Tan coloured Pacific memo notebook containing ideas and outlines for several stories. Notes for 'Secret lives', 'The Haunted Car', 'Formby' …project writing a book, 'Go to the cemetery', The Chiming clock in Foley mall, Some notes at rear of the book about "Hoad" and "Water". Two pages with notes of family names and friends names. A loose slip of paper with The idea of a child who draws on walls.

Notebook with story outlines for Sunshine books, Poems and note of "Glenorchy" Queenstown visit etc, A few notes that might be useful to Heriot Japanese artifacts.

Small Wrightson branded notebook containing very brief notes on various stories including, Vasco, Heriot, a Cake shop, The embarrassing grandmother. At rear of notebook are several pages of notes about The hero’s journey i.e. the hero of a story and roll of myth in stories, ideas possibly drawn from 'The Hero's Journey', Joseph Campbell.

Typescript 'Oceania script with corrections. Characters include Minerva, Carey, Melchior Moana, Simon, Vernon, Matieu. Includes a letter from MM to Lorraine Isaacs commenting on the story line 28 Nov 1997. NB a large portion of this Manuscript has been printed on the reverse of another manuscript.

Spiral bound typescript 'Oceania' script developed by Margaret Mahy for Kids TV Ltd.

Oceania' , Kids TV Ltd. File regarding productions with Kids TV, particularly 'Oceania'. Includes concept art for 'Oceania'.

Wrightson notebook Blue plastic cover Notes for stories for television show. Possibly for 'Oceania'. Refers to episode 2 Characters include Jake, Moana, Nadia and Edward.

Typescript of a short story titled 'Perdita and Maddy'. Second copy with editing

This series contains any photographs located in this first deposit of the archive

Drafts and manuscripts of plays and film and televion scripts including some production schedules Circa 1936-2012