Creative Writing Retreat with Award-Winning Writer Paula Morris

This September, join award-winning writer Paula Morris for a weekend of writing, reading and talking about craft at the luxury Te Karaka Station & Lodge in Waikato.

This carefully designed, intimate retreat is capped at 12 participants to ensure the quality of the workshops and seminars as well as the overall experience. Book your space now!

Participants have the option to send Paula up to 5000 words of fiction or nonfiction in advance of the retreat, and to schedule a meeting with her during the weekend to discuss it.

Download the event flyer here


What to expect?

Sat, 13 September 2025

  • In-depth craft seminars and writing exercises

  • Raranga Session (Optional)

  • A literary salon in the Evening

Friday, 12 September 2025

  • Check in: anytime after 3:00 pm

  • Welcome drinks and dinner

  • A short talk in the Evening

Sunday, 14 September 2025

  • In-depth craft seminars and writing exercises

  • Check out

Also including:

  • 2-night stay at Te Karaka Station & Lodge’s Deluxe Suite (King or Twin Sharing)

  • Breakfasts and lunches on Saturday and Sunday

  • Family Style Gourmet Dinners and Wine on Friday and Saturday

  • Access to all lodge facilities, including

    • Exclusive use of all lodge space

    • Lodge managers to look after all your needs

    • Outdoor heated swimming spa

    • 3km and 5km Walking tracks to explore our 600 hectares of working station

    • Indoor and outdoor games

    • Tea and coffee throughout the retreat


Costs:

$1700/person King Bed

$1300/Person Twin Sharing

Maximum 12 Participants

 

About Paula

Paula Morris MNZM (Ngāti Wai, Ngāti Whātua, Ngāti Manuhiri)

an award-winning novelist, short story writer, essayist and editor from New Zealand

Paula holds degrees from universities in New Zealand, the U.K. and the US, including a D.Phil from the University of York and an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. She is the founder of the Academy of New Zealand Literature and Wharerangi, the Māori literature hub.

She has been awarded numerous residencies and fellowships, including the Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship; Bellagio (the Rockefeller Foundation) in Italy; Brecht House (Denmark); Passa Porta (Belgium); and the International Writers and Translators’ House (Latvia). She has appeared at festivals in Europe, North America, China, India, South Africa, Australia, the UK and New Zealand.

For ten years, Paula worked in London and New York, first as a publicist and marketing executive in the record business, and later as a branding consultant and advertising copywriter. Since 2003 she’s taught creative writing at universities, including Tulane University in New Orleans, and the University of Sheffield in England. She is director of the Master in Creative Writing programme at the University of Auckland in New Zealand.

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