Margaret Mahy Margaret Mahy Book of the Year award. Also in 2013, a playground based on her work was commissioned to be built in Christchurch's East Frame. Some other awards: The Phoenix Award from the Children's Literature Association designates the best English-language children's book that did not win a major award when it was originally published twenty years earlier. It is named for the mythical bird phoenix, which is reborn from its ashes, to suggest the book's rise from obscurity. Mahy is one of three authors to win it twice (1985 to 2012). The Margaret Mahy Playground in the Christchurch Central City
Hamsa (bird) Hindi: "hans", Tamil: "அன்னப்பறவை"; , "hong"; , , and commonly spelt "hintha" or "hinthar"; , or "hongsa"; Shan: , or "hong"; Thai: หงส์, ; Malay: "angsa" (اڠسا‎). The hintha (hamsa) is widely depicted in Burmese art, considered to be "swan" in its mythology, and has been adopted as the symbol of the Mon people. Hamsa (bird) The hamsa (Sanskrit: हंस, "" or "hansa") is an aquatic bird of passage, such as a goose or a swan. Its icon is used in Indian and Southeast Asian culture as a spiritual symbol and a decorative element. It is vahana of Lord Brahma