We really appreciate you!!!Every $ helps us get to Arizona to represent  New Zealand 

Thankyou everyone for your generosity Please help us reach our goal by sharing our story with your friends if you canGetting close :)

As we reach the last days of our campaign, we want to thank all of our wonderful donors for your generosity and your concern for the survival of our writing Fellowship and our heritage cottage.  You've made sure that Saraid de Silva can take up the opportunity to live and work in Randell Cottage for a dedicated six-months' residency.  And you've put us on track to host future writers as well.  We are overwhelmed by your support and your commitment to the New Zealand literary scene.  Please keep in touch with us on www.randellcottage.co.nz (you can register for updates).  Follow the news of Saraid, our current French writer Titaua Peu and - we fervently hope - a continuing series of writers-in-residence at Randell Cottage.

To all our generous donors: we are celebrating the very successful funding campaign that made it possible for the Randell Cottage Writers Trust to host our next writer in residence, Saraid de Silva.  Saraid has arrived safely and is settling in to the Cottage, where she was welcomed by Trust Chair Christine Hurley and Trustee Catherine van Melle.

Dear Anonymous DonorsThis is a special word of thanks to you, since we can't email you individually with our appreciation. You've helped us generously, so that we could not only reach but exceed our original cautious target.  Now we can look forward with certainty to welcoming Saraid de Silva to Randell Cottage this year.  And we can plan to host her successors in the coming years too, knowing we have the backing of so many wonderful people from the arts and heritage communities.Randell Cottage Writers Trust

Saraid was chosen for 2025 from a highly competitive group of applicants, based on her track record and the potential of the writing project she submitted.  The selection committee’s judgment has been borne out by the recent inclusion of Saraid’s novel Amma in the longlist for the Jann Medlicott Acorn award for literature in the 2025 Ockham Awards and sensationally in the UK Women’s Prize for Fiction.

Kia ora te whanau,Thanks so much for your donations so far.As a means of boosting the boosted, I am going to be selling my handmade polymer clay earrings from 12-2pm this Thursday, June 26 at Te Whaea. All proceeds will end up right here.Swing on down and see me!

Thank you for your contributions to this project and for your blessings! The cost of living really puts a damper on things so we are super grateful that you have given of your time, energy and resources! With less than a week left, we really are pulling out all the stops asking for donations until the countdown ends!! Help us cross the finish line so we can make this film!!!- Raiden

 After a 30min zoom call with added context to the story of Handle and a helping of curiosity, we have our DoP! Please welcome Ollie Madsen! He’s a full-time Videographer for The Attention Seeker: a social content agency located in Grey Lynn! He also has Photography and 3rd AC under his creative belt and will pilot our iPhone 16 Pro Max Cinema Rig - one that will prove both a challenge and a learning experience that leans in nicely with the aesthetic of this film! Glad to have you on board mate!