List of New Zealand women writers

This is a list of women writers who were born in New Zealand or whose lives and works are closely associated with that country.

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  • Michèle A'Court (born 1961), comedian, memoirist and non-fiction writer
  • Avis Acres (1910–1994), artist, writer, illustrator and conservationist
  • Pip Adam, novelist, short story writer, and reviewer
  • Catherine Adamson (1868–1925), diarist
  • Fleur Adcock (born 1934), poet and editor
  • Pinky Agnew (born 1955), actor, author and social commentator
  • Sarona Aiono-Iosefa (born 1962), children's fiction writer
  • Vanessa Alexander, screenwriter, producer, director
  • Margaret Alington (1920–2012), librarian, historian and writer
  • Rosetta Allan (living), poet and novelist
  • Pamela Allen (born 1934), children's writer and illustrator
  • Michele Amas (1961–2016), poet, playwright and actress
  • Barbara Anderson (1926–2013), novelist, short story writer
  • Mona Anderson (1909–2004), memoirist, children's writer
  • Isobel Andrews (1905–1990), playwright, poet, short story writer and novelist
  • Michalia Arathimos (living), short story writer and novelist
  • Sylvia Ashton-Warner (1908–1984), writer, poet and educator
  • Tusiata Avia (born 1966), poet, children's writer

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K

  • Keri Kaa (born 1942), Māori language advocate, writer and educator
  • Simone Kaho (born 1978), poet
  • Angelique Kasmara (living), novelist, short story writer, non-fiction writer, editor and translator
  • Kapka Kassabova (born 1973), poet and writer of fiction and narrative non-fiction
  • Amy Kane (1879–1979), journalist and community leader
  • Merata Kawharu (fl. 1990s), writer and academic
  • Sheridan Keith (born 1942), novelist, short-story writer, artist, broadcaster and curator
  • Lindy Kelly (born 1952), short-story writer, children's writer, playwright and novelist
  • Elizabeth Kelso (1889–1967), journalist, editor and community leader
  • Jan Kemp (born 1949), poet and short-story writer
  • Anne Kennedy (born 1959), novelist, poet and filmwriter
  • Alice Annie Kenny (1875–1960), short-story writer and novelist
  • Angela Kepler (born 1943), naturalist and writer
  • Suzi Kerr (born 1966), economist, academic and non-fiction writer
  • Fiona Kidman (born 1940), novelist, poet, scriptwriter and short-story writer
  • Rachael King (born 1970), novelist and short-story writer
  • Elizabeth Knox (born 1959), novelist, autobiographical novella writer and essayist
  • Shonagh Koea (born 1939), novelist, short-story writer
  • Saradha Koirala (born 1980), poet, writer and novelist

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W

  • Dorothy Wall (1894–1942), children's writer and illustrator
  • Louise Wallace (born 1983), poet
  • Marilyn Waring (born 1952), feminist, politician and writer
  • Kirsten Warner (born 1956), novelist, poet and journalist
  • Enga Washbourn (1908–1988), non-fiction writer
  • Joy Watson (born 1938), children's writer
  • Joyce West (1908–1985), novelist and children's writer
  • Jessie Weston (1865–1939), novelist and journalist
  • Lydia Wevers (1950–2021), literary critic, English language literary historian, editor and book reviewer
  • Mere Whaanga (born 1952), author and historian
  • Reina Whaitiri (born 1943), scholar, essayist and poet
  • Mabel Whitaker (1884–1976), teacher and local historian
  • Annabelle White (living), food writer
  • Dorothy Mary Neal White (1915–1995), librarian and writer
  • Emily White (1839–1936), gardener and writer
  • Cherry Wilder (1930–2002), short story writer and science fiction novelist
  • Mona Williams (born 1943), children's author, memoirist, oral storyteller and writing teacher
  • Helen Wilson (1869–1957), teacher, farmer, community leader and writer
  • Vernice Wineera (born 1938), poet, editor and educator
  • Iona Winter (fl 2015), poet, editor
  • Alison Wong (born 1960), poet and novelist
  • Elizabeth Wong (born 1937), politician and novelist
  • Susan Wood (1836–1880), writer
  • Alice Woodhouse (1883–1977), librarian, journalist and broadcaster
  • Sue Wootton (born 1961), poet and short story writer
  • Anne Eyre Worboys (1920–2007), novelist

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See also

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Lists of women writers by nationality