Author Maurice Gee sits in the refurbished chair dedicated to him beside Nelson’s Maitai River. It’s uncommon to see celebrated New Zealand writer Maurice Gee making a public appearance. The chair, located beside the Maitai River just upstream from Riverside Pool, was originally installed in 2011 by the New Zealand Society of Authors’ Top of the South branch in honour of its most esteemed member. MARTIN DE RUYTER/Stuff The Top of the South Branch of the New Zealand Society of Authors’ Lucy Hodgson, right, with author Maurice Gee at the reinstallation of the chair dedicated to Gee beside Nelson’s Maitai River. His realistic descriptions of a sometimes dysfunctional small-town New Zealand society have earned him numerous accolades and awards, and occasional criticism.

Source: Stuff July 29, 2020 16:52 UTC