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Hazel Menehira - Literary/Vocal Academic
(FTCL. ANZDA. RTSCA. NZSB)
HAZEL MENEHIRA(Hazel Higby) 1933 London. New Zealand citizen from 1956. Permanent Australian resident for six years.
Education:
Letchworth Grammar School, Hertfordshire, England.Professional Qualifications.
FTCL, LTCL.ATCL. Associate, Licentiate and Fellow of Trinity College, London.Retired registered teacher of Speech Communication N.Z. (55 years experience. The standard of this qualification of a Fellowship in Speech and Drama and educational studies is broadly comparable to those available in the National Qualifications Framework in the U.K.at Level 7 or to work at a Masters Degree.)MEMBER OF NEW ZEALAND SOCIETY OF AUTHORS.REGISTERED MENTOR AND MEMBER OF AUSTRALIAN SOCIETY AUTHORS.Member of the NEW ZEALAND DRAMA ADJUDICATORS (ANZDA) since 1982. Has adjudicated performance work at all levels throughout New Zealand and Queensland. (including two NZ finals of Festival of Community Drama, and 2008 Far North Queensland Festival.) NEW ZEALAND SPEECH BOARD Examiner 9 years in all performance genres. Founder and director of Rainbow Youth Theatre, Wanganui, for 10 years.Directed and performed in more than 150 adult shows for professional and community theatre. Tutor with students in Peace Child International at The Shaw Theatre, London with 500 youth from all over the world.Directed three major national Peace Child performances and African Madonna for United Nations national convention.
Taught public speaking and vocational speech for all ages and set up the programme at Wanganui Collegiate School attended by Prince Edward. |
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Professional Trainer:
Moderate fees for workshops are by negotiation and dependent on number of participants which may be limited by the nature of the sessions. Personal individual mentoring sessions for committed writers of fiction and non-fiction including poetry and playwriting are available. Also book reviewing for published and pre-media publication of all genres.
Artistic background and Published works:
45 Years in Journalism. Wanganui Newspapers. Qualified journalist, sub-editor, and Arts Editor, Wanganui Chronicle.Feature writer, performance and book reviewer.Also writer photographer and sub-editor Newsview and six years part-time with River City Press. Continued review work after retiring. |
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Recent Creative Published writing:
2011 Kowhai Park Children's Playground commissioned history and her own companion poetry book Kowhai Park is Kool -Poetry for the Young launch Feb. Wanganui, N.Z.Published in four Tropical Writers anthologies, and in LinQ-literary journal.2010 Both books released in N.Z. February. BLAST OFF - turning page 76 co-authored with Hank West launched Yungaburra Book Festival September 15 and also at Book Creator's Circle Expo, at Mercure, Harbourside, Cairns, on September 25.Historical novel The Seer Stone launched September, at Mercure Harbourside, Cairns, and poetry book Beguiled tribute to David Chapman launched October, at Lake Placid.2009 N.Z. launch of the above book Wellington and also launch of Three Dramatic Decades-Wanganui's Professional Four Seasons Theatre 1970-2000.2008 Launched Vocal Enrichment-Enlightenment Through Voice. Published by Interactive Publications Brisbane, at Tropical Writers Festival, Cairns. Also tutored poetry workshop.2006-2007 Gained a sponsored Mentorship Programme through New Zealand Society of Authors to work on a one-to-one basis with Joan Rosier Jones (former President of NZSA) to complete novel. Continued to write short stories and run workshops both for Tropical Writers and Arts Nexus in Cairns and in N.Z.2005 Self-published Snowbird Collectables-stories and verse from both sides of the ditch-16 short stories, 23 poems. Launched in Wanganui Arts Festival and in Cairns, Queensland. Great reviews as an acclaimed Antipodean writer both in N.Z. and Qld.2004 Short radio play Green Stone Guardians, selected by Radio N.Z. from 500 submisssions in First Open Short Story Season recorded and broadcast Feb 6.1990 Writer and Editor of self-published Fingertips, A series of four educational oral resource books for speech, drama and public speaking. Re-prints still selling.1980's Short stories and poetry. Wrote two performed musicals in: Sattva Spirit of the Snows -for youth. The Bawdy Buccaneer Show (Amdram theatre restaurant).1962 Winner of two awards for newly written one act plays for women (run by former British Drama League in N.Z.) Seen and Not Heard and Kowhai on the Tree. |
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HAZEL MENEHIRA
(FTCL. ANZDA. RTSCA. NZSB)
LITERARY/VOCAL ACADEMIC
BOOK CREATORS CIRCLE |
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