Literary times are tough in New Zealand, it seems.
As Belinda Feek reports in The New Zealand Herald:
New Zealand Book Month has been postponed indefinitely as the trust that governs it failed to get funding, the Literary Awards are on hold after BNZ pulled its funding and The New Zealand Book Awards had a shake-up after NZ Post withdrew their funding last year.Relying on sponsorship is, of course, always risky; sad to see what looks like near-across-the-board cutbacks here.