Noel Hilliard


Noel Harvey Hilliard was a New Zealand journalist and novelist.

Background

Hilliard was born in 1929 in Napier, New Zealand. He married Kiriwai Mete in 1954 and they were to have two sons and two daughters. Hilliard gained his education at Kotemaori Primary School, Raupunga Maori School, Kopuawhara Primary School, and Gisborne High School. He attended Victoria University College and Wellington Teachers' College; he gained a teacher's certificate in 1955.
In 1971, Hilliard was the recipient of the Robert Burns Fellowship.
Hilliard's wife died in 1990; at the time they were living at Titahi Bay in Wellington. His death was announced in the December 1996 edition of Booksellers News.

Works

Fiction