Students, graduates and staff enjoyed a delicious morning tea with our Patron, Bernadette Hall to celebrate our NZ Poetry Day 2014 competition. Bernadette judged the competition and was very impressed with the quality and quantity of the poems submitted.
The results were:
Graduates:
1st The Magnolia Love Letters – Lesley Mckay
2nd If you cant say anything – Victoria Broome
Highly commended:
Bold, Feral and Tender – Lesley McKay
The Museumof Words – Celia Coybe
Leaving – Gail Ingram
The Auchterander Wheelwright – Robyn Anderson
Students:
1st Muslim women of Zandergrond – Pat Deavoll

Back row from left: Lucy D’aerth (2nd), Wendy Wethey, Pat Deavoll (1st)
Front row from left: Lisa McKenzie, Bernadette Hall ( Judge), Sue Kingham
2nd Wet Sunday in Hoon Hay – Lucy D’aeth
3rd Eve’s Log – Sue Kingham
Highly commended:
Unicorn – Lucy D’aerth
Dawn Parisians – Lisa
The Dotted Line – Wendy Wethey
Postcard from Akaroa – Lucy D’aerth
The Writer – Sue Kingham