Other Writing and Related Activities

Writing and Design for the Theatre

TERRIBLE TOM:
story and design commissioned by the Royal NZ Ballet Company 1985 - toured nationally for 18 months and featured at the Wellington Arts Festival 1986. Return season of the ballet for two weeks in November, Wellington Arts Festival.

TE MAIA AND THE SEA DEVIL:
story and design commissioned by the Royal Ballet Company 1986 - toured nationally for 18 months.

Writing For Children's Television

BIDIBIDI:
13 part series, 1990 TVNZ Natural History Department, Dunedin - screened on TV2 in November and December, 1990. Produced by Max Quinn.

BIDIBIDI TO THE RESCUE:
13 part series, 1991 Taylor Made Productions - screened on TV2 in November and December 1991. Produced by Jayashree Panjabi.
10 Television Scripts for BUMBLE Productions, TVNZ, Christchurch, NZ, 2000.

 
Magic Book  
GIANT JIMMY JONES:  

Story and illustrations for the world’s first animated, 3-dimensional, pop-up picture book – produced in collaboration with One Glass Eye and the HIT LAB University of Canterbury. For further information: www.hitlabnz.org

 
Technical Information
 


Exhibitions and Academic Publications

1984
Represented New Zealand in the Premi Catalonia D’Illustracio, Barcelona.
 
1985
Represented New Zealand in the Biennale of Illustration in Bratislava.
 
1987
Featured in “The Story Makers”, edited by Margaret Dunkle, Oxford University Press, Australia.
 
1989
Major Exhibition Of Four Books - original art works of “Mr Fox”, “Chicken Licken”, “Katarina” and “The Horror of Hickory Bay” shown at the Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch - 17th July - 8th December.
 
1992 Artists of the Page - Included in a series of 29 Interviews with Children's Book Illustrators from around the world by Sylvia and Kenneth Marantz, published by McFarland & Company, Inc. U.S.A.  
1992 Major exhibition at the National Library, Wellington of the work from the four books that was shown at the McDougall Art Gallery in Christchurch in 1991 - March to June.  
1993 Major Exhibition at the National Library, Auckland - September and October.  
1993 Exhibited in "Illustrators of Aotearoa", Milford House, Writers Week, Dunedin – March.  
1993 Featured in “Beneath Southern Skies” by Tom Fitzgibbon and Barbara Spiers, Ashton Scholastic.  
1995 Featured in "Winter in July; Visits with Children's Authors Down Under" by Jan Barley, Scarecrow Press, Ohio, USA.  
1995 Featured in "Children's Literature, An Illustrated History" edited by Peter Hunt, Oxford University Press.  
1996 Featured in “Picture Book Magic, Interviews with Nine Leading NZ Children’s Illustrators” by Chris Gaskin, Reeds NZ.  
1998 Exhibition of original art from “Maui And The Goddess Of Fire” at the Left Bank Gallery, Greymouth –May.  
2001 Calendar Of NOMA Concours Prize-Winners, published by Asian Cultural Centre for UNESCO. An illustration from Mr Fox was included in this calendar.  
2004 Exhibition of the original art from “The House That Jack Built” at the Salamander Gallery, Christchurch as part of the Ch Ch Writers’ Festival.  
2004 Exhibition of the original art from “The House That Jack Built” at the Dowse, Lower Hutt. First stage of a traveling exhibition that included seasons over the next two years at major galleries throughout New Zealand - Blenheim, Rotorua, Palmerston North, Auckland, Gisborne, Nelson and Ashburton.  
2004 Exhibition of art from “Weaving Earth and Sky”, Salamander Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand.  
2005 Represented New Zealand in the 20th Biennale of Illustration in Bratislava.  
2006 Exhibition of original art at Salamander Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand – July.  


Stories for Harcourts Educational Assessment Inc.,
San Antonio, Texas, USA 2000 - 2005

A DAY IN THE NIGHT OF BOB
ALLIGATOR!!!
ANIMATION
BIGGEST FISH IN THE LAKE
BUFFALO BILL
CARPENTER ANTS
CHANGING PLACES
COWBOYS
ECO PASSAGES
EXTREME SPORTS
FIRST DAY SKIING
GUITAR WOOD
HAWAIIAN NATIVE PLANTS
HYBRID CARS
INDECISIVENESS
LONESOME COWBOY
MAKING PEANUT BUTTER
MAUI AND THE GODDESS OF FIRE
MAUI’S BIG FISH
MUSHROOM HUNTING
NAVAJO RUGS
OLD MAN GLOOM
OLMEC MAIZE
OTOLITHS
PICTURE BOOK ARTIST
RABBIT IN PERIL
SKI RACER
SOLAR SYSTEM
SPIKE’S NEW FRIEND
SUNSET IN NEW MEXICO
TEAM EVEREST
TERRY BAKES A PIE
THE SPIDER WOMAN (2 STORIES)
UNDERWATER ADVENTURES IN HAWAII
UNICYCLES AND STILTS
VITAMINS AND MINERALS
YELLOWSTONE PARK


Stories and Pictures for Cricket and Ladybug Magazine

THE LOST SOCK - Ladybug Magazine, September 1999
THE MAGIC POT - Cricket Magazine, October 1999



 

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