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