The winners for this year’s New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults will be announced at a ceremony at Te Papa next week (Wednesday 7 August 6.30pm). They are curious and want to know What New Zealand children's book changed you growing up?
Youth Picks – August 2019
A choice selection of stuff for Christchurch youth. Recommended reads, Events, Exhibitions and more for teens.
Meet me at The Dog House – Christchurch Arts Festival 2019
Ahead of the concert at the Christchurch Arts Festival, Moata interviews her whānau about being involved with Pacific Underground.
Cool stuff from the Selectors: plants for changing climates, equatorial forests, and a kiwi graphic novel
Cool stuff from the Selectors: plants for changing climates, equatorial forests, and a kiwi graphic novel
What A Fool Honesty Is! WORD Christchurch at the Christchurch Arts Festival 2019
Presented in association with The Christchurch Arts Festival, WORD Christchurch brings us 'What A Fool Honesty Is!', a discussion of the nature of truth and lies. Featuring dancer Rodney Bell, writer Fiona Farrell, journalist Donna Miles-Mojab, playwright Victor Rodger and poet and youth advocate Daisy Speaks, it promises to be an illuminating evening.
Music, Movement, and Stories: Three parts of one whole: Onepū – Christchurch Arts Festival 2019
Onepū is on Friday 2 August 7pm at the James Hay Theatre in the Town Hall. It is presented by the Atamira dance company, and uses sound, movement, light and dance to tell the story of atua wahine / Māori female deities, as told in traditional Kāi Tahu stories. A combination of the traditional and the modern, this work from Louise Potiki Bryant (Kāi Tahu, Waitaha, Kāti Mamoe), Ariana Tikao (Kāi Tahu) and others is sure to be a magical experience.
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Meremere – Christchurch Arts Festival 2019
Unfortunately, the land of opportunity turned into a nightmare for Rodney and he ended up homeless, living rough on the mean streets of San Francisco. Meremere is Rodney's story of survival. Meremere portrays Rodney's experience through spoken word, music, dance and multimedia design. Despite the grim nature of Rodney's experience, Meremere is, above all, a story of hope and wonderment - and a testament to the human spirit.
Wild Dogs Under My Skirt – Christchurch Arts Festival 2019
Opening Wild Dogs Under My Skirt at Haeata Community Campus was probably a first for the Christchurch Arts Festival, but it was at the request of the poet Tusiata Avia to have it here as this was the place she grew up. The audience was a mixture of the often stereotypical arts festival attendee (of which I fit nicely into) and a great turnout from the Pasifika community. There were family and friends — and a sense that this was an occasion.
A joy-ride on Lake Ida: Picturing Canterbury
A vintage car taking a sled of children for a joy-ride across the frozen Lake Ida, 1957. An image from the Discovery Wall.
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