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The global supply chain which sees books end up on the shelves has developed a few kinks. Space on shipping freight and in crates is in short supply, and then when they are in transit, they re often being delayed. (Video first published November 2020.)
Writers are demanding greater urgency to improve schemes to compensate them for their work amid surging e-book, audiobook and school lending, none of which they are currently paid for. Despite calls for an overhaul, review work has stalled one year on from lockdown, which has been cited by authorities as a reason for slow progress. Frustrated writers say each day that passes without any concrete decisions is another where they go without deserved pay. “We’re not seen as a priority. It’s extremely frustrating,” said Mandy Hager, president of the New Zealand Society of Authors.
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Part of a page from the 1853 ‘Castlepoint – Wairarapa’ Crown Purchase Deed with a detailed map and te reo Māori headings. ABWN 8102 W5279 Box 42/WGN 188, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga. New Zealand has registered five more items of national significance with UNESCO’s Memory of the World programme. Five items were the given honour and registered on Wednesday: Crown Purchase Deeds, literary and personal papers from author Robin Hyde, a collection of Olaf Petersen photos, papers of artist Colin McCahon and his wife Anne, and Wellington nun Suzanne Aubert’s Manuscript of Māori Conversation.