Janet Paterson Frame was a New Zealand author. She is internationally renowned for her work, which includes novels, short stories, poetry, juvenile fiction, and an autobiography, and received numerous awards including being appointed to the Order of New Zealand, New Zealand's highest civil honour.
Frame in 1993
Oamaru: Clock tower on the old Post Office, described in Frame's Owls Do Cry and her autobiography, The Envoy from Mirror City
Seacliff Lunatic Asylum in the Otago region, where Frame was first committed in 1945.
Owls Do Cry. Dennis Beytagh's cover illustration for Frame's début novel, released by New Zealand's Pegasus Press in 1957.
The Order of New Zealand is the highest honour in the New Zealand royal honours system, created "to recognise outstanding service to the Crown and people of New Zealand in a civil or military capacity". It was instituted by royal warrant on 6 February 1987. The order is modelled on the British Order of Merit and the Order of the Companions of Honour.
Badge of a Member of the Order of New Zealand (neck ribbon and bow)
Elizabeth II wearing the insignia of the Sovereign of the Order of New Zealand (the bow on her shoulder)