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blogger Patrick Reynolds for
a discussion on exemplars, blunders, and how many NIMBYs and/or planners it takes to cause paralysis. Chaired by Tommy Honey. Supported by New Zealand Institute of Architects.
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H IS FOR HAWk: HELEn MACDOnALD
SATuRDAY MAY 16 – 3.00-4.00pM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CEnTRE
The English historian, poet, naturalist and illustrator Helen Macdonald once bred hawks for Arab sheikhs. She is also the winner of the Costa Award and the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non- Fiction for H is for Hawk, a chronicle of her attempt to tame Mabel the goshawk as a means of assuaging grief after the death of her father. “Grief,” she writes, “is just love with nowhere to go.” Referencing the similar attempts of T. H. White (of Once and Future King fame) to master falconry, Macdonald’s memoir is described as, pun intended, “a soaring triumph”. Chaired by Noelle McCarthy.
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SATuRDAY MAY 16 – 3.00-4.00pM LOWER nzI ROOM, AOTEA CEnTRE
An irreverent and stinging session should be forthcoming as Steve Braunias, author of Mad Men, and David Slack, Metro contributor, gather with writer and editor Stephen Stratford to discuss satirical writing.
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TAnGATA WHEnuA
SATuRDAY MAY 16 – 3.00-4.00pM uppER nzI ROOM, AOTEA CEnTRE
One of the most important books to be published in Aotearoa New Zealand in 2014, Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History charts Mäori history from its origins through to the present day. Written by Atholl Anderson, Aroha Harris and the late Judith Binney,
the project took several years and testifies to its authors’ dedication and scholarship. Join Anderson and Harris in conversation with Ngarimu Blair as they discuss this compelling narrative of the people and the land.
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FOuR FOR FIFTY READInGS SESSIOn
FAMILY LIFE
SATuRDAY MAY 16 – 3.00-3.50pM LIMELIGHT ROOM, AOTEA CEnTRE
Actor and memoirist Alan Cumming, London literary salonnière Damian Barr, Mäori novelist Witi Ihimaera and writer Elspeth Sandys read from memoirs exploring the tension of family life. Introduced by Catriona Ferguson.
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THE MEDIA REVOLuTIOn
SATuRDAY MAY 16 – 4.30-5.30pM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CEnTRE
We’re witnessing wild times in the world of media when traditional models are beseiged by technological advances and decreasing revenues, not to mention spurned by the digital generation. Ken Auletta – “Annals of Communications” writer in The New Yorker and author of Googled: The End of the World as We Know It – is well placed to fathom it all, from the influence of Netflix to broadsheets and everything in between. Chaired by Shayne Currie. Supported by Westpac Business Bank & Wealth.
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