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The Secrets Of Living Well While Living Long

Rachel McAlpine’s hit play The Secret Lives of Extremely Old People is part of her mission to find out all she can about old age. She and Robin Payne, who directed Secret ...

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 ...

The Magic of Mushrooms

Liv Sisson (Fungi of Aotearoa) and Zach Cotogni (Blue Honey) are on a mission to show Aotearoa New Zealand how important fungi are for the mental and physical health of human beings and the health of the planet. From ...

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 ...

Where's Left? What Does That Even Mean?

The left is at a crossroads in New Zealand – the Labour Party struggles to be relevant while the radical left gathers strength in other parties.  Do lefties want the traditional face of the Labour Party ...

Friday Night Food Trucks Carterton

It was so popular last year the trucks are doing it again in 2024! That's right, the famous Thursday Night Food Trucks at the Masterton Town Hall are coming to Carterton the 2nd Friday of every month ... and they'll be ...

New Moon At Luna

A fine wine and sky pairing - Under The Stars has partnered with Luna Estate for celebrations of exquisite cuisine, fine wine, and the stunning night sky of Wairarapa Dark Sky Reserve. Timed for after dinner in the ...

A Place To Call Home: Late Night Lit

Writing about the places we call home, a reading by poets and storytellers from near and far, from Masterton to Westport to Ngāruawāhia: Tayi Tibble, Becky Manawatu, Madeleine Slavick, Lee Murray and Mary McCallum. ...

The Fish'N'Chip Supper

It’s become a tradition for Featherston Booktown Festival attendees – the best Fish’n’Chips, an entertaining speaker, and a kapa haka concert by Featherston’s tamariki. This year Dame Susan ...

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