HONOURING WRITERS

In the New Zealand Herald today (March 12) Rae McGregor of Kohimara writes:

It is exciting to read that there will be development of the Tank Farm before 2011 and the Rugby World Cup. There is nothing like an event to spur a city to great development heights.
Auckland's best example is the Viaduct Harbour, which came about because the city hosted the America's Cup.
I hope Wynyard Management has a wide brief on what will be included in the development. I would love to see Auckland honour its writers. Here is a golden opportunity to creeate a writers' walk, which would enhance the city's cultural assets. Let's acknowledge Jane Mander, J.C.Beaglehole, A.R.D.Fairburn, Robyn Hyde, Alan Mulgan and Bruce Mason just to name a few who are no longer with us, and Albert Wendt, Witi Ihimaera, Tessa Duder and Kevin Ireland who are definitely still lively.
Statistics show that reading is the largest leisure activity in this country. As a sophisticated city, let's acknowledge our literary, as well as our sporting, heritage.


Great idea Rae, I am sure we can all add other Auckland based or born writers to your list for consideration. However I'm not sure how happy Wellingtonians would feel about us poaching J.C.Beaglehole. He was born in Wellington and I thought spent most of his distinguished working life there.