Writers are able to stay at the centre for short-term visits either to write or to carry out research. Unlike the funded Writers in Residence programme, these stays are self-booked at the standard accommodation rate, open to both international and New Zealand writers. The minimum length of stay is one week, with a maximum of two months. Visit the accommodation page for the current rates and terms and conditions.
Visiting Writers
Frances Turner: 2025, 2024
Frances (Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohican Nation, European) is a proud mother of two divine daughters, an arts leader with a penchant for travelling the world, and an emerging creative writer. She lives in Tāmaki Makaurau.
Suzanne Weinert: 2026 -2017 annually
In the summer of 2016, I was staying in an AirBnB in Devonport and a friend drove me to the top of Mount Victoria to see the view. On our way up I noticed a beautiful house on the left and so on the way down we stopped to read the information in the
Dorothy Howie: 2024 2023 2018 2017 2016
Dr. Dorothy Howie is an honorary researcher in the School of Psychology at the University of Auckland. She is the author of two books on the teaching of thinking, and is currently writing one on the voice of the child and young person with learning d