Press Release – University of Waikato The University of Waikato is set to welcome Michalia Arathimos as the Writer in Residence for 2021. She will start in her new role after Easter and her residency project will be her third novel, Sojourn, which is set in the Waikato. Michalia Arathimos This position is jointly funded by the University of Waikato and Creative New Zealand and the sole purpose is to give the writer the freedom to write. ‘For a mid-career writer like myself, with a young whānau, I cannot emphasise enough what a supported opportunity like this means. For some writers, it can mean the difference between the next work taking five years, or one, to write,’ says Michalia.