He is a teacher , writer and editor and has published several collections of poetry and a number of novels for children and young adults . His work has been published widely in journals both in New Zealand ( including Landfall , Islands and Sport ) and overseas , and his short stories for children have been widely anthologised . He has been poetry and short story editor of takahē magazine and poetry editor of the Christchurch '' Press , '' and has worked closely with the Christchurch School for Young Writers , including editing the annual Re-Draft anthologies . With Joanna Preston , he collected earthquake poems written in the weeks and months after the 2010 Canterbury Earthquake and subsequent earthquakes , and edited '' Leaving the Red Zone , '' an anthology of 148 poems by 87 poets from across New Zealand . With Elizabeth Smither , he was judge of the 2016 Flash Fiction Day competition
2010 Canterbury Earthquake
2010 Canterbury earthquake
James Norcliffe