant women’, Oral History in New Zealand, v3 1990–91
‘Maximising Opportunities Within the System: The Educational Track’, Many Voices 1, November 1991
‘Understanding scene and narrative’, English in Aotearoa, 50, 2003
Professional
Have written a large number of documents for tertiary sector requirements:
NZQA documentation, NZPPC documentation, programme reviews, strategic planning documents.
‘Work Place Communications’ diploma course developed and written for New Zealand Institute of Management 2001