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Donna Goodacre writes historical fiction based on her ancestors in England and New Zealand. Her three books are part of a series called "Our Unbroken Spirits", which covers the period from 1850-1915. Donna is of Māori-Pākehā heritage, and her stories reflect this.

City of Residence: Tauranga

www.donnagoodacre-writer.nz

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Donna Goodacre, who is of Waikato Tainui Māori descent, is a retired high school/correctional centre/vocational school English and Foreign Languages teacher. This career spanned some forty years in New Zealand and Australia. She started her first novel, Finding Miriama, in 2018, when family members convinced her that her ancestors’ story, if told well, could make an interesting read. Five years of historical research later, coupled with a little poetic licence and imagination, it was completed. The sequel, Of Greenstone and Violins, published in 2025, took only one year after her retirement from full-time teaching. The third book in this Our Unbroken Spirits series, The Spirit Remains, is due out in early 2026. Donna still divides her time between her birthplace in Tauranga, New Zealand, and Brisbane, Australia, where her close family lives. In both places she can be found on a beach or somewhere small and intimate listening to live jazz.

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