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The cottage has welcomed novelists, poets, playwrights, screenwriters, children's authors, and creative non-fiction writers — from emerging voices to established names in New Zealand literature.
Writers come from across New Zealand for residencies ranging from four weeks to six months, using the cottage as a dedicated space to focus on their work.
2003 – 2009
- Pauline Cartwright2003
- David Hill2003
- Gary Henderson2003/4
- Brigid Lowry2004
- Nelson Wattie2004/5
- Vanessa Rhodes2005
- Shirley Corlett2005
- Joy Tonks2005/6
- Pierre Furlan2006
- Tania Roxborogh2006
- Peter Grant2006
- Jan Bolwell2007
- Vincent Ford2007
- Gerry Evans2007
- Margaret Scott2007
- Renee2008
- Vincent O'Sullivan2008
- Branwen Millar2008
- Jan White2008/9
- Joanna Orwin2009
- Rae Varcoe2009
2010 – 2016
- Pat White2009/10
- Paul Rothwell2010
- Kyle Mewburn2011
- Linda Tyler2011
- James Norcliffe2012
- Rochelle Bright2012
- Phillip Mann2012
- Bernadette Hall2012
- Leonie Agnew2013
- Anne Henderson2013
- Rosemary Wildblood2014
- Melinda Szymanik2014
- Kip Chapman2014
- Marie Duncan2014
- Chris Price2015
- Jennifer Beck2015
- Ralph McCubbin-Howell2015
- Chris Malloy2015
- Kiri Rodwell2015
- Jan Bolwell2015/16
- Barbara Else2016
- Paula Green2016
- Kate Prior2016
- Murray Edmond2016
- Diana Noonan2016
- Chris Carey2016
- Bernadette Hall2016
- Nick Starr2016
2017 – 2020
- Hannah Bulloch2017, 2018/19
- Mere Whaanga2017
- Lynn Jenner2017
- Elspeth Sandys2017
- Annabel Wilson2017
- Maria Samuela2018
- Damian Barr2018
- David Howard2018
- Lesley Glaister2018
- Andrew Greig2018
- Alison Glenny2018
- Rochelle Savage2018
- Michael Steven2018
- Fifi Colston2019
- Karen Wrigglesworth2019/20, 2021
- Nathan Joe2019
- Sue Gerrard2019
- John Forde2020
- Elena de Roo2020, 2023, 2025
- Sandra Arnold2020
- Rebecca Hawkes2020
- Di Batchelor2020
- Eric Trump2020/21
2021 – 2025
- Holly Walker2021, 2024
- Heather McQuillan2021
- Pennie Hunt2021
- Emma Hislop2021, 2024
- Angie Farrow2021
- Sudha Rao2021
- Joanna Cho2022
- Karen McMillan2022
- Malinna Liang2022
- Albert Belz2022
- Ben Wilson2022
- Paul Kalburgi2022
- Lee-Anne Duncan2022
- Sam Brooks2022/23
- Merryn Jones2023
- Nicola Pauling2023
- Ruth Paul2023
- Ruby Macomber2023
- Mary MacPherson2023
- Claire Mabey2023
- Vivienne Plumb2023/24
- April-Rose Geers2024
- Feana Tu'akoi2024
- Sherry Zhang2024
- Keagan Carr Fransch2024
- Sally Bollinger2024/25
- Stacey Teague2025
- Gail Ingram2025
- Tracy Farr2025
- Annie Villiers2025
- Micky Delahunty2025
- Dani Yourukova2025
- Nick Tipa2025
- Chye-Ling Huang2025
- Geoffrey Bonning2025
- Joshua Iosefo2025