Neville Peat
Neville Douglas Peat
Biography
Peat's heritage is Scottish, described as a fifth-generation descendant of Scottish pioneers in Otago.[2]
Peat has been a Councillor on the Otago Regional Council since 1998, and was its Deputy Chairperson from 2004 to 2007.[3]
In 2004, Peat was behind moves to create an official
In 2007, because of the Creative New Zealand Michael King Writers' Fellowship, he completed a comprehensive book on the Tasman Sea The Tasman: Biography of an Ocean.[3]
Awards
1994 - Dunedin Citizen of the Year because of his books on the region and establishing the Dunedin Environmental Business Network.[3]
1996 - Peats and co-author Brian Patrick won the
2007 - Peat was awarded the Creative New Zealand Michael King Writers' Fellowship, New Zealand's largest literary award.[6]
2016 - CLNZ Writers' Award for his project The Invading Sea.[7][8][9]
2018 New Year Honours - Peat was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to conservation.[10]
References
- ^ New Zealand Book Council. January 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
- ^ "Neville Peat". Penguin New Zealand. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ a b c "The Lark Trilogy by Neville Peat". Penguin NZ. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ Peat, Neville (15 June 2004). "More to an Otago flag than just a design". Otago Daily Times. p. 17.
- ^ "Wild Dunedin: The natural history of New Zealand's wildlife capital". University of Otago. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ "Acclaimed author to receive $100,000 Michael King Fellowship". Creative NZ. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ "Governance, Policies & Annual Report: 2016 Annual Report". Copyright Licensing New Zealand. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- ^ "Writing on Climate-Change leads to $25,000 Award". Scoop culture. 20 September 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- ^ "Neville Peat". Copyright Licensing New Zealand. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- ^ "New Year honours list 2018". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 30 December 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
External links
- Neville Peat – the author's website
- Smithsonian Study Tours' Neville Peat biography