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New Zealand Book Awards: Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction Lifting the Veil on Our Incredibly Available in New Zealand AUTUMN 2020 | ISSUE 16 the acorn GIVE BACK & GET BACK: Support our community before 31 March and get a 33.3% tax credit this year. GIVE BACK Do you like to support charitable causes close to your heart? A donation to your fund, or direct to our community through the & GET BACK Acorn Foundation before 31 March 2020 will allow you to claim a 33.3% tax credit this year. After 1 April, simply file tax credit claim form IR526 to get your refund and know that your contribution helped those in need in the Western Bay of Plenty. As an option, the IRD has recently improved the secure online service, myIR, which allows you to claim your tax credit online at any time without completing a paper form. Find more information at ird.govt.nz/donations. New Zealand Book Awards: Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction Lifting the veil on our incredibly available in New Zealand. As such, it goes Jann has been an enthusiastic supporter Necessary Secrets, generous donor who has anonymously a tremendously long way to recognise of the arts and is a firm believer in people Greg McGee provided the annual Fiction Prize since and support New Zealand authors. “giving back” to the community. She is Auē, Becky Manawatu its inception in 2016, we extend our certainly leading by example in this respect, immense gratitude to Jann Medlicott. Jann Medlicott was born in Taranaki and supporting both the Fiction Prize and Moonlight Sonata, studied medicine at the University of Otago, the Jann Medlicott Creative Arts Award, Eileen Merriman Although choosing to remain anonymous specialising in radiology. After three years which has been in place since 2012. Pearly Gates, Owen Marshall up to this point, Jann has attended overseas, she returned to New Zealand and each of the awards and personally met settled in Tauranga in 1980 as a hospital- The 2020 Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize Attraction, Ruby Porter all the winning authors who include based radiologist. From 1988 Jann became for Fiction longlist was released on 30 A Mistake, Carl Shuker Stephen Daisley, Catherine Chidgey, Pip involved in the establishment of private January and includes the following titles: Loving Sylvie, Elizabeth Smither Adam and Fiona Kidman. This award radiology services in the Bay area, latterly The Absolute Book, Elizabeth Knox has been valued at over $50,000 each Medex Radiology, where she was a partner Halibut on the Moon, David Vann. year and is the largest fiction prize and practised until her retirement in 2011. 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The campaign arisen out of a continued frustration a collaboration between Tautoko Mai, aims to educate hospitality staff about with the ongoing prevalence of harm Tauranga Women’s Refuge, Living Without keeping patrons safe from sexual harm while within our community. Sexual harm and Violence and Shakti. Tautoko Mai and our in their premises. This is a collaboration family violence are one of the key social partners have a vision for a violence free with Tauranga City Council, NZ Police, local problems undermining the health and Aotearoa, and thanks to Acorn funding, this tertiary providers, TMAPS and the Sexual well-being of our population today. role supports that vision to be enacted. Abuse Prevention Network in Wellington, who ran a similar campaign there. 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