73-532: The New Zealand School Journal is a periodical children's educational publication in New Zealand. Founded in 1907 by the Department of Education , it is one of the world's longest-running publications for children. Since 2013 it has been published by the private firm Lift Education. The journal's main goal since its foundation has been to educate children and improve their literacy, but it has also had an influence on
146-416: A Crown-owned company in 1993 and a state-owned enterprise in 2005. In 1994 issues generally comprised 40–55% stories, 15–20% non-fiction articles, 15–20% plays and 5–10% poetry. Learning Media had a special Māori publishing department which produced some journal series in te reo Māori . In 2007, in honour of the journal's centenary, Gregory O'Brien published the book A Nest of Singing Birds: 100 years of
219-565: A New Zealand focus, although until the 1930s it included extensive content about the British Empire which then encompassed New Zealand; for example, biographies of members of the royal family, articles about famous battles, and moralistic poems. In the early years, one issue a year would be dedicated to coverage of the Empire, with the goal of developing "an appreciation of the higher literature ... an admiration of truth and goodness in daily life, and
292-534: A board consisting mainly of parents, although subject to review and inspection by specialized government agencies. Another recommendation was that boards of trustees were made responsible to the Minister of Education, who gained the power to dismiss boards. The Picot report became the basis for a drawn out process of educational reform in New Zealand starting in 1989. When National was elected in October 1990, it carried out
365-405: A bright innovation in the literature of our public schools", although it did criticise a poem for referring to soccer as "football" when "for national reasons, it should be Rugby". In 1909, the Minister for Education George Fowlds responded to rumours that it was about to be discontinued: "It is not intended the journal should be stopped — it is an essential part of the educational system because of
438-467: A broad range of services, including leadership, learning support, and teaching resources, while collaborating with teachers from early learning services and schools. Te Mahau is made up of three frontline groups; Te Tai Raro (North), Te Tai Whenua (Central), Te Tai Runga (South). . Although the Ministry's primary purpose is to in ensuring equitable and excellent outcomes, it is also the mechanism through which
511-457: A fictional perspective, and her award-winning three-volume autobiography was adapted into the film An Angel at My Table (1990), directed by Jane Campion . Janet Frame was born Janet Paterson Frame in Dunedin in the south-east of New Zealand's South Island , the third of five children to parents of Scottish descent . She grew up in a working-class family. Her father, George Frame, worked for
584-531: A further series of educational reviews culminating in the publication Education Policy: Investing in People, Our Greatest Asset . This resulted in further modifications to the structure of education reform, and according to one academic, created "a system which is a far cry from the Picot intentions... There has been an ongoing series of changes and reassessments that has caused chaos, confusion and massive insecurity throughout
657-524: A high conception of patriotism and national service". It also promoted colonial values, with articles about useful topics like tree-felling, house building and knowledge of New Zealand's natural environment. The first editor was W. E. Spencer, a former school inspector. The first issue, published in May 1907, began with an unattributed poem titled "The Wasp and the Bee", and also featured poetry by William Pember Reeves . It
730-655: A journalist spotted her name at the top of a list later revealed to have been in alphabetical order, and again five years later, in 2003, when Åsa Beckman , the influential chief literary critic at the Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter , wrongly predicted that Frame would win the prestigious prize. Frame's writing became the focus of academic criticism from the late 1970s, with approaches ranging from Marxist and social realist , to feminist and poststructuralist . In later years, book-length monographs on Frame were published. These included Patrick Evans’s bio-critical contribution for
803-569: A lasting interest in books". New Zealand historian John Beaglehole wrote in an essay in the 1950s that the journal was world-leading, not only in providing reading material for New Zealand children but in teaching them: ... that life in New Zealand can be a worthwhile and interesting experience, that New Zealand has a tradition and contemporary ways of living of its own; that New Zealanders are doing fascinating and important things here and now, that can best be written about and drawn by New Zealanders. Alistair Te Ariki Campbell worked as an editor of
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#1732855981314876-494: A medical specialist who proposed that Frame may have been on the autism spectrum , a suggestion that was disputed by the author's literary executor. During her lifetime, Frame's work was principally published by American firm George Braziller , garnering numerous literary prizes in her native New Zealand, and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize in 1989 for her final novel, The Carpathians . On 6 February 1990, Frame
949-535: A novel by New Zealand academic and former Frame biographer Patrick Evans, was published and subsequently shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize . The story is a fictionalised account of the relationship between Janet Frame and Frank Sargeson during her time living as a guest on his Takapuna property in 1955–56 – an era recounted in a number of works by Frame and her contemporaries and dramatised in Campion's film, An Angel at My Table (1990). In 2013, Evans' novel
1022-424: A packet of aspirin . As a result, Frame began regular therapy sessions with junior lecturer John Money , to whom she developed a strong attraction, and whose later work as a sexologist specialising in gender reassignment remains controversial. In September 1945, Frame abandoned her teacher-training classroom at Dunedin's Arthur Street School during a visit from an inspector. She was then briefly admitted to
1095-517: A series of stories by author Brian Sutton-Smith caused controversy, featuring a "gang" of young boys who engaged in what was then considered anti-social behaviour (such as attempting to sneak into a movie theatre without paying for a ticket). The Taranaki Daily News and other media outlets successfully campaigned for the series to be cancelled and it was discontinued after three of the planned ten stories. The journal's use of art evolved over time, with coloured covers and photographs being introduced in
1168-674: A short period of time living in rural north Suffolk (near the town of Eye ) which gave her the inspiration for her 1965 novel The Adaptable Man . She accepted the Burns Fellowship at the University of Otago in 1965. She later lived in several parts of New Zealand's North Island, including Auckland, Taranaki , Wanganui , the Horowhenua , Palmerston North , Waiheke , Stratford , Browns Bay and Levin . During this period Frame travelled extensively, occasionally to Europe, but principally to
1241-660: A teacher at the Dunedin College of Education , auditing courses in English, French and psychology at the adjacent University of Otago . After completing two years of theoretical studies with mixed results, Frame started a year of practical placement at the Arthur Street School in Dunedin, which, according to her biographer, initially went quite well. Things started to unravel later that year when she attempted suicide by ingesting
1314-478: Is a focus from the government to invest more attention to literacy and maths in the New Zealand curriculum. In April 2024, the Ministry announced that 565 jobs would be cut to meet the National-led coalition government 's directive for government departments and agencies to reach budget savings of up to 7.5%. The Ministry's role is to "shape an education system that delivers equitable and excellent outcomes". It
1387-507: Is not an education provider. That role is met by licensed early childhood services, individual elected Boards of state schools , the proprietors of State-integrated schools , registered private schools and tertiary education providers . The Ministry has numerous functions – advising government, providing information to the sector, providing learning resources, administering sector regulation and funding, and providing specialist services. The Ministry works with other education agencies including
1460-484: Is published in three parts corresponding to year 4 (ages 8–9), years 5–6 (ages 9–10) and years 7–8 (ages 11–13). Areas of focus for the journal in the 21st century have included Māori culture and language, children's wellbeing, and respect for New Zealand's natural environment. In 2018 a special School Journal comic book about the Treaty of Waitangi , written by Ross Calman and Mark Derby , and illustrated by Toby Morris ,
1533-828: The Education Review Office , the New Zealand Qualifications Authority , the Tertiary Education Commission , Education New Zealand, and the Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand. Within the Ministry of Education, it has a sector called Te Mahau created in 2021. The creation of Te Mahau is to provide more services and support for schools and early learning services. It was created after review by Tomorrow Schools that indicated that schools and early services in New Zealand need more accessible and local support. Staff from Te Mahau provide
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#17328559813141606-515: The New Zealand Government Railways , and her mother Lottie (née Godfrey), served as a housemaid to the family of writer Katherine Mansfield . New Zealand's first female medical graduate, Dr Emily Hancock Siedeberg , delivered Frame at St. Helens Hospital in 1924. Frame spent her early childhood years in various small towns in New Zealand's South Island provinces of Otago and Southland , including Outram and Wyndham , before
1679-538: The Order of New Zealand , New Zealand's highest civil honour. Frame's celebrity derived from her dramatic personal history as well as her literary career. Following years of psychiatric hospitalisation, Frame was scheduled for a lobotomy that was cancelled when, just days before the procedure, her debut publication of short stories was unexpectedly awarded a national literary prize. Many of her novels and short stories explore her childhood and psychiatric hospitalisation from
1752-508: The School Journal have been an element of their cultural consciousness — remembered as evocatively as the smell of stale school milk, the feel of chalk and finger paint, and the steamy atmosphere of a classroom of wet bodies on a rainy day. After Learning Media closed down in 2013, there were concerns that the journal would also be discontinued or that its publication would be moved overseas; member of Parliament Catherine Delahunty said that
1825-413: The School Journal , and began encouraging more local New Zealand works. These changes led to the journal becoming known for the high quality of its children's literature. The journal's improvements corresponded with a drive in the New Zealand education system to become more interesting for children and to focus more on New Zealand history and writings. Editor and frequent contributor Jack Lasenby described
1898-399: The "Twayne's World Authors Series," Janet Frame (1977), Gina Mercer's feminist reading of the novels and autobiographies, Janet Frame: Subversive Fictions (1994), and Judith Dell Panny's allegorical approach to the works, I have what I gave: The fiction of Janet Frame (1992). A collection of essays edited by Jeanne Delbaere was first published in 1978, with a revised edition released under
1971-526: The 1950s and the use of colour and illustration becoming bolder in the 1960s and onwards, as colour printing became more accessible. Jill McDonald , art editor in the 1960s, said if books "look entertaining, or exciting, or amusing enough to be worth the effort of reading them, children will make the effort". In the 1940s and 1950s in particular the journal was linked with artists at the forefront of New Zealand art, such as Colin McCahon and Rita Angus . The journal
2044-483: The 1980s Frame authored three volumes of autobiography ( To the Is-land , An Angel at my Table and The Envoy from Mirror City ) which collectively traced the course of her life to her return to New Zealand in 1963. The Australian novelist Patrick White described the first two volumes as "amongst the wonders of the world". Director Jane Campion and screenwriter Laura Jones adapted the trilogy for television broadcast. It
2117-575: The Government of the day implements its education policy. When government changes aspects of its policy on education, the Ministry is responsible for implementing those changes. Sometimes the Ministry ends up in the difficult position of trying to implement politically induced changes in education policy to which teachers, parents, and school boards may be opposed. Changes introduced by the National Government in 2008–2012 are an example. In order for
2190-677: The July 1916 edition described Moriori as lazy and unfriendly, and said that they preceded Māori people in New Zealand). In 2010 three special editions were published to correct these inaccuracies, and the New Zealand government also officially apologised for them in settlement of the Moriori Waitangi Tribunal claim. Historian Michael King said in Penguin History of New Zealand (2003) that "for hundreds of thousands of New Zealand children,
2263-483: The Ministry and the wider education sector to perform its role effectively, it is dependent on taxpayer funding provided by Government. When government increases funding or requires financial cutbacks, this also impacts on the ability of the Ministry to fulfil its role. In 2013, the Government provided about $ 12.2 billion to fund education in New Zealand. By 2021, the Education budget was some $ 16.3 billion. In April 2024,
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2336-606: The New Zealand School Journal . A copy was sent to every school in New Zealand, and a two-month exhibition was hosted under the same title at the National Library Gallery in Wellington . The book won the award for Reference and Anthology at the 2008 Montana New Zealand Book Awards . Arts historian Athol McCredie is quoted in the book as saying: For generations of New Zealanders, the stories and appearance of
2409-670: The New Zealand branch of Penguin Books acquired the rights to publish three new editions of Frame's work. These were: Janet Frame in Her Own Words (2011), a collection of interviews and nonfiction, Gorse is Not People: New and Uncollected Stories (2012) (published in the US as Between My Father and the King: New and Uncollected Stories ), and the novel In the Memorial Room (2013). In 2010, Gifted,
2482-846: The United States, where she accepted residencies at the MacDowell and Yaddo artists' colonies. Partly as a result of these extended stays in the U.S., Frame developed close relationships with several Americans. These included the painter Theophilus Brown (whom she later referred to as "the chief experience of my life" ) and his long-time partner Paul John Wonner , the poet May Sarton , John Phillips Marquand and Alan Lelchuk . Frame's one-time university tutor/counsellor and longtime friend John Money worked in North America from 1947 onwards, and Frame frequently based herself at his home in Baltimore . In
2555-430: The closure was "a tragedy for generations of Kiwis who have grown up reading the school journal". However, publication was taken over by Lift Education, a private New Zealand publishing firm. In 2014, the journal was made available in online PDF form as well as in hard copy, and workshops were held to encourage new Māori and Pasifika writers and illustrators. As of 2021 around 750,000 copies are published annually. Each issue
2628-582: The cultural life of New Zealand. In its early years the journal reflected the country's position as a dominion of the British Empire and content was largely from overseas, but since the 1940s many notable New Zealand writers and artists have contributed to the journal, with children's author Margaret Mahy describing it as "one of New Zealand's leading literary magazines". The journal included content about Māori culture from its inception, but only began to include extensive content by Māori and Pasifika writers in
2701-418: The earlier The New Zealand Reader , an anthology of local literature produced in the 1890s by the Minister of Education, William Pember Reeves . The journal was originally published by the Department of Education 10 times a year (every month except December and January), in three different parts corresponding to different age groups. Its intention was in part to provide educational material for children with
2774-430: The education sector". In recent years the Ministry of Education has made extensive changes to curriculum standards for young New Zealanders to improve education quality. The Ministry stated these changes were made to enhance a more holistic and student-centred learning style and approach towards a better future for children. In 2023, the Government announced a temporary hold on these educational developments as there
2847-527: The existing editor departed and was replaced by a sub-editor, A M Palmer, who edited the journal until 1940 (although she was only granted the full title of editor in 1937). Under her direction the journal became less imperialist and pro-Empire, and more anti-war. In 1939 C. E. Beeby established the School Publications branch of the Department of Education, which took over responsibility for publication of
2920-474: The extent to which Frame guided the hand of her biographer, while others argued that he had failed to come to terms with the complexity and subtlety of his subject. Adding to the controversy, King openly admitted that he withheld information "that would have been a source of embarrassment and distress to her," and that he adopted publisher Christine Cole Catley's notion of "compassionate truth." This advocates "a presentation of evidence and conclusions that fulfil
2993-463: The family eventually settled in the coastal town of Oamaru (recognisable as the "Waimaru" of her début novel and subsequent fiction ). As recounted in the first volume of her autobiographies, Frame's childhood was marred by the deaths of two of her adolescent sisters, Myrtle and Isabel, who drowned in separate incidents, and the epileptic seizures suffered by her brother George (referred to as "Geordie" and "Bruddie"). In 1943, Frame began training as
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3066-477: The first recipients of the Arts Foundation of New Zealand Icon Awards , established to celebrate and acknowledge New Zealand artists who have achieved the highest standards of artistic expression. A number of posthumous works have been published, including a volume of poetry titled The Goose Bath , which was awarded New Zealand's top poetry prize in 2007. This generated a minor controversy among critics who felt
3139-408: The journal as being as "anarchic, vigorous and fertile as the New Zealand bush", while Margaret Mahy (whose prolific writing career begin with two stories published in the journal in 1961) described it as "one of New Zealand's leading literary magazines". Unlike World War I, which was extensively covered in the journal in a romantic and imperialist way, there was little mention of World War II during
3212-612: The journal between 1955 and 1972, and was active in increasing the quality and quantity of Māori literature. In 1960 he published a special issue of the journal focusing on the needs and interests of Māori schoolchildren. New contributors in this period included Witi Ihimaera and Patricia Grace , Māori writers who had grown up reading the journal as children and had noticed the lack of works by Māori about Māori. The journal began featuring not just stories and articles about Māori traditions like flax-weaving but also stories about contemporary Māori children in cities and urban environments. In 1961
3285-517: The journal featured the story "Fishing" by Samoan writer Albert Wendt , but it was not until the 1980s or 1990s that Pasifika writers became more widely featured. In 1989 the School Publications Branch merged with the Audio and Visual Production units of the former Department of Education to form a new group called Learning Media, part of New Zealand's new Ministry of Education , which became
3358-419: The journal is said by New Zealand's Ministry for Culture and Heritage to be the longest-running periodical publication for children in the world. The journal's development was initiated by then Inspector-General of Schools, George Hogben , on the basis that it was cheaper to produce a single free publication than to produce separate textbooks on history, geography and other subjects. An inspiration may have been
3431-423: The journal. In 1957, UNESCO published a report on New Zealand's establishment of the School Publications Branch, praising it as a "particularly interesting solution" to the challenges of educational publishing; it was explained that the intention of the journal was to be a "children's magazine of the highest quality, one which they will turn to with pleasure, and from which they will derive a taste for literature and
3504-473: The large amount of varied reading matter it provides at small cost." Until the 1940s editions of the journal generally did not attribute stories and articles to a particular author, and featured an emphasis on text rather than illustration. For the first year of publication there were in fact no illustrations, with limited drawings being introduced in the second year, and until the 1940s, the majority of illustrations were obtained from overseas artists. The journal
3577-445: The latter part of the 20th century. As of 2021 around 750,000 copies are published annually, and since 2014 the journal has also been published online in PDF form. Each issue is published in three parts corresponding to year 4 (ages 8–9), years 5–6 (ages 9–10) and years 7–8 (ages 11–13). Issues feature a mixture of stories, non-fiction articles, plays and poetry. First published in May 1907,
3650-518: The major objectives of biography, but without the revelation of information that would involve the living subject in unwarranted embarrassment, loss of face, emotional or physical pain, or a nervous or psychiatric collapse." King defended his project and maintained that future biographies on Frame would eventually fill in the gaps left by his own work. Frame died in Dunedin in January 2004, aged 79, from acute myeloid leukaemia , shortly after becoming one of
3723-561: The ministry proposed making 565 redundancies. The Ministry serves 2 portfolios, 2 ministers and 1 associate minister. 41°16′32″S 174°46′44″E / 41.275615°S 174.778782°E / -41.275615; 174.778782 Janet Frame Janet Paterson Frame ONZ CBE (28 August 1924 – 29 January 2004) was a New Zealand author. She is internationally renowned for her work, which includes novels, short stories, poetry, juvenile fiction, and an autobiography, and received numerous awards including being appointed to
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#17328559813143796-521: The next eight years, Frame was repeatedly readmitted, usually voluntarily, to psychiatric hospitals in New Zealand. In addition to Seacliff, these included Avondale Lunatic Asylum , in Auckland , and Sunnyside Hospital in Christchurch . During this period, Frame was first diagnosed as suffering from schizophrenia , which was treated with electroconvulsive therapy and insulin . In 1951, while Frame
3869-552: The next seven years were most prolific in terms of publication. She lived and worked in Europe, primarily based in London, with brief sojourns to Ibiza and Andorra . In May 1958 she legally changed her name to Nene Janet Paterson Clutha , in part to make herself more difficult to locate and in part to recognise Māori leader Tamati Waka Nene , whom she admired, and the Clutha River , which
3942-485: The posthumous prize "set an awkward precedent". A novella, Towards Another Summer, was also published posthumously, a work inspired by a weekend Frame spent with British journalist Geoffrey Moorhouse and his family. In 2008, two previously unpublished short stories set in mental hospitals appeared in The New Yorker. Another previously unpublished short story was carried in The New Yorker in 2010. In March 2011,
4015-412: The psychiatric ward of the local Dunedin hospital for observation. Frame was unwilling to return home to her family, where tensions between her father and brother frequently manifested in outbursts of anger and violence. As a result, Frame was transferred from the local hospital's psychiatric ward to Seacliff Lunatic Asylum , a fabled and feared mental institution located 20 miles north of Dunedin. During
4088-762: The public eye. In the 1983 Queen's Birthday Honours , Frame was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire , for services to literature. That year, To the Is-land also received the Goodman Fielder Wattie Book of the Year Award , the top literary prize in New Zealand. Frame intended the autobiographies to "set the record straight" regarding her past and in particular her mental status. However, critical and public speculation has continued to focus on her mental health. In 2007, after Frame's death, The New Zealand Medical Journal published an article by
4161-416: The publication and ask of any "reasonable fee" that would be required. In response, Kipling accused the journal of breaching his copyright, advising that he had refused permission to other publications, and sought payment of 50 pounds sterling (a significant sum at the time). Spencer, backed by the Department of Education and New Zealand's Solicitor-General , refused on the basis that the New Zealand government
4234-664: The title The Ring of Fire: Essays on Janet Frame in 1992. That same year, Dunedin's University of Otago hosted a conference dedicated to a discussion of Frame's work. Many of the papers were published in a special issue of The Journal of New Zealand Literature . In 2000, New Zealand historian Michael King published his authorised biography of Frame, Wrestling with the Angel . The book was simultaneously released in New Zealand and North America, with British and Australian editions appearing in later years. King's award-winning and exhaustive work attracted both praise and criticism. Some questioned
4307-454: The version of Moriori history carried in the School Journal and other publications which drew from that source, reinforced over 60-odd years by primary school teachers, was the one that lodged in the national imagination". In King's view, the journal was also responsible for popularising both Percy Smith ' s inaccurate story of Kupe and the belief that Aotearoa is the traditional Māori name for New Zealand, which King disputed. In 1931
4380-619: The war years, although in March 1942 a story was featured about support provided by the Boy Scouts in Britain. After the war the journal focused more on life in New Zealand. In 1948, the iconic book-length Life at the Pa was published, written by Ray Chapman-Taylor and illustrated by E. Mervyn Taylor and Russell Clark . It told the story of a Māori boy growing up in a traditional pre-European settlement. In 1949,
4453-763: Was a source of creative inspiration. Frame still struggled with anxiety and depression, and in September 1958 admitted herself to the Maudsley in London. American-trained psychiatrist Alan Miller, who studied under John Money at Johns Hopkins University , proposed that she had never suffered from schizophrenia. In an effort to alleviate the ill effects of her years spent in and out of psychiatric hospitals, Frame then began regular therapy sessions with psychiatrist Robert Hugh Cawley , who encouraged her to pursue her writing. Frame dedicated seven of her novels to Cawley. Frame returned to New Zealand in 1963, though not before spending
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#17328559813144526-682: Was adapted for the stage, premiering at the Christchurch Arts Festival on 22 August 2013, followed by extended tour of New Zealand's north and south islands. While garnering positive critical reviews, the promotion and staging of the production drew fierce criticism from Frame's literary executor and niece, Pamela Gordon, who maintained it "was designed to demean Frame." Gordon, who has also criticised Campion's film for inaccuracies in its portrayal of Frame, asserted that Evans' theatrical adaptation presented an unfaithful view of her famous relative. Festival organiser Philip Tremewan defended
4599-699: Was assisted by staff from the Treasury and the State Services Commission (SSC), who may have applied pressure on the task force to move towards eventually privatizing education, as had happened with other government services. The mandate was to review management structures and cost-effectiveness, but did not include curriculum, teaching or effectiveness. In nine months the commission received input from over 700 people or organisations. The Picot task force released its report Administering for Excellence: Effective Administration in Education in May 1988. The report
4672-432: Was critical of the Department of Education , which it labelled as inefficient and unresponsive. The task force conceived of the school charter as a contract between school boards, the local community and central authority and the government accepted many of the recommendations subsequently published in their response – Tomorrow's Schools . This recommended a system where each school would be largely independent, governed by
4745-737: Was established as a result of the Picot task force set up by the Labour government in July 1987 to review the New Zealand education system. The members were Brian Picot, a businessman, Peter Ramsay , an associate professor of education at the University of Waikato , Margaret Rosemergy, a senior lecturer at the Wellington College of Education, Whetumarama Wereta , a social researcher at the Department of Maori Affairs and Colin Wise, another businessman. The task force
4818-407: Was eventually released as an award-winning feature film, An Angel at My Table . Actresses Kerry Fox , Alexia Keogh and Karen Fergusson portrayed the author at various ages. Frame's autobiographies sold better than any of her previous publications, and Campion's successful film adaptation of the texts introduced a new generation of readers to her work. These successes increasingly pushed Frame into
4891-521: Was initially delivered to individual children free of charge and only began being delivered in bulk to schools in the late 1940s. In 1914 use of the journal in state schools became compulsory. Janet Frame , one of New Zealand's best-known authors, remembered being inspired by the poetry in the journal during her childhood in the 1930s. In October 1914, the journal published the poem If— by British author Rudyard Kipling without first asking permission. Spencer wrote to Kipling's publisher to inform them of
4964-515: Was not bound by copyright laws. There is no record of whether a resolution was ever reached. In its early years, the journal included regular content relating to Māori people and culture, in part because of a belief that Māori were a dying race and their culture needed to be recorded and remembered. Early articles on the Moriori people of the Chatham Islands included racist inaccuracies (for example
5037-494: Was not well-received, and was criticised by the Auckland Star as "an inexplicable mystery and a bitter disappointment", being "nothing more or less than a school reading book, of the ordinary miscellaneous character". The Manawatu Standard said that with one exception it had been unfavourably criticised by every newspaper. The New Zealand Times said that on the whole the edition "promises well, and should be welcomed heartily as
5110-443: Was often an important source of income for New Zealand artists and writers. Bob Kerr , an illustrator, has noted that the journal enabled illustrators "to learn their craft", by "providing paying work". In 1954, the journal shifted from monthly (except December and January) publication to quarterly for older age groups and bimonthly for younger age groups. In 1955, Edmund Hillary wrote an account of his summit of Mount Everest for
5183-504: Was published and distributed to New Zealand schools and made available online. Ministry of Education (New Zealand) The Ministry of Education ( Māori : Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga ) is the public service department of New Zealand charged with overseeing the New Zealand education system . The Ministry was formed in 1989 when the former, all-encompassing Department of Education was broken up into six separate agencies. The Ministry
5256-808: Was still a patient at Seacliff, New Zealand's Caxton Press published her first book, a critically acclaimed collection of short stories titled The Lagoon and Other Stories . The volume was awarded the Hubert Church Memorial Award, at that time one of New Zealand's most prestigious literary prizes. This resulted in the cancellation of Frame's scheduled lobotomy . Four years later, after her final discharge from Seacliff, Frame met writer Frank Sargeson . She lived and worked at his home in Takapuna , an Auckland suburb, from April 1955 to July 1956, producing her first full-length novel, Owls Do Cry (Pegasus, 1957). Frame left New Zealand in late 1956, and
5329-522: Was the sixteenth appointee to the Order of New Zealand , the nation's highest civil honour. Frame also held foreign membership of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and, in her native New Zealand, received two honorary doctorates as well as the status of cultural icon. Rumours occasionally circulated portraying Frame as a contender for the Nobel Prize in literature , most notably in 1998, after
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