HERITAGE TALK -
Norman McLeod Firebrand Minister - May 2025

Zana Bell gave a talk on the Reverend Norman McLeod who, in the 1850s, spearheaded a remarkable migration of six ships that brought his Gaelic-speaking community to Waipū and the Whangārei Heads, transforming these shores forever. 

HERITAGE TALK -
The Women Behind the Artefacts

The Whangārei Museum is a taonga, housing artefacts with fascinating backstories. In this talk, Zana Bell looks at three extraordinary women

NZ GEOGRAPHIC -
Marsden's First Christmas

Samuel Marsden was one of the most influential Englishmen in early New Zealand. He brought Christianity and agriculture to the Maori and tried to stop the sale of muskets to them and the trade in tattooed heads

ADVENTURE MAGAZINE -
A Kiwi Riding (and surviving) The Indipac

Having ticked off the Kennett trio (Tour Aotearoa, Sounds to Sound and Kopiko) Geoff Harris was looking for a new challenge. He wanted to extend his range both physically and mentally

Post Script: a year after this article, Kiwi, Chris Barker, was killed on the Indipac. In memory of both Mike Hall &Chris.

AUTHOR INTERVIEW -
Beauty and Lace

Zana Bell recently released Close To The Wind with Choc Lit, it was a book I really enjoyed and made me want to know more about its author. So this week we bring you a little more about Zana Bell.

IN CONVERSATION -
Guest Editors Zana Bell & Gill Stewart

Zana Bell: Gill, I was surprised when I first learnt you were writing romance – I’d never thought of you as a romance reader, let alone writer. Did you always want to write romance?

CREATIVE WRITING NEWS -
Judge of the 2019 K &L Prize for African Literature

We are pleased to announce that organisers of the 2019 K & L Prize for African Literature have released the judges for its inaugural short story competition.

GEOFFREY KAYE MUSEUM'S -
2023 History and Heritage Grant winner

Zana has had six novels published internationally and has a particular interest in women’s history. Zana travelled from New Zealand to Melbourne in early March 2024 to conduct research at the Geoffrey Kaye Museum of Anaesthetic History.