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July 13, 2022
Māori writers share Auckland Writers Fest stage
Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira
Posted On July 13, 2022
Download AudioMāori writers, poets and thinkers will take centre stage at next month’s Auckland Writers Festival.
The festival will feature more than 100 events over five days, ranging from interviews panel discussions, film, music and workshops.
Broadcaster and musician Moana Maniapoto is curating the Ara Kē, Ao Kē series, in which she talks to Maori writers, journalists and lawyers, including Ta Timoti Karetu, Linda Tuhiwai Smith, Jacinta Ruruu, and Ani Mikaere talking about the work of the late Moana Jackson.
There are also screenings of Dame Gaylene Preston’s documentary Kai Purakau on the late Keri Hulme, and sessions with authors Keri Opai and Jack Thatcher.
Director Anne O’Brien says the burgeoning of Māori writing is one of the highlights of her more than a decade of running the festival.
“There is just a burgeoning of recognising the rich cultural heritage of this landscape and the place for all voices within it and I think that’s a really exciting thing to say and it’s reflective of a generational shift so to see those new voices coming through and carrying the conversations and bringing their people into the auditorium and telling their stories from the stage is just really exciting,” she says.
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