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A crossword puzzle and a quizword puzzle related to New Zealand are presented.

The article presents entries for the wordsworth competition of the journal for the theme "one-and-twenty" poems including the entry from Anne Martin and Anna Read.

The article focuses on the Wordsworth competition published by periodical "New Zealand Listener," in which participants has to complete a poem starting from the phrase "When I was one-and-twenty," and also presents replies sent by various readers.

The article announces that John McCormick won the poem competition hosted by the periodical "New Zealand Listener."

The article presents a competition for readers of the "New Zealand Listener" magazine.

The article presents the entries and winner to a competition involving new lyrics for a song in New Zealand including from Francis Young of Katikati, Anne Martin of Helensville, and Michael Ferns of Waikiwi.

The article are entries for an original poem writing competition for the column Wordsworth and inviting entries for the next competition.

The article mentions Wordsworth's original poem competition and includes the winner of the last competition Wigram Skies, New Zealand's Barry Grant.

The article discusses several lyrics starting with "ShallI compare thee to ..." including songs by lyricists David Flaws and John Clarke.

The article reviews the topic "Wordsworth" of the August 2015 issue of the periodical "New Zealand Listener".

The article contains submissions for Wordsworth competition of verse starting with "And now the end is near..."

The article lists the names suggested by the readers for the New Zealand Christmas carol including "We've got no frankincense or gold", "The supermarket's out of myrrh", and "Will baby Jesus be consoled".

Several poems are submitted by the readers of the magazine for challenge on how to woo someone. Max Reid First line: I cast a little wink her way Last line: With your defective Rs. Alan Belcher First line: The wise old owl is a funny old fowl Last line: it never worked for me. Rex McGregor: First Line: Be honest, or she'll spot your lies Last line: Then hop straight into bed.

The article presents several submissions by readers including Helen Livesey, Bryan Cork and Rex McGregor, on the competition on verse starting with "Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk", and adds that the winner will receive three-disc set of television shows directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

The article focuses on the different interpretation of various readers in New Zealand of a phrase that appeared in the book "The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows."

The article presents the response of readers on the journal's question about daylight saving time.

The article presents the winners of a competition for summarizing a famous book into 50 words or less including Toby Jones for the book "We Need to Talk About Kevin," Max Reid for "The Bible," and Hans Zindel for "Lady Chatterley's Lover."

The article explains the meaning of several words including nullus indicatus, taurangaitis, and hindercators.

The article presents entries to a challenge to complete a four-line poem starting "To keep your marriage..." including entries by Ray White from Greytown, South Africa, John Jones from Dunedin, New Zealand, and Rex McGregor from Central Auckland, New Zealand.

The author shares his inspiration in writing the words of a hymn for atheists.

The article focuses on the English equivalents of the Philippine term baling, which refers to the tradition wherein a woman goes to the house of the man she wants to marry and refusing to leave without an agreement for marriage, including match fixing, unbridalled ambition, and lady in waiting.

The article outlines some of the winning entries to a March 2015 competition, which asked readers to write four or five lines from a well-known poem, including the ones from Nozz Fletcher, Lyn McConchie and Anne Martin.

The article provides samples of poems with the first and last line including one from Kaye Bennetts, one from Daphne Tobin, and one from Rex McGregor.

The article presents a challenge for readers to compose an online dating profile for a well-known politician in New Zealand.

The article reports that Peggy Ransom of Orewa, New Zealand is the winner for the hypocorism competition of the journal "New Zealand Listener" which asks readers to provide pet name or short name for a term or word with New Zealand flavour.

The article presents the entries for a poem making competition participated by the readers of the "Listener" journal in New Zealand including Rex McGregor of Central Auckland, Barbara Harwood of Kohimarama, and John Jones of Dunedin.

The article presents several entries of poems for the original poem competition in New Zealand which expresses regrets on the unkept New Years resolution including the poem of Peter Reid, Rex McGregor and Barbara Harwood, also mentions that William Green's poem has won the competition.

The article presents several vocabularies and their corresponding meaning such as seeks, clydesdale, and lycra.

The article presents the entries of several individuals for a poem competition and mentions Peter Reid as the winner.

The article presents the winner and several entries to the challenge of supplying few lines of verse to be sung in a popular piece of music that could win a John le Carre's novel "A Most Wanted Man."

The article focuses on the entries to a competition that involves the creation of five line verse containing one or more spoonerisms including from John Mills of Gebbies Valley, New Zealand, Kaye Bennetts of Stanmore Bay, New Zealand, and Barry Grant of Wigram Skies, New Zealand.

The article presents statements in the form of malapropism related to entertainment, books, and culture.

The article presents the result and the winner of the competition organized by the journal under which readers were invited to retell the events of a fable or nursery rhyme including "Sleeping Beauty," and "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs."

A contest concerning original verse of upto five lines containing one or more spoonerisms is presented.

The article presents several phrases or sentences from readers which are translated into another language and translated back to English including "Grounds for dismissal" from John Mills, "Broad in the beam" from Bronwen Gunn, and "He who hesitates is lost" from Warren Palmer.

The article focuses on various ways of constructing a sentence, and includes information on the proper use of comma, word repetition, and grammar.

The article offers the insights of several participants of the Wordsworth competition in New Zealand including Paul Kelly, Rex McGregor, and winner Anne Martin.

The article focuses on stealing data from the computer of others.

The article presents a puzzle that asks readers to determine the original bogus explanation of a particular expression used by a young couple who were married and decided to get a divorce.

The article offers information on various examples of anaphora, which defines as a repetition of word or phrase at the beginning of clauses.

The article offers information on the entries submitted by the readers to the journal's game on the new versions of an old saying.

The article presents answers sent by readers of the periodical related to its competition on what to call a situation where a person sends a text message to a wrong person including miss-sent goof, miss-placed textosterone and textually mistransmitted dis-ease.

The article offers the insights of several individuals from New Zealand, including Annabel Cameron of Brockville, Nozz Fletcher of Waikawa, and Joan Johnson of Paraparaumu, concerning the terms that can be used if a person experience a sudden loss of power.

The article presents the entries for the journal's challenge on creating sentences with homonyms including one from Stephanie Patterson, another from Owen McMahon, and one from Rex McGregor.

The article presents information on several acronyms including CIA for Corporate Interests Assured, DNA for National Dyslexia Association, and ICC for International Corruption Council.

The article presents brief information on idiom and phrases submitted by readers of New Zealand including Northpark's Colin Franks related to rugby, racing, Central Auckland's Rex McGregor related to golfing with the U.S. President Barck Obama, and Harwell's Peter Chapman related to helicopters.

The article offers the insights of several participants of a contest of the periodical "New Zealand Listener" including Michael Fern of Invercargill, New Zealand, Rex McGregor of Central Auckland, and Graham Benbrook of Waikanae, along with contest winner Keith Simes.

The article presents the meaning of several vocabularies including poll dancing, dysfangtional, and disgustartd.