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How A Former Otago Business Student Saved One Million Cups From Landfill
Friday, 13 September 2024, 2:57 pm | KiwiWords
Ryan Everton picked up top place in 2012’s Audacious Business challenge for developing what has today become TURN Systems - reusable cups designed to stop plastic from being recycled or rubbished. More >>
US Award Win For Groundbreaking Trilingual Kiwi Film
Friday, 8 March 2024, 11:24 am | KiwiWords
by Michael Botur A groundbreaking short film set in the colliding worlds of Indian sailors, British sealers and Māori mana whenua has picked up a major award at the Alameda International Film Festival in Oakland, California. ‘The Lascar’ - a ... More >>
Halloween Launch For New Northland Horror Book
Monday, 30 October 2023, 12:40 pm | KiwiWords
A new collection of highbrow horror launches in Whangārei on Halloween with an evening of storytelling at The Butter Factory pub. The book, Bloodalcohol , is written by award-winning Northland writer Michael Botur. The book is a collection of ten ... More >>
Horror Film Fest Success For Tauranga Movie-maker
Friday, 28 October 2022, 12:18 pm | KiwiWords
Rising Tauranga horror film director Gary Davies has topped a run of success for his short film Be Quiet , winning Best Horror Short Film at the Golden Lion International Film Festival in Kolkata, India - just in time for Halloween. On top of the win in ... More >>
Beastly Book Reading For Mahurangi Kids On January 29
Monday, 24 January 2022, 9:19 pm | KiwiWords
Author Michael Botur is bringing his children’s book My Animal Family to Mahurangi East Library on Saturday January 29, giving kids a chance to learn about zoology through rhyme as well as draw a fun animal poster with comic book artist Shane Evans. ... More >>
Children’s Book Launching With Bonus Animal Drawing Class
Saturday, 27 November 2021, 5:56 pm | KiwiWords
Local author Michael Botur is releasing a children’s book which is being launched with interactive drawing classes and book readings in Northland across summer, beginning Saturday December 11 in Whangarei. The book ‘My Animal Family’ teaches children ... More >>
Northland Writer Launches Poetry Album
Monday, 15 March 2021, 6:43 am | KiwiWords
Northland writer Michael Botur is launching his first recorded poetry album in his hometown of Whangarei on March 31. ‘Loudmouth’ collects 15 years of what Botur calls ‘Page and pub poetry’ - poems tested on audiences in Dunedin, Christchurch, ... More >>
Poetry Returns To Tauranga This Summer
Thursday, 31 December 2020, 6:02 am | KiwiWords
Performance poetry is returning to Tauranga this summer. Author and poet Michael Botur is bringing his performance poetry show ‘Loudmouth’ to two Tauranga venues, and Botur will also deliver two fiction writing workshops. The poetry shows take ... More >>
US Book Breakthrough For Kiwi Author
Wednesday, 22 April 2020, 2:07 pm | KiwiWords
Northland writer Michael Botur has broken into the US publishing world with the launch of his sixth short story collection. Hell of a Thing, published by The Sager Group, is sixteen short stories covering conflicts and challenges in the lives of ... More >>
US Short Story award win for Northland author
Thursday, 17 October 2019, 9:15 am | KiwiWords
Whangarei writer Michael Botur has won first prize in Short Story Land’s largest contest, given out twice-yearly to entrants from around the world. More >>
100 NZ Stories, 100 Days - Author's short story campaign
Monday, 6 May 2019, 9:11 am | KiwiWords
Northland author Michael Botur has launched a programme of publishing short stories every day for the next 100 days on social media and is encouraging other Kiwi writers to do the same. More >>
