Hilliard, Noel Harvey Biography 1991

HILLIARD, Noel Harvey
Author, Journalist
Born Napier, 6 February 1929, son of Jack Lockhart Hilliard and Laura Ellen (née Glinke); married Kiriwai Mete, daughter of Matiu and Nari Mete, 1954 (d 1990); two sons two daughters.
Education: Kotemaori Primary School, Raupunga Maori School, Kopuawhara Primary School; Gisborne High School; Victoria University; Wellington Teachers College, Teachers Certificate 1955.
Journalist, Southern Cross, 1946-1950; Pukeora Sanatorium, Waipukurau (tuberculosis), 1950-1952; Railway worker, tram overhauler, proofreader, 1952-1954; Teacher, Khandallah Primary School  1955-1956, Mangakino District High School 1956-1964; Chief Sub-editor, NZ Listener, 1965-1970; Deputy Editor, New Zealand’s Heritage, New Zealand Today, New Zealand’s Nature Heritage, 1972-1974; Full-time writer, 1974-1977; Sub-editor, Evening Post, Wellington, 1977 -; Hubert Church Mem Award 1961; NZ Literary Fund Scholarship in Letters 1962, 1975; Robert Burns F’ship (Lit), Otago University 1971-1972. Chairman, Mangakino-Pouakani Maori Executive Committee 1962-1964, Mangakino-Pouakani delegate, Waiariki District Council of Maori Executive Committees 1062-1964; Secretary, Mangakino-Pouakani Maori Settlers Association, 1962-1964; Mangakino delegate, Tokoroa Branch, NZEI, 1960-1963; Fdr Member (with wife), CARE, HART; Member: Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa, NZ Journalists Union (now Jagpro), PEN (NZ Centre); NZ Representative, Conference of Australia Society of Authors and Fellowship of Australia Writers, Melbourne, 1975; NZ Representative, International Writers meetings, ‘Peace-the Hope of the Planet’, Sofia, Bulgaria 1982, 1984, 1986; in USr as guest, Soviet Writers Union 1982, as guest of Progress Publishers, Moscow 1986.
Publications: Maori Girl, 1960; A piece of Land: Stories and Sketches, 1963; Power of Joy, 1965; A night at Green River, 1969; We Live by a Lake (photographs by Ans Westra), 1972; Maori Woman, 1974; Wellington: City Alive (photographs by Ans Westra), 1976; Send Somebody Nice: Stories and Sketches, 1976; Selected Stories, 1977; The Glory and the Dream, 1978; Mahitahi (Work Together), 1989; ‘Netta Samuel’ tetralogy of novels com prises Maori Girl, Power of Joy, Maori Woman, The Glory and the Dream.
Recreations: reading, cooking, listening to Concert FM.
Address: 28 Richard Street, Titahi Bay, Wellington.