Puaka Matariki 6 - 22 July
Puaka matariki – maraka, maraka!
Visit this articleThis issue we rise up and welcome the festival of Puaka Matariki, with a chance to enjoy the craft and creativity of living Ngāi Tahutanga. We put the big questions to the poets in our annual gala National Poetry Day celebrations. And we see things from a whole new perspective, when young film-makers show us what life looks like through their lens. Plus tiny worlds, electric cars and happy hoiho. Eclectic much!
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What's On
Film screenings, poetry, author talks, stories, crafts, healthy food and a tour of the underworld. Tempted?
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New Zealand Reads: Harvest
This new local novel by Christine Carrell is a book which readers find resonates with their own lives.
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Exhibition to mark 125th anniversary of women’s suffrage
The Heritage Collections pay tribute to 125 years of New Zealand women’s suffrage in their latest exhibition. We showcase early women writers and other creative women of the times to complement the story of the women’s suffrage movement.
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#Go Beyond - Science for Everyone
The 2018 New Zealand Science Festival is a celebration of all things science with over 150 events in Dunedin in July.
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Non-Fiction Special: Dunedin
The town that went on to become a UNESCO City of Literature in 2014 had somewhat humbler literary beginnings.
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Seeking an Aurora
A new picture book by Elizabeth Pulford, illustrated by Anne Bannock
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