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Article
"Arts council theatre policy debate." Act 1.10; Feb (1985): 1-4.
"This writer’s survival recipe." Playmarket News 38; Spring (2006): 11.
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Criticism
Evening Post (2002): 9.
"An innocents look at New Zealand women writers." Womens Studies Journal 2.2; Aug (1986): 2-13.
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Drama
Born to Clean. UNPUBLISHED 1987.
Broadsheet 150; June/July (1987): 42-44.
Broadsheet 150; June/July (1987): 42-44.
2476.117; 1987: 39.
Agenda Nov (1987): 33.
Dancing. UNPUBLISHED 1983.
Broadsheet 117; Mar (1984): 45.
Groundwork. UNPUBLISHED 1985.
Act 3.10; June (1985): 26-27.
2367.110; 1985: 52-53.
Broadsheet 130; June (1985): 44.
Jeannie Once. Wellington, Victoria University Press 1991.
"A trilogy complete." Listener 2631.127; (1990): 98.
"What we want and what we get : Renees Jeannie Once." Hecate Special Aotearoa/New Zealand Issue 2.20; Oct (1994): 243-250.
New & Notable 5.8; Nov (1991): 1-7.
Dominion Sunday Times (1991): 20.
Evening Post (1991): 5.
New Zealand Books 4.1; Mar (1992): 8.
Australasian Drama Studies 21; Oct (1992): 174-176.
Listener 2631.127; (1990): 98.
Dominion Sunday Times (1990): 14.
"Two rivers within me flow : an exploration of mixed race writing in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Thesis. MA." University of Auckland, Auckland, 1998.
Missionary Position. UNPUBLISHED 1991.
Dominion Sunday Times (1991): 25.
Pass it On. Wellington, Victoria University Press 1986.
Act 2.11; April (1986): 20-21.
Broadsheet 138; April (1986): 44-45.
Sites 16; Aug (1988): 24-36.
Australasian Drama Studies 12/13; (1988): 190-195.
Landfall 1.42; Mar (1988): 115-117.
Secrets. Wellington, Playmarket 1984.
Broadsheet 102; Sept (1982): 46.
Broadsheet 148; April (1987): 46-47.
Setting the Table. Wellington, Playmarket 1984.
Act 6.7; Dec (1982): 64-66.
Broadsheet 107; Mar (1983): 45-46.
Broadsheet 117; Mar (1984): 46.
"Writing the wrongs." Broadsheet 98; April (1982): 33.
"Another life." Auckland Metro 67.6; Jan (1987): 112-115.
Song of the Shirt : Three One-act Plays for Young Actors. Dunedin, McIndoe Publishers 1993.
Dominion April 17 (1993): 12-12.
Otago Daily Times September 11 (1993): 20-20.
New and Notable 4.10; Sept (1993): 13-16.
Dominion (1993): 12.
Otago Daily Times (1993): 20.
New & Notable 4.10; Sept (1993): 13-16.
Te Pouaka Karaehe. UNPUBLISHED 1992.
1992: 12.
Evening Post (1992).
The Secret. 1987.
"Bleak smiles." Listener 2480.118; Aug (1987): 62.
Broadsheet 152; Oct (1987): 43-44.
"Tiggy tiggy touch wood In: Playlunch: Five Short New Zealand Plays." Dunedin, University of Otago Press Publishers Weekly (1996).
Touch of the Sun. UNPUBLISHED 1991.
New Zealand Herald 1; (1991): 10.
Broadsheet 186; April (1991): 39.
Evening Post (1992): 16.
Listener 2662.127; (1991): 56.
Wednesday to Come. Wellington, Victoria University Press 1985.
Downstage Theatre, Wellington, Broadsheet 121; Jul/Aug (1984): 46.
Listener 2328.108; (1984): 37.
Downstage Theatre, Wellington, Act 5.9; Oct (1984): 56-58.
Metro 43; Jan (1985): 28-29.
Australasian Drama Studies 12/13; (1988): 190-195.
What Did You Do in the War, Mummy. UNPUBLISHED 1982.
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Essay
"Theatre and politics." Landfall 153; Mar (1985): 14-17.
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Interview
"Passing it on: Renee interviewed by Peter Beatson." Sites 16; Autumn (1989): 24-36.
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Non Fiction
Lets Write Plays. Auckland: Macmillan, 1998. Voyager link
Illusions 31; Summer (2000): 32-35.
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Novel
Daisy & Lily. Auckland: Penguin, 1993. Voyager link
"Kaina, kaainga and aiga: the home experiences of marginalised minority characters as depicted in four New Zealand novels by Polynesian authors." University of Auckland, Auckland, 1998.
"The postcolonial lesbian text: readings of four novels by Renee. Thesis, PhD." University of Waikato, 1998.
New Zealand Books 2.3; Spring (1993): 5.
Landfall 2,186.n.s.1; Spring (1993): 331-333.
Evening Post (1993): 5.
Quote Unquote 4; Sept (1993): 35.
Listener 2787.140; (1993): 50.
New Zealand Herald 2; (1993): 6.
Metro 148; Oct (1993): 154-156.
Otago Daily Times Oct (1993): 22-23.
Dominion (1993).
New and Notable 5.10; Nov (1993): 7-8.
More 125; Nov (1993): 146.
Does this Make Sense to You?. Auckland: Penguin, 1995. Voyager link
Span 40; April (1995): 108-110.
Evening Post (1995): 5.
Dominion (1995): 16.
Otago Daily Times (1995).
Listener (1995): 55.
Press Sup; (1995): 14.
Quote Unquote 26; Aug (1995): 30.
Metro 171; Sept (1995): 131-134.
New Zealand Books 4.5; Oct (1995): 6-7.
Next 55; Oct (1995): 108.
Landfall 190; Spring (1995): 363-365.
"The postcolonial lesbian text: readings of four novels by Renee. Thesis, PhD." University of Waikato, 1998.
"The dark side of the womb." Dominion (1995): 11.
"Empire and nation, home and family : Renees Does This Make Sense to You?." Span 42/43; April/Oct (1996): 162-173.
I Have to Go Home. Auckland: Puffin, 1997. Voyager link
Sunday Star Times E; (1997): 4.
Kissing Shadows. Wellington: Huia Publishers, 2005. Voyager link
Dominion Post Sup; (2005): 19.
New Zealand Herald Sup; (2005): 40-41.
Otago Daily Times Sup; (2006): 6.
Booknotes 153; Fall (2006): 18-19.
1.16; Mar 2006: 11.
Listener (2006): 42.
Skeleton Woman : a romance. Wellington: Huia Publishers, 2002. Voyager link
Otago Daily Times B; (2002): 6.
Evening Post P; June (2002): 9.
Listener (2002): 64.
North and South 196; July (2002): 98-99.
Dominion Sup; (2002): 7.
New Zealand Herald G; (2002): 6-7.
The Snowball Waltz. Auckland: Penguin, 1997. Voyager link
"The postcolonial lesbian text: readings of four novels by Renee. Thesis, PhD." University of Waikato, 1998.
"Books." Evening Post Sept (1997): 5.
Sunday Star Times E; Oct (1997): 6.
New Zealand Herald G; (1997): 6.
Metro 196; Oct (1997): 108-111.
Otago Daily Times (1997): 25.
New Zealand Books 5.7; Dec (1997): 8-9.
Listener (1997): 46.
Express: New Zealand's Newspaper of Gay Expression (1997): 19.
North and South 142; Jan (1988): 124-129.
Willy Nilly. Auckland: Penguin, 1990. Voyager link
Broadsheet 178; May (1990): 37-38.
Dominion (1990): 7.
Dominion Sunday Times (1990): 19.
Evening Post (1990): 28.
New Zealand Herald 2; (1990): 6.
The Press (1990): 28.
Listener 2627.127; (1990): 112.
New and Notable 5.7; Nov (1990): 7.
Landfall 45; Sept (1991): 370-373.
"The postcolonial lesbian text: readings of four novels by Renee. Thesis, PhD." University of Waikato, 1998.
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Other
"Change of life." Broadsheet 114; Nov (1983): 8-11.
"On the road." Broadsheet 111; Jul/Aug (1983): 34-37.
"Understanding the difference." Listener 2742.136; (1992): 44-45.
Yin and Tonic: comic writings. Auckland, Vintage 1998.
Evening Post P; (2002): 9.
Express: New Zealand's Newspaper of Gay Expression (1998): 17.
The Press Sup; (1998): 15.
New Zealand Books 2.9; June (1999): 5.
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Poetry
Playlunch: five short New Zealand plays. Dunedin, University of Otago Press 1996.
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Short Story
Finding Ruth. Auckland, Heinemann 1987.
Listener 2492.118; (1987): 82-83.
Broadsheet 154; Dec (1987): 44.
"Rarely pure and never simple." Metro 163; Jan (1995): 94-98.
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Videorecording
Piece of my heart. New Zealand, TVNZ 2009.
 

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Anthology
Jones, Lawrence. Nurse to the imagination: 50 years of the Robbie Burns Fellowship. University of Otago Press, Dunedin, 2008.
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Article
Lamb, Jonathan. "The uncanny in Auckland." And 4; Oct (1985): 32-45.
Thompson, Mervyn. "Another life." Auckland Metro 67.6; Jan (1987): 112-115.
Leek, Robert H. "Home-grown drama of the mid-eighties." JNZL: Journal of New Zealand Literature 5; (1987): 1-13.
Leek, Robert H. "New drama 86-87: various shades of laughter." JNZL: Journal of New Zealand Literature 6; (1988): 3-29.
Sabbage, Lisa. "No skeletons under the table." Broadsheet 162; Oct (1988): 14-16.
Stead, C.K. "The follies of our age: the new Victorians." Metro 92.8; Feb (1989): 118-124.
Black, Sebastian. "Wednesday to come and Pass it on." Australasian Drama Studies 13.12; (1989): 190-195.
McNaughton, Iona. "Dunedin charms fellows." Dominion Sunday Times (1990): 14.
Smith, Charmian. "Suffrage year pageant to celebrate Otago women." Otago Daily Times (1993): 26.
Charman, Janet. "Books." Evening Post Sept (1997): 5.
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Criticism
Hall, Sandi. Broadsheet 102; Sept (1982): 46.
Neill, Michael. Act 6.7; Dec (1982): 64-66.
Dunsford, Cathie. Broadsheet 107; Mar (1983): 45-46.
Dunsford, Cathie. Broadsheet 110; June (1983): 44.
White, Helen. Act 3.8; May (1983): 32.
Simpson, Rebecca. Listener 2328.108; (1984): 37.
Guthrie, Elly. Broadsheet 117; Mar (1984): 45.
Coney, Sandra. Downstage Theatre, Wellington, Broadsheet 121; Jul/Aug (1984): 46.
Quin, Diane. Broadsheet 117; Mar (1984): 46.
Thomson, J. Downstage Theatre, Wellington, Act 5.9; Oct (1984): 56-58.
Black, Sebastian. "Aggressive elements: New Zealand theatre in the 1980s." New Literatures Review 13; (1984): 5-16.
Morris, Paula. Broadsheet 130; June (1985): 44.
Black, Sebastian. Act 3.10; June (1985): 26-27.
Shaw, Peter. Metro 43; Jan (1985): 28-29.
Blaxland, W. 2367.110; 1985: 52-53.
Snow, T. Act 2.11; April (1986): 20-21.
Kelland, Andrea. Broadsheet 138; April (1986): 44-45.
Shaw, V. 2476.117; 1987: 39.
Hunt, A. Agenda Nov (1987): 33.
Suddens, Doreen. Broadsheet 154; Dec (1987): 44.
Hebley, D. Listener 2492.118; (1987): 82-83.
Sargisson, Julie. Broadsheet 148; April (1987): 46-47.
Bell, Ali. Broadsheet 152; Oct (1987): 43-44.
Rosier, Pat. Broadsheet 150; June/July (1987): 42-44.
Rosier, Pat. Broadsheet 150; June/July (1987): 42-44.
Evers, Sally. "Teaching about trade unions." PPTA Journal 3; (1987): 24-25.
Corballis, Richard. Landfall 1.42; Mar (1988): 115-117.
Beatson, Peter. Sites 16; Aug (1988): 24-36.
Lay, Graeme. North and South 142; Jan (1988): 124-129.
Black, Sebastian. Australasian Drama Studies 12/13; (1988): 190-195.
Black, Sebastian. Australasian Drama Studies 12/13; (1988): 190-195.
Beresford, Rosemary. Listener 2631.127; (1990): 98.
Minehan, Mike. The Press (1990): 28.
Stafford, Jane. Dominion Sunday Times (1990): 19.
Ash, Susan. Evening Post (1990): 28.
Rosier, Pat. Broadsheet 178; May (1990): 37-38.
Cunninghame, Pamela. New Zealand Herald 2; (1990): 6.
Watson-White, Helen. Dominion Sunday Times (1990): 14.
Patterson, Betty. New and Notable 5.7; Nov (1990): 7.
Adeane, Jean. Dominion (1990): 7.
Jagose, Annamarie. Listener 2627.127; (1990): 112.
Beresford, Rosemary. "A trilogy complete." Listener 2631.127; (1990): 98.
Beresford, Rosemary. Listener 2662.127; (1991): 56.
Rae, Bernadette. New Zealand Herald 1; (1991): 10.
Cooke, Patricia. Dominion Sunday Times (1991): 20.
Roberts, Heather. Landfall 45; Sept (1991): 370-373.
Webby, George. Evening Post (1991): 5.
Fidler, Megan. Broadsheet 186; April (1991): 39.
Watson-White, Helen. Dominion Sunday Times (1991): 25.
Dale, Judith. "Womens theatre and why." Australasian Drama Studies 18; April (1991): 159-182.
Dale, Judith. New Zealand Books 4.1; Mar (1992): 8.
Cooke, Patricia. 1992: 12.
Atkinson, Laurie. Evening Post (1992): 16.
Atkinson, Laurie. Evening Post (1992).
Carnegie, David. Australasian Drama Studies 21; Oct (1992): 174-176.
Murray, Heather. Quote Unquote 4; Sept (1993): 35.
Connell, Judith. Otago Daily Times (1993): 20.
McLean, Gavin. Otago Daily Times Oct (1993): 22-23.
Simpson, Rebecca. New Zealand Books 2.3; Spring (1993): 5.
McLeod, Aorewa. Listener 2787.140; (1993): 50.
Ranstead, G. Landfall 2,186.n.s.1; Spring (1993): 331-333.
Probert, Elizabeth. New and Notable 5.10; Nov (1993): 7-8.
Johnson, Stephanie. More 125; Nov (1993): 146.
Hill, David. Dominion (1993): 12.
Cooper, Ronda. Metro 148; Oct (1993): 154-156.
Van de Veire, Heidi. Dominion (1993).
Chapman, Nicola. Evening Post (1993): 5.
Tompkins, Joanne. "What we want and what we get : Renees Jeannie Once." Hecate Special Aotearoa/New Zealand Issue 2.20; Oct (1994): 243-250.
Smith, Anna. Landfall 190; Spring (1995): 363-365.
Van de Veire, Heidi. Dominion (1995): 16.
Mann, Peter. Otago Daily Times (1995).
Cooper, Ronda. Metro 171; Sept (1995): 131-134.
Webb, Gerry. Listener (1995): 55.
Cunninghame, Pamela. Quote Unquote 26; Aug (1995): 30.
Quigley, Margaret. Press Sup; (1995): 14.
Keown, Michelle. Span 40; April (1995): 108-110.
Sayer, Susan. "Empire and nation, home and family : Renees Does This Make Sense to You?." Span 42/43; April/Oct (1996): 162-173.
Hilford, Rachel. Listener (1997): 46.
Bartlett, Carol. Express: New Zealand's Newspaper of Gay Expression (1997): 19.
Thwaites, Patricia. Otago Daily Times (1997): 25.
Worthington, Kim. New Zealand Books 5.7; Dec (1997): 8-9.
MacKenzie, Joy. Sunday Star Times E; Oct (1997): 6.
Sharp, Iain. Sunday Star Times E; (1997): 4.
Cooper, Ronda. Metro 196; Oct (1997): 108-111.
Sharp, Iain. "Crash course in kids stuff." Sunday Star Times E; (1997): 4.
Fitchett, Sue. Express: New Zealand's Newspaper of Gay Expression (1998): 17.
Welch, Denis. New Zealand Books 2.9; June (1999): 5.
Sayer, Susan. "Hellfire and queer nation in Godzone." Ariel 2.30; April (1999): 119-139.
Downie, John. Illusions 31; Summer (2000): 32-35.
Corney, Robin. Dominion Sup; (2002): 7.
McCrystal, John. North and South 196; July (2002): 98-99.
Stunzer, Inga. Listener (2002): 64.
Young, Kathy. Otago Daily Times Sup; (2006): 6.
Donald, Prue. Listener (2006): 42.
Norman, Rosemary. Booknotes 153; Fall (2006): 18-19.
Thomson, Margie. 1.16; Mar 2006: 11.
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Essay
Thompson, Mervyn. "Promise and frustration: New Zealand playwriting since 1975." Australasian Drama Studies 3.1; Oct (1984): 122-128.
Beatson, Peter. Pass it on : the working class tradition. Proceedings : New Zealand Sociological conference, 2-4 December 1987. Massey University, Palmerston North, 1988.
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Interview
Hall, Sandi. "Writing the wrongs." Broadsheet 98; April (1982): 33.
Suddens, Doreen. "Asking for it." Broadsheet 109; April (1983): 36.
Heckenberg, Pamela Payne. Australasian Drama Studies 10; April (1987): 21-28.
Wichtel, Diana. "Bleak smiles." Listener 2480.118; Aug (1987): 62.
Renee, "Passing it on: Renee interviewed by Peter Beatson." Sites 16; Autumn (1989): 24-36.
Harris, Lee. "Renee." Broadsheet 181; Sept (1990): 36.
Warrington, Lisa. "A life-long affair : Renees writing for the theatre.." Australasian Drama Studies 18; April (1991): 70-90.
Johnson, Stephanie. "Passing it on." Quote Unquote 7; Dec (1993): 28-31.
Swain, Pauline. "The dark side of the womb." Dominion (1995): 11.
Dungey, Kim. ". Novel born of tragedy.." Otago Daily Times (2005): 37.
Thomson, Margie. Herald on Sunday 68. Sup; (2006): 20-21.
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Sound Recording
Lynch, Murray. Wednesday to come. University of Auckland, Auckland A/V Centre, 1987.
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Thesis
Ogilvie, Meredith Anne. Kaina, kaainga and aiga: the home experiences of marginalised minority characters as depicted in four New Zealand novels by Polynesian authors. University of Auckland, Auckland, 1998.
Sayer, Susan. The postcolonial lesbian text: readings of four novels by Renee. Thesis, PhD. University of Waikato, 1998.
Somerville, Alice Te Punga. Two rivers within me flow : an exploration of mixed race writing in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Thesis. MA. University of Auckland, Auckland, 1998.
Williams, Susan. Dressing for dinner: Renees literary explorations of the changing roles available to strong women in New Zealand society. Thesis, MA. Massey University, 1999.
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