Auckland Writers Festival and Auckland War Memorial Museum Documentary Heritage Collection Commissions 2017

The following five writers were commissioned to create new work inspired by items in the Auckland War Memorial Museum’s Documentary Heritage Collection. They presented their work at a free live event at Auckland Writers Festival 2017. You can visit the Documentary Heritage Collection at the Museum and also online.

Hera Lindsay Bird

Kelly Ana Morey

Ngahuia Te Awekotuku

Anne Kennedy

Toby Morris

Their final pieces of collected writing are gathered here so you can read and enjoy them. With thanks to the Auckland War Memorial Museum.