Festivals & Lifestyle

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On The Couch: Tāme Iti

Tāme Iti (Ngāi Tūhoe, Waikato, Te Arawa) is known as many things – activist, artist, actor, author, terrorist and cyclist. He rose to prominence as a member of the protest group Ngā Tamatoa more than 40 years ...

Mrs Blackwell’s Mother’s Day Afternoon Tea

The abundant and the beautiful: making good food and fibre that won’t break the planet

Justine Ross (Meet You At The Main Divide) and her husband Geoff almost broke the internet when Country Calendar filmed ...

Let Your Imagination Soar With James Russell!

Join James Russell, bestselling author of The Dragon Brothers Trilogy, and junior fiction series The Dragon Defenders and Children of the Rush, as he takes you on a journey of creativity and shows you how to unleash your ...

Meet The Markavist, Mark Pacey

By day, Mark Pacey is the go-to man for Wairarapa's history at the local archives. After hours, he’s the author of books on subjects as diverse as the U.S. Marines, pharmacies, brewing and the Wairarapa coastline. ...

The Crewe Murders

The murder of Harvey and Jeannette Crewe in their Pukekawa farmhouse in 1970 remains Aotearoa New Zealand’s most famous cold case. It spawned two trials, two appeals, a royal commission finding of police corruption ...

Book Binding Workshop

Robin Ramsden shows you how to make a 4th century Nag Hammadi codex. Her design is reusable and the leather will last long after you fill your notebook, and with her written instructions you can make your own at home. ...

On The Couch: Gregory O'Brien

If anybody in Aotearoa New Zealand deserves the description polymath, it’s Gregory O’Brien.  The poet, artist, art curator, and writer of fiction and non-fiction, has this year been longlisted for the ...

Tea With Jane: A Literary Passion

'Towards Compostela' author Catharina van Bohemen first read 'Pride and Prejudice' when she was fourteen and has read and taught Jane Austen ever since. In 2015 she wrote two chapbooks, 'Letter to ...

The Write Stuff: Making Dreams Come True

Catherine Robertson, Lee Murray and Isa Pearl Ritchie stuck to their dreams to write in the genres they love – romance, popular fiction, horror and speculative fiction – and, despite the naysayers, have ...

Te Tiriti O Waitangi: What Tangata Whenua Say

Te Tiriti o Waitangi remains as important today as it did when it was first signed 184 years ago, but how can Aotearoa honour it, what are the key challenges and where do tangata whenua stand? Papawai Marae kaumātua ...

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