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Paper-Making Workshop With Rob Kennedy

Enjoy learning about the ancient craft, see what paper made from our native plants looks like, join the conversation about the sustainable use of native plants and then make paper for next year’s Featherston ...

Secrets Of The Land: Our Readers’ Choice

Kate Mahony’s novel Secrets of the Land was the top pick by Featherston Booktown supporters for a new readers’ choice event. Set in Taranaki, Ireland and Australia, Secrets of the Land is an engrossing story ...

Book Launch: The Antipodean Express

In 2019 Gregory Hill undertook an epic train journey from Wellington to the exact antipodes of his living room, on the edge of the insignificant Spanish town of Alaejos. It took 38,000 kilometres, 33 trains, 19 countries ...

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 ...

Author Spotlight: The Secret Life Of Steve Braunias

Steve Braunias is an author, columnist, journalist and literary editor of Newsroom. He is also one of the country’s leading writers of satire and his 2021 book Missing Persons won the Ngaio Marsh Award for Best ...

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 ...

The New Zealand Wars

It has been said the New Zealand Wars were more significant in shaping our country than Te Tiriti o Waitangi. This session seeks to explore whether that is true, and to dig deeper into a troubled time in our history. ...

Hidden Gems: Jenny Bornholdt On Annemarie Hope-Cross

A tribute event to the late Lydia Wevers.
Annemarie Hope-Cross (1968–2022) was a fourth generation photographer who used early photographic processes and antique cameras to produce handmade images that are ...

The Wisdom Years By Joy Cowley

Joy Cowley says the child in her will never die. In her life-affirming, life-challenging workshop, she will take participants through the stages of life and what they mean, with a focus on what Joy calls “the ...

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 ...

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