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Welcome to Ngā Pātaka Kōrero Auckland Libraries podcast page! Catch up on author talks, events and concerts, and hear more in-depth commentary from the curatorial team behind our taonga treasured collections and exhibitions.
Talitali fiefia!From royal ceremonies to community and village life, the story of 20th century Tonga is vividly documented through the lens of photographer August Hettig. In this episode we explore the story of the August Hettig Collection held in Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections in conversation with Pacifica Curator Pamata Toleafoa, Photographs Curator Keith Giles, and Photograph Conservator Caroline Garratt. Read more and see images in the Heritage et AL blog:BLOG Check out the Collection Record here:https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/403681/rec/1click on the hyperlink to explore the records online - there will be more to come!Reference to a selection of images mentioned in the podcast:https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/416753/rec/46https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/416490/rec/158https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/416579/rec/191https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/416572/rec/255https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/416499/rec/312https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/416694/rec/451
Valdin by Rebecca K ReillyThe silent spring by Rachel CarsonThe Lorax by Dr SeussEnjoyed this episode? Follow for future episodes.Send an email to reading@aucklandcouncil.govt.nzFind out more about our Bestie collections at www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz
Gary Hebley, whose involvement in reading, creating, teaching and writing about NZ books for children spans decades. Diane as author and Gary as the illustrator. They both received The New Zealand Children’s Literature Association’s 1997 Joint Award for Distinguished Services to Children’s Literature. Diane served as the Course Writer and Director, The New Zealand Experience, National Diploma of Children’s Literature, (Christchurch College of Education, 1995-2001)Listen in as Andrew shares about how this collection brings a new life to Auckland Libraries Children's Historical collection and shares a number of favourite examples from the collection.To read more about access to the archive and about the collection see the Heritage et AL blog here: https://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2026/07/awekura-diane-and-gary-hebley-aotearoa.htmlLink to collection: https://bit.ly/4x5IYnM
programming and was held at the Whare Wānanga, Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero | Central City Library Introduction by Julian Backing Track is Coffee Talk by Dusty Melody
Alison is joined in the studio by the author K.J. Holdom to discuss her recently published historical novel The End and the BeginningThis book can be borrowed from the Bestie collection displays or requested from the Auckland Libraries catalogue. https://bit.ly/3SfuiT2Enjoyed this episode? Follow for future episodes.Send an email to reading@aucklandcouncil.govt.nzFind out more about our Bestie collections at www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz
Where did the New Zealand accent come from and why does it sound the way it does today?Surprisingly, Auckland, NZ’s largest urban centre, has been notably underrepresented in research on the origins of our accent. Past work has been largely South Island and rurally focused, however newly rediscovered historical writings suggest the NZ accent may have developed fastest in the North Island, particularly in Auckland. To tell us more about this we welcomed Dr Brooke Ross who is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Faculty of Engineering and Design at the University of Auckland. With a background in Linguistics and Speech Science, her interdisciplinary research uses speech technology to understand how and why the New Zealand accent is changing over time.This research used Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections at the corpus of material from which to study the accent. You can access the collections via the Oral History tile here: https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/This is a recording of the Tāmaki Untold talk delivered at the Central City Library on Saturday 23 May 2026.
In this episode, we talk with James Littlewood about his work on the Going West Writers Festival archive. James reflects on the experience of working with the voices that make up the 30 years of sound and photographic records housed at Auckland Libraires Heritage Collections. This track illustrates the treasure which is this archive through James' playing favourites. To read more about access to the archive and the work of Going West Trust see the Heritage et AL blog here: https://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-going-west-collection-aotearoa.htmlThe tracks appear in order include:Glenn Colquhoun, poetry performance, with Richard Nunns and Bob Bickerton, 2009 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/5117/rec/8Dianne Bardsley and John Reynolds, discussion, 2008https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/5105/rec/1Margaret Mahy and Catherine Chidgey, discussion, 2000https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/4913/rec/3Taonga Puoro: Singing Treasures, presentation and performance, 2006https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/5052/rec/1Dr Joanne Drayton, interview, 2008https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/5099/rec/1Graham Brazier and Harry Lyon, in conversation, 2014https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/5249/rec/3Graham Brazier and Harry Lyon, play Gutter Black, 2014https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/5249/rec/3Thank you to all the authors and artists for their generosity in sharing this material from the archive.Copyright permissions are required for further replay of this material.Please request access via Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections.The archival project work with the Going West Trust was supported by a Lotteries Grant and the support of the Auckland Libraries Heritage Trust.See Going West Trust for additional podcast material and matters pertaining to the current work of the Trust https://www.goingwestfest.co.nz/
Revisit Auckland in the 1990s and early 2000s, when dance music culture in Aotearoa was finding its pulse. Warehouses, nightclubs, bush parties and late-night radio built a scene that was energetic, resourceful and distinctly local. Interviewed by Emma Jean Kelly, five DJs and producers reflect on their experiences of a formative period in the evolution of dance music in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland.Hear the voices of Tiopira McDowell (Miso / Mokotron), Grant Marshall, Chris Chetland, Tim Checkley (Jizmatron / Go Nuclear) and Matt Mariu.Read more here: https://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2026/05/needle-on-record-dance-music-in-tamaki.htmlNeedle on the Record is produced from long-form oral history interviews commissioned by Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/5352/rec/1Created in support of the Encore! exhibition, this collection adds vital voices to the history of gigs, venues, genres and music production. https://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/en/encore.htmlInterviews, selected clips and podcast script by Emma-Jean Kelly. Narrated and mixed by Julian Lubin.Produced by Sue Berman.Photo credit: Needle on the Record, Sue Berman, 2026 Music credit: DIMMYSAD free use https://pixabay.com/music/drum-n-bass-jungle-waves-drumampbass-electronic-inspiring-promo-345013/Copyright restrictions apply. Please request permission for further use of material. https://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/en/heritage-and-research/research-enquiry.html
In this episode, we talk with Sue Bradford about her work on the Auckland Unemployed Workers Rights Centre (AUWRC) archive. Sue reflects on the experience of sorting through long‑held boxes of papers, magazines, minute books, photographs, and posters. This work was supported by the 2025 John Stacpoole Scholarship, awarded by the Auckland Libraries Heritage Trust.https://www.alht.org.nz/blog/post/160688/aucklands-unemployed-fightback-history-public-talk/You can read Sue Bradford's written reflections on the project here: https://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2026/05/auckland-unemployed-workers-rights-centre-archive.htmlThe archive will shortly be accessioned by Auckland Libraries Heritage Collection.
In this episode we navigate heritage maps with maps librarian Katrina Laan. Katrina shares with us five of her favourite maps including the first printed map of the Pacific in 1601, a 1946 tourist map, the fabulous Thomas Wing’s map of the Kaipara Harbour 1835, early city fire insurance maps 1915 and we learn 'just what is a cadastral map'? Listen in to a lively discussion to learn more about these maps and more.You can read more here: https://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2026/03/awekura-maps.htmlAnd check out an earlier podcast on the Wings maps here: https://soundcloud.com/auckland-libraries/chart-of-kaipara-harbour-by-thomas-wing?in=auckland-libraries/sets/real-gold-treasures-of-theLinks to Auckland Libraries Heritage Maps via Kura Heritage Collections online: https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/mapsMaris Pacifici, 1601, Abraham Ortelius, Map 9588https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/maps/id/9743/rec/1Auckland and environs : sheet no.4., 1924, New Zealand Department of Lands and Survey, Map 77https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/maps/id/1972/rec/2Tourist map of New Zealand, 1946, New Zealand Government Tourist Department; Map 9091https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/maps/id/9134/rec/1Chart of the entrance to Kaipara Harbour, Captain Thomas Wing, January, 1836. Map 4613https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/maps/id/1211/rec/3Fire insurance maps, 1915, Council of Fire and Accident Underwriters' Association of New Zealand, Map 9128https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/maps/id/9340/rec/1
entityType=FormatGroupIn another dimension : Auckland bookplates 1920-1960 (PR:PURI 2002)Link to blog: https://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2015/06/bookplates-hilda-wiseman-and-auckland.htmlAwekura is a kupu drawn from Māori weaponry, particularly the taiaha. It refers to the arero, the tongue of the taiaha, which is adorned with kura, red feathers. The term reflects both the physical beauty and their deeper spiritual and narrative significance. Awekura is the name given to our blog and podcast series that showcases treasures within Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, presented by our library specialists.
In this episode we kōrero with Robert Eruera - Pou Whakarae Taonga Tuku Iho Māori and Maureen Ned - Poukokiri Whakatapoko Tapaenga about a project that, through headsets and augmented reality , we bring to life Heritage Collections and the stories related to the sites of signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland.To read more about this material in the blog here: https://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2026/02/awekura-te-tiriti-ki-tamaki-makaurau.htmlFollow to be notified when each new episodes is published.Explore the unpublished heritage collections via Kura Heritage Collections online www.kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz and printed material via the Auckland Libraries Catalogue - www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz
In this Pride, Love is Love edition, Alison is joined in the studio by poet and actor Dan Goodwin, to discuss the tropes and folx of three recently published queer romance novels.All three books can be borrowed from the Bestie collection displays or requested from the Auckland Libraries catalogue.The broposal by Sonora Reyes https://bit.ly/3NMbRmJ The thrill of the chase by Kathryn Nolan https://bit.ly/3LP8if0Isn’t it obvious? By Rachel Runya Katz https://bit.ly/4sIH2zxEnjoyed this episode? Follow for future episodes.Send an email to reading@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz Find out more about our Bestie collections at www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz
Orlando Furioso was the focus for the talk delivered by Dr Jack Ross, the first of the scholars to speak at the Don Smith Symposium.In 2024 Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections gained an important collection with the gift of 183 titles collected by the late Professor Emeritus Donald Ian Brice Smith (Don). The collection of early modern books published before 1801 comprises several hundred volumes. The collection is now housed in archival boxes, each with a label which features Don’s signature, to show the provenance from the library of Professor Smith.To honour this significant collection Auckland Libraries invited academics from across the country to talk about books in this collection. The event took place on 8 November 2025.All forty-six plates in this copy of Orlando Furioso can now be accessed on Kura Heritage Collections:https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/rarebooks/id/14958/rec/1You can read more in these Heritage et AL blogs:https://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2025/10/discovering-dora-carrington-in-dons.htmlhttps://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2025/12/five-hundred-years-of-books-collector.htmlAnd additionally in this blog by Dr Jack Rosshttps://mairangibay.blogspot.com/2025/10/auckland-central-library-seminar-81125.html
entityType=FormatGroupYou can read more in these Heritage et AL blogs:heritageetal.blogspot.com/2025/10/disc…in-dons.htmlhttps://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2025/12/five-hundred-years-of-books-collector.htmlAnd additionally in this blog by Dr Jack Rossmairangibay.blogspot.com/2025/10/auck…r-81125.html
In this track hear from the third speaker at the Don Smith symposium Dr Shef Rogers from the University of Otago. He spoke about “The Messy but Revealing Immediacy of Miscellanies” using Don’s set of the eleven volumes that comprise the set of miscellaneous prose and verse from Jonathan Swift and friends. In 2024 Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections gained an important collection with the gift of 183 titles collected by the late Professor Emeritus Donald Ian Brice Smith (Don). The collection of early modern books published before 1801 comprises several hundred volumes. The collection is now housed in archival boxes, each with a label which features Don’s signature, to show the provenance from the library of Professor Smith.To honour this significant collection Auckland Libraries invited academics from across the country to talk about books in this collection. The event took place on 8 November 2025.You can read more in these Heritage et AL blogs:https://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2025/10/discovering-dora-carrington-in-dons.htmlhttps://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2025/12/five-hundred-years-of-books-collector.htmlAnd additionally in this blog by Dr Jack Rosshttps://mairangibay.blogspot.com/2025/10/auckland-central-library-seminar-81125.html
In this Awekura episode we talk with Pasifika Curator Pamata Toleafoa about material items which feature tapa cloth. Items include a signature greeting card to an early 1900s tapa newspaper. Pamata shares the story behind these items and the value of tapa material across Te Moana Nui a Kiwa. To read more about this material: Listen to a series of talks on the 1780s Alexander Shaw compiled Tapa Book - https://soundcloud.com/auckland-libraries/sets/tapa-talksand view the page items online here: kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/c…144/rec/5Visit to see these items on display at the Central City Library through to March 2026 in the Lupe I Vao Ese exhibition: https://new.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/en/lupe-i-vao-ese.html
.The book was printed in 1672 in London and is a collection of the writings of influential Quaker, Edward Burrough.Read more about the book and find links to related material here:https://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2025/11/awekura-edward-burrough-1634-1663.htmlImage: A collage produced by Julian Lubin from photographs of the Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections.
Recorded live, this concert celebrated 20 wonderful years of music brought to you through Auckland Libraries concert series. The unique programme brought together talented musician who have participated in many years of concert performance.Lawrence Wong (piano) 5min - 20min approx.Étude in C Major, Op. 10, No. 1 Chopin Nostalgia, from Distant Voices Gao Ping Canzona Serenata, from Forgotten Melodies, Book I, Op. 38, No. 6 Medtner Primavera, from Forgotten Melodies, Book II, Op. 39, No. 3 Medtner Francis-Lee Duo 20min - 40min approx.Charlotte Francis (violin) with Gemma Lee (piano) Spring Sonata (Ist movt) Beethoven Selected movements from Much Ado About Nothing Suite for violin and piano Korngold Hot Canary! Paul Nero William Green (piano) 40 - 55mins approx.Foxglove Bells Ernest Jenner Two Little Birds F. Hutchens No. 1 from 24 Preludes for Solo Piano Jeremy Cullen No. 16, 15, 18, 9 and 8 from 24 Short Preludes for Piano William Green A Score for Celebration William Green Auckland Philharmonia's Aspiring Musicians 55min - 1:09min approx. Featuring Amada Quartet with Formaggio Invention No. 1 (Formaggio) J S Bach Marziale (Formaggio) Rochberg Vivace Assai (mvt 4) from String Quartet in D minor (Amada) Haydn Concerto Doppio Op. 3 (Formaggio + Amada) Handel Mezzo Soprano Margo Knightbridge shares a few words Lawrence Wong (piano) Born in Hong Kong and raised in New Zealand, Lawrence Wong recently graduated from Indiana University Jacobs School of Music under Professor Emile Naoumoff. Currently he is studying for his PHD in Chemistry at the University of Auckland. William Green (piano) William Green studied piano with Jean MacLachlan in Ashburton, and with Maurice Till at the University of Canterbury, graduating MA/MusB. His diverse career as a pianist has involved work with opera, dance, choirs, improv theatre, silent film and as a solo recitalist, performing music by around 70 NZ composers in New Zealand, Australia and Fiji. He is also an arranger, teacher, music director, pre-concert speaker reviewer, writer on music and poet. . Francis-Lee Duo Formed in 2016, Francis-Lee Duo consists of University of Auckland School of Music graduates, violinist Dr Charlotte Francis and pianist Gemma Lee. Both have gained individual successes in chamber music throughout New Zealand and overseasFormaggio is a double reed duo, consisting of Milli Manins on oboe and Sue Lynn Leong on bassoon. They are excited to share the unique music and sounds of the double reeds. Amada Quartet Amada Quartet is made up of violinists Lorna Zhang and Sarah Lee, violist Esther Oh, and cellist Howard Lu. They are based in Auckland and studied music from the University of Auckland School of Music. The musicians are part of the Auckland Philharmonia Aspiring Musicians Programme and emerging soloists on their respective instruments.
Join Marilyn Portman in conversation with Sue Berman on the history of musical concerts at the Auckland City Central Library. In this interview she shares the story behind the foundation of the regular concert series, its many different iterations, and shares some favourite moments across her long career as a music librarian.For more images and to read more about the concerts check out our Heritage et AL blog https://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2025/09/celebrating-twenty-years-of-heritage.htmlImage: Photo by Benjamin Brooking taken for the Ngako: Musical Manuscripts recording 2022.
On Thursday 26 June 2025, Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero | Central City Library presented The Kotuku Quintet in a special concert: From Mozart to MatarikiThe programme was based on a Mozart piano concerto and drew on inspiration from the celebration of Matariki in a brand new work by pianist and composer Louise Webster.Piano concerto no. 13 in C, KV 415 W.A. MozartAllegro ; Andante ; Rondeau: AllegroMozart’s Piano concerto in C KV 415 was written in Vienna in 1782, one of three composed for sale to the Viennese public by advance subscription. A major selling point was that they were composed not only for concert use but also for performance at home, as the wind parts were not structurally important and could easily be dispensed with. The concerto is in three movements. The opening Allegro has a march-like theme, the Andante is lyrical and operatic in character, and the work ends with a Rondeau finale, where jovial sections alternate with a pair of pathos-laden Adagios.Phantasy for Piano Quartet in F# minor Frank BridgeThe Phantasy for Piano Quartet was written in 1910, and is one of Bridges most characterful early works, showing the influence of Brahms and French Romanticisim. All the musical ideas spring from the passionate opening flourish. There are three main sections. The first, Andante con moto , flows with Gallic grace, rather like a Barcarolle. A scherzo, Allegro vivace , follows, with a contrasting song song-like trio section that looks back to the opening ideas. A short recitative recitative-like passage then leads back to a reprise of the opening themes. The music moves into an impassioned climax before dying away to what Benjamin Britten described as a short coda which suggests the deep red afterglow of a sunsetLastly the feature piece - The paths of the sisters (2025)Louise WebsterThis work was commissioned by Ngā Pātaka Korero o Tamaki Makaurau for the celebration of Matariki. The title of the work 'following the paths of the sisters' refers to the Matariki constellation, welcoming the growth of the year to come. The stars are known as Matariki in Aotearoa and the Pleiades (the seven sisters) in the North. In many cultures the stars are viewed as a group of sisters, often accompanied by other family members. "While writing this work I thought of my for-bears, travelling by sea in 1839 from Caithness in the North of Scotland to Aotearoa, following the Matariki stars which remained a constant while all else changed" Louise Webster - composer.The Kotuku Quintet are: Simon Ansell (violin), John Seager (violin), Judith Gust (viola), Sally-Anne Brown (cello), and Louise Webster (piano).
The Tāmaki Untold series celebrates the taonga, stories and creativity of Auckland.In this episode listen in to the conversation held at Nga Pātaka Kōrero o Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland Central Library on Otherhood: Conversation about being childless, childfree and child-adjacent with guest writers Lil O'Brien and Paula Morris.Facilitated by librarian reading engagement specialist Alison Fitzpatrick.Otherhood was published in 2024 and is available for loan on the libraries catalogue: discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz"In Aotearoa the number of people who will never have children is growing - and they're pushing back against the narrative that if they don't, their lives will be somehow 'less than'. Otherhood's essays are by writers who've felt on the outside looking in, who've lived unexpected lives, and who've given the finger to social expectations. Some chose to be childfree, some didn't get to choose, and some - through bereavement or blended family dynamics - ask themselves: Am I a mother or am I other? Thought-provoking, moving and often hilarious, Otherhood opens a more inclusive conversation about what makes a fulfilling life."--Publisher's website.Profile of speakers:Lil O’Brien contributed to and co-edited Otherhood. They are the author of beloved Kiwi coming-out memoir Not That I'd Kiss a Girl, published in 2020. Lil’s writing has been described as “admirably frank.” Even better is her ability to recount what it's like to come to terms, as fully as one can, with one's own place in the world. They are an award-winning copywriter by day, and have been published in The Spinoff, takahē, Ensemble magazine and more. Lil is currently writing the screenplay for Not That I’d Kiss a Girl with South Pacific Pictures.Dr Paula Morris (Ngāti Wai, Ngāti Manuhiri, Ngāti Whātua) is an award-winning novelist, short-story writer, editor and essayist. She is an associate professor at the University of Auckland, where they direct the Master’s of creative writing. Paula is the founder of the Academy of NZ Literature, and Wharerangi – the online Māori Literature Hub. She is also editor of the Aotearoa New Zealand Review of Books. She is the editor of the anthologies A Clear Dawn: New Asian Voices from Aotearoa New Zealand (2021, with Alison Wong), and Hiwa: Contemporary Māori Short Stories (2023).Otherhood: Essays on being childless, childfree and child-adjacent.Edited by Alie Benge, Lil O’Brien, and Kathryn Van Beek, published by Massey University Press (August 2024).
Alison is joined in the studio by author Michael Bennett, to discuss his novel Carved in Blood, the third instalment in the gripping Hana Westerman series. Carved in Blood is published by Simon & Schuster and can be borrowed from Bestie collection displays in all Auckland Council libraries or requested from the Auckland Libraries catalogue https://bit.ly/3H48jtmThis interview was recorded for Auckland Council Libraries' We Read Auckland festival of Auckland's readers and writers, celebrated 1 - 31 August 2025. Visit aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/WeReadAKL for more details.
Alison is joined in the studio by author Diana Wichtel, to discuss her memoir Unreel: A life in review, published by Penguin. Diana is an award-winning reviewer and bestselling author of Driving to Treblinka. Unreel is a brilliantly funny, achingly nostalgic memoir of a life spent watching and writing. Unreel can be borrowed from Bestie collection displays in all Auckland Council libraries or requested from the Auckland Libraries catalogue https://bit.ly/4m4TsOgThis interview was recorded for Auckland Council Libraries' We Read Auckland festival of Auckland's readers and writers, celebrated 1 - 31 August 2025. Visit aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/WeReadAKL for more details.
On Saturday 28 June in celebration of Matariki and as part of our Tāmaki Untold series, Auckland Libraries hosted a conversation between Roimata Smail, author of ‘Understanding Te Tiriti’ and Avril Bell, author of ‘Becoming Tangata Tiriti’.The two authors discussed the meaning of Te Tiriti and how we can work on better honouring this foundational document. The rich conversation and exploration of ideas, offer listeners a conversational glimpse into the detail of the books' content.Listen in to the conversation here and follow the links below for access to further reading.Understanding Te Tirit - Roimata Smail https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=13e92daf-1efc-5609-8139-601169f69151&entityType=FormatGroupBecoming Tangata Tiriti - Avril Bellhttps://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=c360b902-8e03-563a-933e-9b559553871b&entityType=FormatGroupFollow Auckland Libraries for regular Tāmaki Untold conversations and other Heritage and Research events. www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nzInterview host: Annette Keogh for Auckland Libraries Public Engagement.Image supplied: Emily Chalk Photography
In this track Sue Berman talks with Tania Mace about her research into early inner city Auckland neighbourhoods. Tania talks about her history research interests, her approach to documentary heritage material, her discoveries and the opportunities for research still to come. Tania's research was undertaken with the support of the Auckland Libraries Heritage Trust - John Stacpoole Scholarship and through the use of the Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections.Listen to the associated oral history clips - https://soundcloud.com/auckland-libraries/sets/lost-neighbourhoods-ofRead about Tania's research findings on Heritage et AL https://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2025/05/lost-neighbourhoods-of-central-auckland.htmlInformation about the ALHT John Stacpoole Scholarship here:https://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2025/05/auckland-library-heritage-trust-john.htmlRead: Tania's recent publication The near west : a history of Grey Lynn, Arch Hill and Westmerehttps://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=5d618312-e8c3-5cf4-9d6f-b31a81c813f6&entityType=FormatGroup
Explore space, time, and technology in science fiction through indigenous lenses with award-winning author Dr Gina Cole (Black Ice Matter; Na Viro) and writer, critic and producer, Dan Taipua.Dr. Gina Cole is an award-winning author of Fijian, Scottish and Welsh descent. Her collection Black Ice Matter won the Hubert Church Prize for Best First Book Fiction in 2017. Her science fiction fantasy novel Na Viro (Huia, 2022) is a work of Pasifikafuturism following sisters wayfinding through sea and space. Awarded the 2023 Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writer’s Residency in 2023, she is currently working on the second book in her Turukawa Trilogy.Dan Taipua (Waikato-Tainui) is a writer and critic working in Tāmaki Makaurau. His interests cross through art history, popular culture and Te Ao Māori with a particular focus on futurism and imagined worlds. In 2015, Dan Taipua and Sophie Wilson produced the documentary Aotearoa Futurism for RNZ Music, interviewing Māori and Pasifika artists whose works explore the boundaries of technology and time. This work has inspired further study of indigenous futurisms by scholars and creators alike and continues to shape Taipua's own critical practice.This talk is in association with our sci-fi exhibition 'Other Worlds' and the 'Tāmaki Untold' series. Exhibition is open from 19 February to 2 August 2025 in the Heritage Gallery, Level 2, Central City Library / Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero.Explore selected works by Dr Gina Cole and Dan Taipua along with some of the books, authors and works mentioned in this episode – all available either at Auckland Council Libraries or online. Na Viro by Gina Cole. Huia Publishers, 2022 Wayfinding Pasifikafuturism : an indigenous science fiction vision of the ocean in space : a thesis by Gina Cole. Massey University, Manawatu, New Zealand, 2020 https://mro.massey.ac.nz/items/21b05630-28b2-4d93-85e9-f7156be8f0d9Aotearoa Futurism Part One: Space Maori and Astronesians - podcast by Dan Taipua and Sophie Wilson, RNZ Music, 2015 https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/nat-music/audio/201782605/aotearoa-futurism-part-oneAotearoa Futurism Part Two: South Pacific Futurists podcast by Dan Taipua and Sophie Wilson, RNZ Music, 2015 Remains to be Told: Dark Tales from Aotearoa edited by Lee Murray. Clan Destine Press, 2023 Walking the Stars: An Anthology of Indigenous Science Fiction edited by Grace Dillon Star Waka by Robert Sullivan Auckland University Press, 1999 The Routledge Book of CoFuturisms edited by Taryne Jade Taylor, Isiah Lavender III, Grace L. Dillon and Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay. 1st edition, 2023. Full text available via Open Access with Taylor and Francis under Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND. How To Loiter in a Turf War by Coco Solid. Penguin Random House NZ, 2022 Island Time: South Pacific Futurism From a Contemporary Aotearoa Perspective by Jessica “Coco” Hansell published in The Funambulist, Issue 24: Futurisms, 2019 Navigator by Che Fu (Music CD) Sony, 2001 Lisa Reihana: Emissaries by Lisa Reihana. Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2017 Goddess Muscle by Dr Karlo Mila Huia Publishers, 2020 Waerea by Mokotron (Music LP). Stebbing Recording Studio, 2024 Terra Nullius by Claire G. Coleman. Hachette Australia, 2017 How Māui Defied the Goddess of Death by Peter Gossage. 3rd edition, Puffin Books, 2012 You Are Here by Peata Larkin and Whiti Hereaka. Massey University Press, 2025
In this bonus track join host Sue Berman as she talks with Florette Cardon, Senior Library Research Assistant and exhibition curator researcher. Florette tells the story of how she came to dig deep into the world of Science Fiction art and design, leading her to discover and celebrate the work of Auckland born artist Mike Hinge.See the exhibition on the Ground Floor of the Central City Library until the end of April or read more here: https://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-legacy-of-mike-hinge.htmlVisit the onsite exhibition and join us in a series of events and activations:www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Other-Worl…exhibitionFor recommended reads visit:www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Other-Worlds-readsImage: Florette Cardon in the exhibition, Central City Library, March 2025.Produced by Sue Berman and JL.
This clip is drawn from an oral history with Suzanne Chan On as part of theFrom Guangdong to Aotearoa Collection.In this snippet Suzanne talks about activities seen and unseen. She describes shops, gambling and opium dens in the Greys Avenue neighbourhood. See the exhibition: Lost Neighbourhoods of Central Auckland on Level 2 of the Central City Library April - May 2025Suzanne Chan On, oral history, 2014, interviewer Sue Gee, From Guangdong to Aotearoa Collection, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, OH-1133-003Image: Accompany material from OH-1133-003.
This clip is drawn from an oral history with Suzanne Chan On as part of the From Guangdong to Aotearoa Collection. In this snippet Suzanne talks about the area and the people who came into Ann’s Dairy.See the exhibition: Lost Neighbourhoods of Central Auckland on Level 2 of the Central City Library April - May 2025 Suzanne Chan On, oral history, 2014, interviewer Sue Gee, From Guangdong to Aotearoa Collection, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, OH-1133-003Image: Accompany material from OH-1133-003.
In this episode of Other Worlds, we explore some of the most iconic works of dystopian and utopian literature and the value of reading these works within the science fiction genre. Joining Sue Berman to discuss this theme is Other Worlds exhibition curator Renee Orr. We talk about Aldous Huxley's 'Brave New World', Margaret Atwood’s 'The Handmaid's Tale', the utopian vision of Charlotte Perkins Gilman in 'Herland' and the 1970s classic, Marge Piercy’s 'Woman on the Edge of Time'.Visit the onsite exhibition and join us in a series of events and activations:www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Other-Worlds-exhibitionFor recommended reads visit:www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Other-Worlds-readsBooks mentioned in the podcast:Aldous Huxley, with illustrations by Leonard Rosoman. Brave new world. London: Folio Society, 1971.Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood’s end. London: Pan Books, 1961.Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Herland. New York: Pantheon Books, 1979.Margaret Atwood. The handmaid’s tale. London: Jonathan Cape, 1986.Marge Piercy. Woman on the edge of time. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976.Music credit: https://www.melodyloops.com/tracks/space-harmony/Image from Aldous Huxley, with illustrations by Leonard Rosoman. Brave new world. London: Folio Society, 1971.Produced by Sue Berman and JL.
In this episode of Other Worlds, we discuss an important part of the history and development of the science fiction genre - the power and influence of fans!To discuss this, Sue Berman is joined by Other Worlds exhibition curator, Andrew Henry. We examine how the influence of fandom has helped shape and define science fiction since its inception as a genre, and just how integral the fan base is to the development of seminal works. Visit the onsite exhibition and join us in a series of events and activations: www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Other-Worlds-exhibitionFor recommended reads visit: www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Other-Worlds-readsBooks mentioned in the podcast:Julius Vogel. Anno Domini 2000, or, Woman's destiny. London: Hutchinson, 1889.Sascha Stronach. The dawnhounds. Wellington: Little Hook Press, 2019.Larry Niven. Ringworld. London: Sphere, 1973.Amazing stories, vol. 21, no. 4. Chicago: Ziff-Davis, April 1947. Amazing stories, vol. 25, no. 10. Chicago: Ziff-Davis, October 1951.Astounding science fiction, vol. 7, no. 7. London: Atlas, December 1950. Analog, vol. 81, no. 1. New York: Condé Nast, March 1968. Noumenon: the New Zealand science fiction magazine, no. 1. Waiheke: B. Thurogood, 1976.Sneetche: science fiction fan magazine, vol. 1, no. 1. Auckland: Faniverse Publishing, March 1983. Time space visualiser: the journal of the New Zealand Doctor Who Fan Club, no. 73. Auckland: Adam McGechan, May 2006. Warp: the magazine of the National Association for Science Fiction, no. 22. Wellington: The Association, May 1981.Music credit: https://www.melodyloops.com/tracks/space-harmony/Image from covers of Julius Vogel. Anno Domini 2000, or, Woman's destiny. London: Hutchinson, 1889 and Amazing stories, vol. 21, no. 4. Chicago: Ziff-Davis, April 1947. Produced by Sue Berman and JL.
In this episode of Other Worlds, we explore the literary convergence of science fiction and science fact.To explore this theme, Sue Berman is joined by Other Worlds exhibition curator Andrew Henry. We discuss the exciting crossroads between science fiction and real world scientific developments, illustrated through published material that intone seer-like qualities to the authors - everything from consumer electronics to future war machines.Visit the onsite exhibition and join us in a series of events and activations:www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Other-Worlds-exhibitionFor recommended reads visit:www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Other-Worlds-readsBooks mentioned in the podcast:H.G. Wells. ‘The Land Ironclads’. From: The Strand magazine, vol. 26, no. 156. London: G. Newnes, 1903.Radio craft, vol. 10, no. 5. New York: Gernsback Publications, November 1938.Startling stories, no. 10. Manchester: Pemberton's, 1952.Astounding science fiction, vol. 10, no. 4. London: Atlas, April 1954.Analog, vol. 101, no.7. New York: Davis, June 1981.Wolfgang Schroeder. First stop, the Moon: a look into the future of space travel. London: Odhams, 1959.Arthur C. Clarke, illustrated by Ralph Smith. The exploration of the Moon. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1954.T.A. Heppenheimer. Colonies in space. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole, 1977.Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, Bruce Murray, Carl Sagan, Walter Sullivan. Mars and the mind of man. New York: Harper & Row, 1973.Music credit: https://www.melodyloops.com/tracks/space-harmony/Image from Analog, Apollo 11: Tenth Anniversary, July 1979, New YorkProduced by Sue Berman and JL.
In this episode of Other Worlds, we explore the notion of Inner Worlds by looking closely at the idea of inner space vs. outer space - the power and problems of our own minds. Exploring these ideas with Sue Berman is Other Worlds exhibition curator Andrew Henry. We discuss a range of texts including 'Return to Tomorrow' and 'Dianetics' by L. Ron Hubbard, 'The World of Null-A' by A.E. Van Vogt, and 'The Dreaming Jewels' by Theodore Sturgeon as well as the well-known Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic 'Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde'. Visit the onsite exhibition and join us in a series of events and activations:www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Other-Worlds-exhibitionFor recommended reads visit:www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Other-Worlds-readsBooks mentioned in the podcast:L. Ron Hubbard, Return to tomorrow. London: Hamilton, 1957. L. Ron Hubbard. Dianetics: the evolution of a science. London: Hubbard Association of Scientologists International Limited, 1958.A.E. Van Vogt, The world of Null-A. New York: Ace Books, 1964.Theodore Sturgeon, The dreaming jewels. London: Corgi Books, 1975.Alfred Bester. The demolished man. London: Hamilton, 1959.Robert Louis Stevenson, The strange case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde. London: John Lane, the Bodley Head, 1930.New worlds science fiction, vol. 30, no. 89. London: Nova, December 1959.New worlds science fiction, vol. 40, no. 118. London: Nova, May 1962.Analog science fiction, science fact, vol. 90, no. 4. New York: Condé Nast, December 1972.Music credit: https://www.melodyloops.com/tracks/space-harmony/Image from Robert Louis Stevenson, The strange case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde. London: John Lane, the Bodley Head, 1930.Produced by Sue Berman and JL.
In this episode of Other Worlds, we delve into the fascinating world of robots and monsters, and the intersection of science fiction writing and pop culture. Robots and monsters have clearly captivated the imagination of writers and artists for centuries, to discuss this theme is Other Worlds exhibition curator Renee Orr. We discuss magazines with evocative cover art, 19th and 20th century classics like Mary Shelley’s 'Frankenstein' and Frank Herbert’s 'Dune', and objects like the Blade runner origami unicorn and a gorilla soldier from Planet of the Apes. Visit the onsite exhibition and join us in a series of events and activations:www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Other-Worlds-exhibitionFor recommended reads visit:www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Other-Worlds-readsBooks mentioned in the podcast:Astounding science fiction, vol. 7, no. 1. London: Atlas, January 1950. Mary Shelley, with engravings on wood by Lynd Ward. Frankenstein: or, The modern Prometheus. New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1934. Phillip K. Dick. Do androids dream of electric sheep? London: Rapp & Whiting, 1969. Blade runner origami unicorn, 2007. On loan from a private collection. Frank Herbert, with illustrations by John Schoenherr. Dune world. From: Analog science fact, science fiction. New York: Street & Smith Publications, December 1963. Samuel Butler. Erewhon, or, Over the range. London: Trübner, 1872. Arthur C. Clarke. 2001, a space odyssey. London: Arrow, 1968.Pierre Boulle, translated from the French by Xan Fielding. Monkey planet. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1975. Samuel R. Delany, cover illustration by Jack Gaughan. The jewels of Aptor. New York: Ace Books, 1962. John Wyndham, cover illustration by Richard Powers. Re-birth. New York: Ballantine Books, 1955.Music credit: https://www.melodyloops.com/tracks/space-harmony/Image credit: Astounding science fiction, vol. 7, no. 1. London: Atlas, January 1950.Produced by Sue Berman and JL.
In this episode of Other Worlds, we discuss colonisation, a theme explored through science fiction writing. Joining Sue Berman to discuss this theme is Other Worlds exhibition curator Renee Orr. We talk about how writers have used science fiction to explore very real and complex aspects of human society and history, and, how the themes of invasion, colonisation, language and cultural difference come up again and again in speculative fiction. Visit the onsite exhibition and join us in a series of events and activations:www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Other-Worlds-exhibitionFor recommended reads visit:www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Other-Worlds-readsBooks mentioned in the podcast:Alaisea Fa'alafi Iosefa. Malaga I le vanimonimo = A trip to space. Los Angeles: National Dissemination and Assessment Center, 1980.Liu Cixin. 三体. II, 黑暗森林 / 刘慈欣著. San ti. II, Hei an sen lin. The three-body problem II: The dark forest. Chongqing: Chongqing chu ban she, 2008.Ursula K. Le Guin. The left hand of darkness. London: Macdonald Science Fiction, 1969.Octavia Butler. Dawn. London: Victor Gollancz, 1987.Samuel R. Delany. Babel 17. London: Victor Gollancz, 1967.Tīhema Baker. Turncoat. Wellington: Lawrence and Gibson, 2023.Music credit: https://www.melodyloops.com/tracks/space-harmony/Image from: Alaisea Fa'alafi Iosefa. Malaga I le vanimonimo = A trip to space. Los Angeles: National Dissemination and Assessment Center, 1980.Produced by Sue Berman and JL.
In this episode of Other Worlds, we explore the theme and concept ‘The Empty City’. This theme stretches across time, art, literature, and imagination as we examine the many ways that the empty city, or the city emptied of its people, has been represented in science fiction. Joining Sue Berman to discuss this theme is Other Worlds exhibition curator Andrew Henry.Visit the onsite exhibition and join us in a series of events and activations:www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Other-Worlds-exhibitionFor recommended reads visit:www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Other-Worlds-readsBooks mentioned in the podcast:Gustave Doré and Blanchard Jerrold. London: a pilgrimage. London: Grant, 1872. Europa's fate, or, The coming struggle: a history lesson in New Zealand A.D. 2076. London: Griffith and Farran, 1875. Nevil Shute. On the beach. Melbourne: Heinemann, 1957.Craig Harrison. The quiet earth. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1981.New worlds SF, vol. 49, no. 152. London: Roberts & Vinter, July 1965.Samuel R. Delany, Dhalgren. New York: Bantam Books, 1975.Music credit: https://www.melodyloops.com/tracks/space-harmony/Image credit: Cover image from Samuel R. Delany, Dhalgren. New York: Bantam Books, 1975.Produced by Sue Berman and JL.
In this episode of Other Worlds, we explore how the mysterious red planet has fascinated writers and scientists for centuries. Mars has inspired many different narratives, including Martian invasions, philosophical reflections on life beyond Earth, visions of terraforming and colonisation. Joining Sue Berman to discuss the works of H.G. Wells to modern depictions of a colonised Mars in Kim Stanley Robinson’s 'Green Mars' and many more great reads, is Other Worlds exhibition curator Renee Orr. Visit the onsite exhibition and join us in a series of events and activations:www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Other-Worlds-exhibitionFor recommended reads visit:www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Other-Worlds-readsBooks mentioned in the podcast:H. G. Wells. The war of the worlds. London: William Heinemann, 1898.LP booklet. Jeff Wayne’s musical version of 'The war of the worlds', 1978. Cover illustration by Mike Trim. On loan from a private collection. Louis Pope Gratacap. The certainty of a future life in Mars: being the posthumous papers of Bradford Torrey Dodd. New York: Brentano's, 1903.Louis Charbonneau. Corpus earthling. New York: Zenith Books, 1960.Robert A. Heinlein; The rolling Stones. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952.Kim Stanley Robinson. Green Mars. New York: A Tom Doherty Associates Book, 1988. Music credit: https://www.melodyloops.com/tracks/space-harmony/Image from cover; Louis Charbonneau. Corpus earthling. New York: Zenith Books, 1960.Produced by Sue Berman and JL.
In this episode of Other Worlds, we look Beyond Books into the fascinating world of science fiction related pop culture, and the artefacts that bring these worlds to life. We check out pop up books and bubble gum cards, 8mm film, figurines and LPs in this romp through collectables and material culture. To look at this theme I am joined by Other Worlds exhibition activation curator Brent Giblin. Visit the onsite exhibition and join us in a series of events and activations:www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Other-Worlds-exhibitionFor recommended reads visit:www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Other-Worlds-readsBooks mentioned in the podcast:Reproduction cards of science fiction pulp magazines. 1980s. Eph-Books.Return of the Jedi bubblegum collector card, 1983. On loan from a private collection.Conquest of the planet of the apes Super 8 film cases, 1974. On loan from a private collection.Blade runner, Westwood Studios, 1997. On loan from a private collection.LP. Patea Māori Club. Aku raukura. Hawera: Maui, 1984.LP. Louis and Bebe Barron. Forbidden planet soundtrack. Planet Records, recorded 1956, released 1976. On loan from a private collection.Metaluna mutant figure from the film This island earth sculpted by Olav Hartvigson, 2000. On loan from a private collection.Mini epics Xenomorph figure sculpted by Mauro Santini for Wētā Workshops, 2017. On loan from a private collection.Music credit: https://www.melodyloops.com/tracks/space-harmony/Image from cover 'Conquest of the planet of the apes', Super 8 film cases, 1974. On loan from a private collection. Produced by Sue Berman and JL.
In this first episode of Other Worlds, we discuss one of the most important and thought-provoking books of the 20th century — Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. First published in 1953 as a short story called 'Fahrenheit 451', this novel has captivated generations of readers with its chilling portrayal of a dystopian world of book burning. Beyond its gripping narrative, Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 offers us a powerful reflection on censorship and the importance of intellectual freedoms.To discuss this masterpiece, Sue Berman is joined by Other Worlds exhibition curator, Renee Orr.Visit the onsite exhibition and join us in a series of events and activations:www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Other-Worlds-exhibitionFor recommended reads visit:www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Other-Worlds-readsBooks mentioned in the podcast:Ray Bradbury, illustrated by Joseph Mugnaini. Fahrenheit 451. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1982. Music credit: https://www.melodyloops.com/tracks/space-harmony/Image from: Cover of Ray Bradbury, illustrated by Joseph Mugnaini. Fahrenheit 451. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1982. Produced by Sue Berman and JL.
The Creed from Rev Thomas Kendell's "A Grammar and vocabulary of the language of New Zealand"Church Mission SocietyLondon: Printed by R. Watts. 1820GNZM 3iRef: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=68d5e7a6-f145-588a-819c-a36e2deca81e&entityType=FormatGroupRead by Maureen Ned on the theme Reo AkoRecorded in support of the Waiwaia Ngā Ngutu Exhibition 2024For more information about the exhibition: https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/events/2024/09/waiwaia-nga-ngutu/
He himene mo te karakia ki te Atua Nepia: Na te Haaringi i ta ki tona whare perehi pukapuka"Enlarged collection ('third edition') of 175 Anglican hymns"Hymn no. 941887NZM 735Ref: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=78d627d0-d835-5a89-814c-3194ffc963f1&entityType=FormatGroupRead and sung by Xavier Forsman on the theme Reo Hahi.Recorded in support of the Waiwaia Ngā Ngutu Exhibition 2024For more information about the exhibition:https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/events/2024/09/waiwaia-nga-ngutu/
He inoi mo nga Pakeha me nga Maori"Prayer for peaceful cooperation between Māori and Pākehā"John Whiteley. Mangungu: He mea ta i te perehi o nga Weteriana Mihanere. 1837Miscellaneous MSS & documents in Maori Reverent Richard Taylor [1805-1873]GNZMS 297. 18: nō.26.Ref: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=78d627d0-d835-5a89-814c-3194ffc963f1&entityType=FormatGroupRead by Xavier Forsman on the theme Reo Hahi.Recorded in support of the Waiwaia Ngā Ngutu Exhibition 2024For more information about the exhibition: https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/events/2024/09/waiwaia-nga-ngutu/
Card 2 Dialogue 2Primers: Extracts from the grammar printed on double-sided cards."A Grammar and vocabulary of the language of New Zealand"Church Mission SocietyLondon:Printed by R. Watts. 1820Familiar Dialogues between a Christian missionary and his pupilGNZM 12ahttps://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/rarebooks/id/870/rec/1Read by Maureen Ned and Xavier Forsman on the theme Reo Ako.Recorded in support of the Waiwaia Ngā Ngutu Exhibition 2024For more information about the exhibition:https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/events/2024/09/waiwaia-nga-ngutu/
Card 3 Dialogue 3Primers: Extracts from the grammar printed on double-sided cards."A Grammar and vocabulary of the language of New Zealand"Church Mission SocietyLondon:Printed by R. Watts. 1820Familiar Dialogues between a Christian missionary and his pupilGNZM 12akura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/c…870/rec/1Read by Maureen Ned and Xavier Forsman on the theme Reo Ako.Recorded in support of the Waiwaia Ngā Ngutu Exhibition 2024For more information about the exhibition: https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/events/2024/09/waiwaia-nga-ngutu/
Card 5 - The Lord's PrayerPrimers: Extracts from the grammar printed on double-sided cards."A Grammar and vocabulary of the language of New Zealand"Church Mission SocietyLondon:Printed by R. Watts. 1820Familiar Dialogues between a Christian missionary and his pupilGNZM 12akura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/c…870/rec/1Read by Maureen Ned on the theme Reo Ako.Recorded in support of the Waiwaia Ngā Ngutu Exhibition 2024For more information about the exhibition: https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/events/2024/09/waiwaia-nga-ngutu/
Te Korimako: Te Tukunga iho o nga Kupu rere keHanuere 15 1886, Page 7Ref: discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/…atGroupRead by Xavier Forsman on the theme Kupu WhakawhitiRecorded in support of the Waiwaia Ngā Ngutu Exhibition 2024For more information about the exhibition: https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/events/2024/09/waiwaia-nga-ngutu/
Te Korimako: Etahi Whakatauki a te PakehaHanuere 15 1886, Page 8Ref: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=0b225e70-c400-5135-bc85-f6433ddde22b&entityType=FormatGroupRead by Xavier Forsman on the theme Kupu WhakawhitiRecorded in support of the Waiwaia Ngā Ngutu Exhibition 2024For more information about the exhibition: https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/events/2024/09/waiwaia-nga-ngutu/
Kei hea a Spot?Where is Spot?by Eric HillMāori translator unknownHeinemann Publishers (N.Z.) 1980NZM 1160Ref: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=d53a00a1-46fb-57c9-886c-6e795bf17387&entityType=FormatGroupRead by Amiria Lee Pihema Williams and Robert Eruera on the theme Whakamāoritia.Recorded in support of the Waiwaia Ngā Ngutu Exhibition 2024.Ka haere a Spot ki te kura:Book copyright Heinemann Publishers (N.Z.) 1980No further distribution without permission.For more information about the exhibition: https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/events/2024/09/waiwaia-nga-ngutu/
Ka haere a Spot ki te kuraSpot goes to schoolby Eric HillMaori translator unknown 1984NZM 1185Ref: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=68f54313-4766-5c54-8f7c-b31c6dd5e2cd&entityType=FormatGroupRead by Xavier Forsman on the theme Whakamāoritia.Recorded in support of the Waiwaia Ngā Ngutu Exhibition 2024Ka haere a Spot ki te kura:Book copyright Heinemann Publishers (N.Z.) 1984No further distribution without permission.For more information about the exhibition: https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/events/2024/09/waiwaia-nga-ngutu/
Te poti mau potaeThe cat in the hat by Dr SeussMāori translation by Hirini Melbourne 1983NZM 1187Ref: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search?query=Te%20poti%20mau%20potae&searchType=everything&pageSize=10Read by Robert Eruera on the theme Whakamāoritia.Recorded in support of the Waiwaia Ngā Ngutu Exhibition 2024For more information about the exhibition: https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/events/2024/09/waiwaia-nga-ngutu/
Rōmeo rāua ko Hurieta [Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare]Translated by Te Haumihiata Mason. Auckland University Press. 2023NZM 2631Ref: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=a76b7363-8943-5123-afab-4329e35f87f9&entityType=FormatGroupRead by Moira Apiti-Civcic and Robert Eruera on the theme Whakamāoritia.Recorded in support of the Waiwaia Ngā Ngutu Exhibition 2024For more information about the exhibition: https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/events/2024/09/waiwaia-nga-ngutu/
Ko nga moteatea me nga hakirara o nga Maori.He mea kohikohi mai a Sir George Grey, K.C.B I tera kaumatua, i tera kuia; no ona haerenga, e maha ki nga pito katoa, o enei motu1851GNZM 231Page 53Ref: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=33ebada5-9d0b-51b9-8b69-5bf3ddd511c7&entityType=FormatGroupRead by Robert Eruera on the theme Pūrākau.Recorded in support of the Waiwaia Ngā Ngutu Exhibition 2024.For more information about the exhibition: https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/events/2024/09/waiwaia-nga-ngutu/
He kōrero nā Te AupōuriKo ngā whakaahua nā Robert Ellis Te Wharekura 8. Wellington: Department of Education. First edition 1964 Reprint 1981NZM 1071Ref: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=72c1158c-1390-5062-b848-ec67ccacbbe8&entityType=FormatGroupRead by Robert Eruera on the theme Pūrākau.Recorded in support of the Waiwaia Ngā Ngutu Exhibition 2024.For more information about the exhibition: https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/events/2024/09/waiwaia-nga-ngutu/
Nga Mahi a Te Runanga ki Kohimarama Karere Maori No.13-18. Akarana: he mea ta na Te Wirhana, mo Te Kawanatanga o Niu Tirani. 1860[Proceedings of the Kohimarama Conference. Comprising no. 13 to 18 of the Maori Messager]NZM 271Ref: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=2d18ac99-6e49-50ae-9c1f-02c5280b246b&entityType=FormatGroupRead by Robert Eruera on the theme Kōrero Tupuna.Recorded in support of the Waiwaia Ngā Ngutu Exhibition 2024.For more information about the exhibition: https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/events/2024/09/waiwaia-nga-ngutu/
Whakarapopototanga o nga take a Te Runanga o Kaipara i runga ano i te mana o Aotearoa, ara o Te Tiriti o WaitangiNga Runanga i Aotea (Kaipara) 1884-1886Noema 22, 1884Ref: NZMS 718Read by Robert Eruera on the theme Kōrero Tupuna.Recorded in support of the Waiwaia Ngā Ngutu Exhibition 2024.For more information about the exhibition: https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/events/2024/09/waiwaia-nga-ngutu/
Kotia te pu, waiho i konei...Waiata [songs and chants]Wīremu Maihi Te Rangikāheke (Ngāti Kererū, Ngāti Te Rangiwewehi) pre-1854GNZMMS 70Ref: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=758eb7b4-99b1-516a-a159-9672eb4d3da1&entityType=FormatGroupRead by Raniera Kingi [Ngāti Kura, Ngāti Ruamahue, Ngāpuhi]Recorded in support of the Waiwaia Ngā Ngutu Exhibition 2024.For more information about the exhibition: https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/events/2024/09/waiwaia-nga-ngutu/
Ka hura tangata a utaWaiata [songs and chants]Hoani Riki (Ngāti Toa) 1851GNZMMS 48Ref: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=2a1549bb-3ae4-5ea7-8395-644e0385cf49&entityType=FormatGroupRead by Raniera Kingi [Ngāti Kura, Ngāti Ruamahue, Ngāpuhi]Recorded in support of the Waiwaia Ngā Ngutu Exhibition 2024.For more information about the exhibition: https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/events/2024/09/waiwaia-nga-ngutu/
E rere, e rere, e te kotare …Ko nga moteatea me nga hakirara o nga MaoriHe mea kohikohi mai na Sir George Grey, i tera kaumatua i tera kuia no ona haerenga e maha ki nga pito katoa o enei motu. Wellington: Robert Stokes. 1853GNZM 252Ref: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=97147ab5-977c-5b08-ab9e-ad5c0ce798ba&entityType=FormatGroupRead by Raniera Kingi [Ngāti Kura, Ngāti Ruamahue, Ngāpuhi]Recorded in support of the Waiwaia Ngā Ngutu Exhibition 2024.For more information about the exhibition: https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/events/2024/09/waiwaia-nga-ngutu/
This recording was possibly made in December 1939 at the mobile studio set up by the Broadcasting Service at the Centennial Exhibition in Wellington. The children from Hiruharama School near Ruatōrea, visited Wellington in December 1939 and made several recordings, according to an article in The Listener, Dec. 8, 1939MU722 Side 2 RNZ CollectionHiruharama School (N.Z.), PerformerNew Zealand Broadcasting Service. Mobile Recording UnitFor more information about the exhibition ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/events/…-ngutu/
Ko te ako me te karakia o te Hahi Katorika RomanaKororareka: He mea ta i te perehi o te Epikopo KatorikaMatiu. Upoko VI: 9-13. p.25-26The Lords Prayer - Mathew chapter 6 versus 9-13 p.26-27Published in 1847GNZM160Ref: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=d840e632-fe4a-5afb-8529-e52840fe1a6e&entityType=FormatGroupRead by Xavier Forsman on the theme Reo Hahi.Recorded in support of the Waiwaia Ngā Ngutu Exhibition 2024For more information about the exhibition: https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/events/2024/09/waiwaia-nga-ngutu/
Ko te Kawenata Hou o to tatou Ariki te Kai Wakaora a Ihu Karaiti. He mea hakamaori i te reo kariki.Matiu. Upoko VI: 9-13. p. 9The Lords Prayer - Mathew chapter 6 versus 9-13Paihia: He mea ta i te perehi o nga Mihanere o te Hahi o Ingarani1837GNZM20Ref: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=7a0b486f-75db-598c-b9a5-b0860f571c2e&entityType=FormatGroupRead by Xavier Forsman on the theme Reo Hahi.Recorded in support of the Waiwaia Ngā Ngutu Exhibition 2024For more information about the exhibition: https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/events/2024/09/waiwaia-nga-ngutu/
Ko te tahi wahi o te Kawenata Hou o Ihu Karaiti te Ariki, to tatou Kai Whakaora. Me nga upoko e waru o te pukapuka o Kenehi. Ka oti nei te wakamaori ki te reo o Nu Tirani.The Lords Prayer - Mathew chapter 6 versus 9-13Hirini: Kua oti te ta e te Tipene raua ko TokiPrinted by Stephen and StokeSydney1833 GNZM8Ref: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=475ac6ca-5806-5c3a-bbec-7d63493a4c37&entityType=FormatGroupRead by Xavier Forsman on the theme Reo Hahi.Recorded in support of the Waiwaia Ngā Ngutu Exhibition 2024For more information about the exhibition https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/events/2024/09/waiwaia-nga-ngutu/
Alison is joined over Zoom by author Freddie Gillies, to discuss his novel Because all fades, published by Bateman Books. The novel is about four young Kiwis on their OE, having the time of their lives - until a serious incident changes everything. Freddie is an exciting new voice in New Zealand fiction. Because all fades can be borrowed from Bestie collection displays in all Auckland Council libraries or requested from the Auckland Libraries catalogue. Available in multiple formats: https://bit.ly/3WnDt2aThis interview was recorded for Auckland Council Libraries' We Read Auckland festival of Auckland's readers and writers, celebrated 1 - 31 August 2024. Visit aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/WeReadAKL for more details.Author photo credit Sean Wakely.
Alison is joined over Zoom by author Dr. Ineke Meredith, to discuss her extraordinary memoir, On Call: Stories from my life as a surgeon, a daughter and a mother, published by Harper Collins New Zealand. The world of surgery is strange, messy, intense and lonely. Life, death, chaos and limited family life: is life in scrubs worth the sacrifice?On Call can be borrowed from Bestie collection displays in all Auckland Council libraries or requested from the Auckland Libraries catalogue. Available in multiple formats: https://bit.ly/46pPqcnThis interview was recorded for Auckland Council Libraries' We Read Auckland festival of Auckland's readers and writers, celebrated 1 - 31 August 2024. Visit aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/WeReadAKL for more details.Author photo credit: Rachel Calvo Photos
In collaboration with Auckland Philharmonia’s Aspiring Musicians Programme, Strings on Streets bring a fresh and flamboyant programme of classical and iconic movie theme favourites to this Auckland Libraries Heritage Concert. Included are Hadyn’s Emperor Quartet in C, and Mozart’s String Quartet No.20, contrasted with the evocative tango “Por Una Cabeza” by Carlos Cardell. As a quartet, Strings on Streets have performed in various venues, charity galas, art auctions and more. As students studying various degrees at the University of Auckland, they reflect how joining the Auckland Philharmonia Aspiring Musicians Programme has been a rewarding experience that fuels their true love for music.We were delighted to host them in the first of the Autumn series concerts 2024.You can find out more about our heritage music collections by searching Kura Heritage Collections Online - https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/ or search the Auckland Libraries catalogue https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/
In a further collaboration with the Auckland Philharmonia’s Aspiring Musicians Programme, the talented Kaha Trio return to our Thursday Heritage Concerts stage. Lorna Zhang (violin), Madeleine Xiao (piano) and Damon Herlihy-O'Brien (cello) bring together a programme called Invierno (Winter), including two works by J.S Bach, Tchaikovsky’s much loved Dumka ‘Rustic Russian Scene’ Op.59 for solo piano, and one of Beethoven’s earliest works, Piano Trio Op.1 No.1.You can find out more about our heritage music collections by searching Kura Heritage Collections Online - https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/ or search the Auckland Libraries catalogue https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/
The newly formed Mātātā Quintet join forces to present the first movement of Dvořák's Piano Quintet No. 2. Written in 1887, this monumental chamber work reflects the Czech composer's admiration for Bohemian folk music. Infused with rich melodies and rhythmic vitality, the work exudes a pastoral charm while maintaining Dvořák's masterful handling of classical forms. Mātātā Quintet are Justin Bird, piano; Peau Halapua and Miyo Yoon, violins; Ben Harrison, viola; Karen French, cello.
Composer Margaret Wegener (1920 – 2020) led an extraordinary life both in the UK where she was born, and here in New Zealand, where she settled in 2005. A considerable body of Margaret's original compositions have been published, drawing praise from composers such as Ralph Vaughan Williams, Herbert Howells, and John Rutter. Auckland Libraries is privileged to hold the collection of her musical life’s work and pays tribute to this remarkable woman by showcasing some of her most beautifully crafted instrumental and vocal works. Some of the Auckland Philharmonia’s Aspiring Musicians, a pianist from the Haydn Staples Auckland Philharmonia Piano Scholarship and other local musicians, come together in this performance to bring Margaret’s music to life — a treasure to be discovered, heard and cherished.
To complete our Thursday Heritage Concert Series, Japan born and raised violinist, Yuhka Nagai and NZ pianist Kent Isomura, present a programme including two NZ premier pieces by contemporary Japanese composers, alongside the works of two European greats. Six pieces by Hikaru Hayashi (1931-2012) and a Nursery song by Rikuya Terashima (1964-) from Amami are related to Okinawan folk music which comes from the South of Japan. Traveling from Japan to Europe, Yukha and Kent play Rondo K.269/261 by W.A. Mozart and Violin Sonata No.1 by R. Schumann. The Mozart Rondo K.269/261 was most likely composed for A. Brunetti and written in the time he wrote his famous 5 violin concertos between 1773 and 1777. It was possibly a replacement of the finale for his violin concerto No.1, K.207. R. Schumann’s 1st violin Sonata is dramatic and has his expressions of unstable emotions and the depth of energy.
Alison is joined over Zoom by author Dr Bex Bell, discussing her groundbreaking book about healing Imposter Syndrome and ending self-sabotage. Dr Bex has worked with people from all walks of life and her book is full of effective strategies that will help erase the anxiety about never feeling good enough. We had some technical issues when recording the interview - keep listening, because it was a great conversation! Inner Critic to Inner Coach can be borrowed and requested from the Auckland Libraries' catalogue https://bit.ly/3vVV4VW
Tupou Manapori, was a schoolteacher, former Manukau City Councillor and chairwoman of the Council’s Pacific Island Advisory Committee. Born in Manihiki, Rarotonga, she moved to New Zealand in 1968.In this recording, Tupou recounts her experiences as a young, Pacific Island immigrant, and talks about the ‘Dawn Raids’ in the 1970s. This interview was conducted in 2010 by Dionne Christian.Oral history interview, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections MNP-OH-32https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/3287/rec/3Photograph reproduced by courtesy of Stuff Limited. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections Footprints 00676
Frank Amoah was the manager and Social Worker at the African Welfare Service Trust when this interview was conducted. Here he talks about coming to New Zealand from Ghana at the age of nineteen and the establishment of the African Welfare Service Trust. Oral history interview, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections OH-1252-008https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/1698/rec/2
Kudakwashe Tuwe, the former President of the Waitakere Ethnic Board, describes his migrant experience of coming to NZ about 10 years ago from Zimbabwe when the political situation worsened there. This interview was conducted in 2014 by Smita Biswas. Oral history interview, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections OH-1163-003.https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/1381/rec/2
In 2017 Auckland Libraries recorded the stories of the Auckland Regional Migrant Services. Bulbala (Ayesha) Slimankhil describes her life in Afghanistan under the Taliban and compares it with her new life in New Zealand. She talks about her first impressions and struggles after immigrating.Oral history interview, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections OH-1278-005https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/1336/rec/1
In this track, we hear from Boaz Habib a committee member of Waitakere Ethnic Board. He talks about his migrant experience arriving as a teenager in 1995 after growing up in Dubai and Pakistan where he was born. He also discusses his first home, facing discrimination, and how meeting a diaspora of students from various ethnicities was important for him. This interview was conducted in 2014 by Smita Biswas.Oral history interview, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections OH-1163-001.https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/797/rec/2
Welcome to ' That’s so last Century – What we wore 1950s – 1990s'.Recorded in 2013 as part of the Dominion Road Stories Collection, Marianne Hay the owner of the specialist sewing shop Exquisite Stitch - Bernina Sewing Centre, talks with Sue Gee about her childhood sewing influences and memories. This recording was done in the shop – so you’ll hear some background sounds through the track.Voices have been drawn from Auckland Libraries Oral History and Sound, Heritage Collections.kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz‘That’s So Last Century: What We Wore 1950s – 1990s’ exhibition is on at Level 2 of Auckland’s Central City Library from Wednesday 20 March – 13 July 2024.So grab your coat and grab your hat… and head to town to enjoy a view of retro magazines, photographs, patterns and materials showcasing what we wore last century!For more information on the exhibition and interactive activities, go to OurAuckland. ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nzRef: Interview with Marianne Hay for the Dominion Road Stories Collection, 2013, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, WOH_1095_010 Image: Marianne Hay in her shop, 2013, Photographer, Sue Gee, Accompanying material to the Oral History, WOH_1095_010_016
Welcome to ' That’s so last Century – What we wore 1950s – 1990s'.In this track we hear from Jay Khatri, a Mumbai born tailor who migrated to NZ in the late 1980s. He worked at clothing manufactures Street Wise and then Cambridge Clothing Company before opening his own tailoring business- Island Style (Jay's Clothing Ltd) in Henderson. This interview was conducted in 2015 by Julia Barron as part of the Henderson Stories Collection.https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/1516/rec/2Voices have been drawn from Auckland Libraries Oral History and Sound, Heritage Collections.kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz‘That’s So Last Century: What We Wore 1950s – 1990s’ exhibition is on at Level 2 of Auckland’s Central City Library from Wednesday 20 March – 13 July 2024.So grab your coat and grab your hat… and head to town to enjoy a view of retro magazines, photographs, patterns and materials showcasing what we wore last century!For more information on the exhibition and interactive activities, go to OurAuckland. ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/Ref: Interview and images with Jay Khatri, 2015, for the Henderson Stories Collection, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, OH-1252-004
Welcome to ' That’s so last Century – What we wore 1950s – 1990s'.In 2019, Auckland Libraries hosted a Fashion Week talk on the theme of sustainable fashion. In this clip, we hear from Wayne Siu, retro fashion man about town, on why vintage fashion is important in the context of climate change. https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/news/2019/08/breathing-new-life-into-old-clothes/Voices have been drawn from Auckland Libraries Oral History and Sound, Heritage Collections.kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz‘That’s So Last Century: What We Wore 1950s – 1990s’ exhibition is on at Level 2 of Auckland’s Central City Library from Wednesday 20 March – 13 July 2024.So grab your coat and grab your hat… and head to town to enjoy a view of retro magazines, photographs, patterns and materials showcasing what we wore last century!For more information on the exhibition and interactive activities, go to OurAuckland. ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nzRef: Recorded talk, Wayne Siu, Fashion Week 2019. Image from Our Auckland link above.
Welcome to ' That’s so last Century – What we wore 1950s – 1990s'.In this track we hear from Wendie Wright. Wendie worked with, and later married, well-known street and studio photographer John Rykenberg. In this clip, Wendie briefly recalls her mother sewing her dresses from pictures in 17 magazine. This is followed by a description of the late 1950s and early 1960s Rykenberg Street Photography.Voices have been drawn from Auckland Libraries Oral History and Sound, Heritage Collections.https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz‘That’s So Last Century: What We Wore 1950s – 1990s’ is on at Level 2 of Auckland’s Central City Library from Wednesday 20 March – 13 July. For more information on the exhibition and interactive activities, go to OurAuckland. https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/So grab your coat and grab your hat… and head to town to enjoy a view of retro magazines, photographs, patterns and materials showcasing what we wore last century!Ref: Oral History interview with Wendie Wright, 2017, Rykenberg Oral History Collection, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, OH_1285_001 and OH_1285_01_Card_Townhallpharmacy
Welcome to ' That’s so last Century – What we wore 1950s – 1990s'.In this track, jazz singer and follower of fashion, Wendy Moore provides her lived experience of post-war hair, makeup and clothing fashions. This was a time of poring over pattern books, searching out new fabrics, and home sewing. Recorded in 2017 with Sue Berman for the Rykenberg Oral History Collection.Voices have been drawn from Auckland Libraries Oral History and Sound, Heritage Collections.kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz‘That’s So Last Century: What We Wore 1950s – 1990s’ exhibition is on at Level 2 of Auckland’s Central City Library from Wednesday 20 March – 13 July 2024.So grab your coat and grab your hat… and head to town to enjoy a view of retro magazines, photographs, patterns and materials showcasing what we wore last century!For more information on the exhibition and interactive activities, go to OurAuckland. ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/Ref: Oral History with Wendy Moore, 2017 for the Rykenberg Oral History Project, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections OH_1285_002.Image: Photo of Wendy and friend at the Montmarte Club. Accompanying material to the Oral History OH_1285_02_06_1
Luis Claudio Troccoli de Meirellis was interviewed here by Toni Duder. Luis talks about moving to New Zealand and coming to terms with his sexuality, the work he has been doing for the queer community, and his perspective on the differences between New Zealand and Brazil for a member of the rainbow community.To listen to the complete interview, click on this link https://bit.ly/42p6ptu and submit a request using the Comments box on this page. Image: Rainbow Youth Services Poster. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, Ephemera Collection
This excerpt features Ellie Lim interviewed by Toni Duder. Ellie shares knowing her identity from a young age, her relationship with her queer relatives in Singapore, and coming out to her ex-partner. Ellie recollects coming out to her parents, the challenges at school, Catholicism, and her relationship with God.To listen to the complete interview, click on this link https://bit.ly/4brEDjW and submit a request using the Comments box on this pageImage: Rainbow Youth Services Poster. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, Ephemera Collection
This excerpt features the coming-out story of Shaun Hawthorne. The interview was conducted by Luis Meirelles and Toni Duder. Shaun talks about life in the ’80s, discovering more about himself in secondary school, coming out to his family and friends, being involved in the peace movements, moving into activism for gay rights and gender, and much more.To listen to the complete interview, click on this link https://bit.ly/4bsmgeL and submit a request using the Comments box on this pageImage: Rainbow Youth Services Poster. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, Ephemera Collection
This excerpt features Toni Duder’s story recorded by Smita Biswas. Toni recollects the relationships with friends and family, discrimination at the boarding school, and the challenges faced while coming out.To listen to the complete interview, click on this link https://bit.ly/4946Ls6 and submit a request using the Comments box on this pageImage: Rainbow Youth Services Poster. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, Ephemera Collection
This excerpt features Calvin Hona interviewed by Luis Meirellis. Calvin recollects the experience at Waikato University, the uncertainty faced when leaving home and coming out, and the story of meeting his partner.To listen to the complete interview, click on this link https://bit.ly/497lsuw and submit a request using the Comments box on this pageImage: Rainbow Youth Services Poster. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, Ephemera Collection
Duncan Matthews was interviewed by Toni Duder. Duncan speaks about the challenges faced when coming out, how the decision to tell the family occurred, and relationships with the extended family.To listen to the complete interview, click on this link https://bit.ly/49gE5w9 and submit a request using the Comments box on this page.Image: Rainbow Youth Services Poster. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, Ephemera Collection
Happy Pride!Alison is joined in the studio by two special guests, Rhi and Sebastian, who talk about some of their favourite queer reads.Celebrate Pride year-round and embrace your rainbow joy by exploring the huge and diverse range of books and resources at Auckland Libraries.Books mentioned on the show can be requested from the Auckland Libraries catalogue using the links below. Most titles are available in multiple formats.Dykette by Jenny Fran Davis (2023) https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=4c671c27-7174-5766-b987-21d5b3817d9b&entityType=FormatGroupWayward Children series by Seanan McGuire (2016-2023) https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search?query=%22Wayward%20children%20;%22&searchType=series&pageSize=10Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield (2022) https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=26511bf4-ff7f-5440-ab2c-cf43f3d33038&entityType=FormatGroupThings Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke (Eric LaRocca) (2021) https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=277e7b95-1d41-5da5-979a-75cf68abe6fe&entityType=FormatGroupThe Stars & the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus (2019) https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=8fb498da-0d18-5d27-b31b-aaf85ba77ec1&entityType=FormatGroupThe Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar (2023) https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=f762893d-70d3-510c-9d08-a1ddf2455555&entityType=FormatGroupThe Seep by Chana Porter (2020) https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=49ba1a4d-779d-5f35-92f4-3cdc68bf7dad&entityType=FormatGroupGideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (2019) https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=4c5beba2-a7b8-56af-a47a-425691d9ba30&entityType=FormatGroupThe Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling (2019) https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=ba919808-bcd9-5dc0-83c9-fa4bba405ef5&entityType=FormatGroupGreta & Valdin by Rebecca K. Reilly (2021) https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=3acc0d05-1eaa-541b-9e08-c676b4e8acf8&entityType=FormatGroup
In this episode, we’re tuning in to the music making of early colonial New Zealand.We meet music librarian and curator Marilyn Portman to look at a collection of early music albums which were brought amongst personal possessions to Aotearoa, to become the soundtrack of life in the colony.To bring the soundtrack to life, we meet up with musician Polly Sussex who demonstrates music making on a square piano by playing from the Auckland Libraries musical manuscript collection.See a list of references for this episode below or get in touch with us by emailing libraryresearch@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz and we’ll make sure you can find the collection items of your interest.This podcast is part of a wider series of short films Ngako: The Collections Talk, available to view via aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/NgakoThis episode was written and produced by Sue Berman, was recorded and produced by Benjamin Brooking and edited and engineered by Juliana Machado.This has been Ngako: The Collections Podcast - Musical ManuscriptsSubscribe to check out the next episode!REFERENCES MANUSCRIPTS:Arthur Guyon Purchas. Williams Family albums of music. Book 1. 1852. MusMS-058-1. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/manuscripts/id/13983#.YZQg-QJ0H64.linkWilliams family. Williams Family albums of music. Book 4. 1850s. MusMS-058-4.https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/manuscripts/id/14189#.YZQhBzXo3cU.linkArthur Guyon Purchas. Williams Family albums of music. Book 2. 1871. MusMS-058-2. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/manuscripts/id/14054#.YZQhBH3bZDE.linkWilliams family. Williams Family albums of music. Book 3. 1850s. MusMS-058-3. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/manuscripts/id/14079#.YZQi0u2J-fw.linkPRINTED MUSIC:Henry R Bishop. I love thee Duetto, sung by Mrs. Bishop and Mr Braham, at the late Theatre Royal Drury Lane, in the opera of the Circassian bride. London: Goulding, D’Almaine, Potter & Co., 1810.https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=44105b58-4f27-4915-905b-584f27c91597&entityType=FormatGroupBOOKS:Kirstine Moffat. Piano forte: stories and soundscapes from colonial New Zealand. Dunedin: Otago University Press, 2011. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=a2071fc3-60ff-5d93-81f5-502a7a46752c&entityType=FormatGroupTessa Dudder. Sarah Mathew: explorer, journalist, and Auckland’s ‘First Lady.’ Auckland: David Ling Publishing Limited, 2015. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=5c7a3794-eab3-5941-803f-cf1800ecb72e&entityType=FormatGroupRECORDINGPolly Sussex. My devoted piano. 7 Nov 2019. https://soundcloud.com/auckland-libraries/my-devoted-piano-november-7-2019?si=067ea631a6b94afc812032ca9dbe3a1d&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharingBLOG:Polly Sussex. Recreational music in 1840s Auckland. 17 Nov 2021. https://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2021/11/recreational-music-in-1840s-auckland.htmlImage credit: Williams Family albums of music. Book 1. 1852. MusMS-058-1. Pg 68https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/manuscripts/id/13970
In this episode, we make a connection with poetry, poets, and the Auckland Central City Library.Research Librarian Elspeth Orwin takes us on a journey beyond the poetry book collection by sharing the voices of poets who interestingly also have a strong association with Libraries.We also meet and talk with poet and artist Ta Ilui who is both a regular Auckland Libraries user and who has contributed his own original work in the recent publication Rough Lives Speak. See a list of references for this episode below or get in touch with us by emailing libraryresearch@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz and we’ll make sure you can find the collection items of your interest.This podcast is part of a wider series of short films Ngako: The Collections Talk, available to view via aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/NgakoThis episode was written and produced by Sue Berman, was recorded and produced by Benjamin Brooking and edited and engineered by Juliana Machado.This has been Ngako: The Collections - Podcast Auckland Poets and LibrariesSubscribe to check out the next episode!REFERENCESHone Tuwhare. No ordinary son: poems. Auckland: Random House, 1998.https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=f6d0cf52-037b-543a-b008-14d61065597a&entityType=FormatGroupStreet Poets & Artists Collective Enterprise. Rough lives speak. Auckland: Auckland Council Libraries, 2022. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=007e36f7-1c23-5acf-a42a-3a37405b3a07&entityType=FormatGroupRECORDINGS:Te Ara- The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Hone Tuwhare Reading Poems. 2010. https://teara.govt.nz/en/speech/29786/reading-poemsThe Globe tapes of 42 New Zealand poets read their work. Auckland: Hard Echo Press, 1985. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=b488d187-7fca-5a83-8524-6882d03a0f75&entityType=FormatGroupNgā Pātaka Kōrero- Auckland Libraries. No New Thing- R.A.K Mason. 2022. https://soundcloud.com/auckland-libraries/no-new-thing-r-k-mason?in=auckland-libraries/sets/real-gold-treasures-of-theTa Iuli, oral history, 2012, Dominion Road Stories Collection, WOH-1095-002https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/1448/rec/1MUSIC LP:Arthur Rex Dugard Fairburn. A.R.D. Fairburn recording six of his poems. Wellington: The Mermaid Press, 1958. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=0f0eea7f-0995-4f23-8eea-7f09953f2359&entityType=FormatGroupNew Zealand poets read their work. Auckland: Waiata Recordings, 1974. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=18861bb2-d9e5-46ee-861b-b2d9e5e6ee83&entityType=FormatGroupBLOG:Jane Wild. R.A.K Mason: a uniquely distinguished son of the city. 8 May 2017. https://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2017/05/r-k-mason-uniquely-distinguished-son-of.htmlImage credit: Ta Iuli at Auckland Central City Library, 2022, Benjamin Brooking for Ngako: The Collection Podcast.
In this episode, we view a unique poster printed in Rarotonga in 1849.Liam Koka'ua talks us through how this poster, Pepa 9, helped to introduce the people of Rarotonga to the Sámi people, who are indigenous to the far north of Scandinavia.Rare Book specialist Jane Wild adds to the story with an additional exploration into the research, the origins and the context of the poster printed in Rarotonga in 1849.This episode adds to the story The Pepa Trail - Printing in Rarotonga from our video series Ngako: The Collections Talk.See a list of references for this episode below or get in touch with us by emailing libraryresearch@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz and we’ll make sure you can find the collection items of your interest.This podcast is part of a wider series of short films Ngako: The Collections Talk, available to view via aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/NgakoThis episode was written and produced by Sue Berman, was recorded and produced by Benjamin Brooking and edited and engineered by Juliana Machado.This has been Ngako: The Collections Podcast - Learning about Lapland in RarotongaSubscribe to check out the next episode!REFERENCESPepa. Rarotonga, 1840-1849. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/rarebooks/search/searchterm/pepaPepa 9. E puke tangata Lapland teia, Rarotonga, 1840-1849. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/rarebooks/id/13709/rec/5The Pepa Trail – Printing in Rarotonga, Auckland Libraries 2022https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYYnNKbzTtsHeritage et AL Blog:Jane Wild. The printing press poster and other lessons: printing in Rarotonga in 1849 and the mission press. 4 Aug 2022.https://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2022/08/the-printing-press-poster-and-other.htmlImage credit: Pepa 9. E puke tangata Lapland teia, Rarotonga, 1840-1849. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/rarebooks/id/13709/rec/5
In this episode, we read Beauty and the Beast through four centuries of storytelling.Rare Book specialist Jane Wild describes the look and feel of the different stories in their time, how the style of writing and illustrative formats changed, and unfolds some exquisite paper engineering.Children’s librarian Clare Cudmore-Neame adds to the story by sharing her insights and experience of the role of fairytales for children today.See a list of references for this episode below or get in touch with us by emailing libraryresearch@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz and we’ll make sure you can find the collection items of your interest.This podcast is part of a wider series of short films Ngako: The Collections Talk, available to view via aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/NgakoThis episode was written and produced by Sue Berman, was recorded and produced by Benjamin Brooking and edited and engineered by Juliana Machado.Music credit: Piano performance by Marilyn Portman played from the score in the book Julia Corner. Beauty and the beast: an entertainment for young people. London: Dean and Son, 1854.This has been Ngako: The Collections Podcast - Beauty and the BeastSubscribe to check out the next episode!REFERENCESBeauty and the beast, or the magic rose. With eight coloured engravings. London, 1825. Record ID b1940431.https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/rarebooks/id/12649https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=288cf24d-14ea-5bf5-ba75-00e4cf0d49cc&entityType=FormatGroupLe cabinet des fées, ou, Collection choisie des contes des fées, et autres contes merveilleux, ornés de figures. Amsterdam: Rue et hôtel Serpente, 1785-1789.https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=b34713c6-b8ae-5472-9ea9-2b0595d0b6c0&entityType=FormatGroupJulia Corner. Beauty and the beast: an entertainment for young people. London: Dean and Son, 1854.https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=4aa745a8-63f0-54d8-8849-8a813a73a10e&entityType=FormatGroupCharles Lamb. Beauty and the beast. London: Field & Tuer, The Leadenhall Press, 1887. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=5e2d2750-923b-5d88-8656-39f22fd9437c&entityType=FormatGroupConstance Wilde. A long time ago: favourite stories. London: Ernest Nister, 1891. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=cadffb99-dd62-5c90-a9d3-4ef9d9d3f155&entityType=FormatGroupCharles Perrault. Old- time stories. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1921. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=6441163f-1476-5ec6-959d-0a6376608b73&entityType=FormatGroupBeauty and the beast. From: Peepshow books. London: Chatto & Windus, 1950. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=860123fe-2f77-52b4-a3ad-33e924711bf5&entityType=FormatGroupPhilippa Pearce. Beauty and the beast. London: Longman Young books, 1972. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=7aab6a2b-ca79-5b20-b090-569fdd9b2533&entityType=FormatGroupRobert Sabuda. Beauty and the beast: a pop-up book of the classic fairytale. New York: Little Simon, 2010s.https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=92d90121-205a-5d59-b75b-507de6d968fc&entityType=FormatGroupGabrielle- Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve. The beauty and the beast. New York: Harper Design, 2017. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=ee3aa6fc-2e19-5f73-8eb0-402e24e5feb9&entityType=FormatGroupImage: Jane Wild unfolds Robert Sabuda's, Beauty and the Beast, 2022, Benjamin Brooking for Ngako: The Collection Podcast.
In this episode, we take a trip back in time to the Victorian craze for fern collecting and how Fernmania was documented. Rare Book curator Renée Orr describes the work of Herbert Dobbie and Eric Craig who collected and documented ferns of Aotearoa in the last part of the nineteenth century. We are also joined by a contemporary print artist and book maker Makyla Curtis who shares her inspiration and print work using ferns. See a list of references for this episode below or get in touch with us by emailing libraryresearch@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz and we’ll make sure you can find the collection items of your interest.This podcast is part of a wider series of short films Ngako: The Collections Talk, available to view via aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/NgakoThis episode was written and produced by Sue Berman, was recorded and produced by Benjamin Brooking and edited and engineered by Juliana Machado.This has been Ngako: The Collections Podcast - FernmaniaSubscribe to check out the next episode!REFERENCESHerbert Dobbie, ‘New Zealand Ferns’, Whitcombe & Tombs, Auckland, 1921. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/rarebooks/id/13930/rec/1Herbert Dobbie, ‘145 varieties of New Zealand ferns.’ Part 1.’ 1880.https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/rarebooks/id/13821/rec/2Eric Craig, ‘New Zealand ferns: 172 varieties.’ 1892. Fern Mounter Princes St, Auckland [Second Edition]https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/rarebooks/id/13845/rec/1 Sarah Whittingham, ‘Fern fever: the story of Pteridomania,’ Frances Lincoln, London, 2012.https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=8957489a-a0e8-5e7e-a0f5-b9412cf0a349&entityType=FormatGroupMargaret Thomson, ‘The fern and flower album, for preserving dried specimens of ferns, flowers, seaweeds, &c.’ 1878.https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=d8efed72-50e3-5154-8762-9061ecd73c4e&entityType=FormatGroupMakyla Curtis. ‘Artist file.’ Available at Takapuna Angela Morton Collection. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=4aea07c6-6b00-541c-8276-bba59c35170e&entityType=FormatGroupMakyla Curtis - Wordpress Bloghttps://makylacurtis.wordpress.com/2019/07/15/fern-printing/Makyla Curtis, ‘Apertures.’ 2021. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=245b2567-90e7-54fa-bd6f-5b043e52641d&entityType=FormatGroupMakyla Curtis, ‘Advance/ Recede.’ 2019. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=03a8d70f-9cec-583b-8899-d4023d750ca7&entityType=FormatGroupMakyla Curtis, ‘Abstract compositions project ’12.’ 2011.https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=e450bb97-c267-5860-af7e-f2ac1132041e&entityType=FormatGroupZINES:See a variety of multimedia publications here:https://makyla.wordpress.com/Makyla Curtis, ‘Ngā makenu.’ 2016.https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=43fc789f-475f-560d-8806-25126802affa&entityType=FormatGroupMakyla Curtis, ‘I titohia ē nei kōrero paki e ngā ngeru.’ 2016.https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=d323e1d3-bc23-547b-b9dc-b1ff7de1ecd5&entityType=FormatGroupMakyla Curtis, ‘On rocks.’ 2018. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=6820a4ea-ff41-5e0c-83c5-a08c0790dafb&entityType=FormatGroupImage Credit: New Zealand ferns: 172 varieties Illustrated by Eric Craig, 1892, Fern Mounter Princes St, Auckland [Second Edition], pg: 27 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/rarebooks/id/13845/rec/1
In this episode, we look at old sporting magazines from 'the stack' with Heritage Collections curator Andrew Henry and gain insights into how New Zealand sport was written about by journalists in the mid-20th century. We talk also with history student Katia Kennedy who shares her findings on the sports being played at that time, how these were viewed, and the culture around men's and women's sports participation.See a list of references for this episode below or get in touch with us by emailing libraryresearch@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz and we’ll make sure you can find the collection items of your interest.This podcast is part of a wider series of short films Ngako: The Collections Talk, available to view via aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/NgakoThis episode was written and produced by Sue Berman, was recorded and produced by Benjamin Brooking and edited and engineered by Juliana Machado.This has been Ngako: The Collections Podcast - Sports Writing in the mid-20th Century.Subscribe to check out the next episode!REFERENCESThe New Zealand sportsman. Wellington, 1946-1958.https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=cb6638b1-cb27-59f0-b4bd-79e6aed788e0&entityType=FormatGroupN.Z. sportswoman. Wellington: N.Z. sporting journals, 1949. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=9450e103-41f3-5761-9a50-e513b1383e7e&entityType=FormatGroupWomen in sport: the magazine for every sportswoman. Devenport: D.E. Simons, 1948-1949.https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=f6e01bc7-8999-5d9f-a5ce-9dfbf1b8abed&entityType=FormatGroupRachel Hewitt. In her nature: how women break boundaries in the great outdoors. London: Chatto & Windus, 2023.https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=aebe04df-f833-5b90-9b43-41c446561d7a&entityType=FormatGroupHERITAGE TALKS:Women’s sport in Auckland with Katia Kennedy. 23 March 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euRVAqtgvVEImage credit: The New Zealand Sportsman magazines, 2022, Benjamin Brooking
In this episode, we explore the world of Ava through a printed text of Samoan solo and the experience of library specialists Nia Vavao and Pamata Toleafoa. We visit Anau and Todd at the Four Shells Kava Lounge and learn how Kava is integral to life across Te Moana-nui-ā-Kiwa and valued and enjoyed here in Tāmaki Makaurau.See a list of references for this episode below or get in touch with us by emailing libraryresearch@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz and we’ll make sure you can find the collection items of your interest.This podcast series is made with Auckland Libraries Content Creation funding and is part of a wider series of short films Ngako: The Collections Talk, available to view via aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/NgakoThis episode was written and produced by Sue Berman, was recorded and produced by Benjamin Brooking and edited and engineered by Juliana Machado.This has been Ngako: The Collections Podcast - Ava, Kava, Kawa Subscribe to check out the next episode!REFERENCESGeorge Pratt. Some folk songs and myths from Samoa: six solos about the kava (plant and drink). Sydney, 1890.https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=5da08344-49d4-593d-8321-e6b1f0ed06ce&entityType=FormatGroupAugustin Kramer. The Samoa Islands: an outline of a monograph with particular consideration of German Samoa. Volume 1 & 2. Auckland: Polynesian Press, 1994/1995. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=def09ab7-6fb0-5235-a7ae-79b355f3a22d&entityType=FormatGroup Bernard Gadd. Kava ceremony, Hillary College, Ōtara. 1973. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, Footprints 00037. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/43386/rec/1Four Shells Kava Lounge https://fourshellskava.co.nz/Image credit: Nia Vavao and Pamata Toleafoa, 2022, Benjamin Brooking for Ngako: The Collection Podcast.
In this episode, we find meaning and history in the Auckland Tramping Club’s newsletter Wanderlust. Archivist Sharon Smith shares her insights gleaned from reading the Wanderlust magazine in the period of publication during the Second World War. We are joined by current Auckland Tramping Club members, Ian, Anna and Dennis, on the Club’s programme of tramps and their preparation for the upcoming Club centenary celebrations. See a list of references for this episode below or get in touch with us by emailing libraryresearch@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz and we’ll make sure you can find the collection items of your interest.This podcast is part of a wider series of short films Ngako: The Collections Talk, available to view via aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/NgakoThis episode was written and produced by Sue Berman, was recorded and produced by Benjamin Brooking and edited and engineered by Juliana Machado.This has been Ngako: The Collections Podcast - Wanderlust in the War years.Subscribe to check out the next episode!REFERENCESArchive [5 x minute books]: NZMS 1230. Auckland Tramping Club. Records. Lantern Slides: Photograph Accession 282 Wanderlust: Research Central Basement Serial 796.92 W24Wanderlust Junior: Special Collections Basement Serial 796.92 W24Auckland Tramping Club. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/search/searchterm/auckland%20tramping%20clubhttps://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/search/searchterm/auckland%20tramping%20clubMAGAZINE: Wanderlust. Auckland: ATC, 1936-2020.https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=536310d2-8b91-5ea4-8a70-fc9f7f0fe483&entityType=FormatGroupWanderlust Junior. Auckland: Junior Section, ATC, 1946-1948.https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=2d638400-6e41-5453-a49f-1e539ebf4910&entityType=FormatGroupCatalogue Search: Auckland Tramping Clubhttps://tinyurl.com/ypt8yvjbAuckland tramping club. Rules and regulations. Auckland: ATC, 2000.https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=ce16b05d-7d25-5a78-809a-8b2cd36ed60b&entityType=FormatGroupAuckland Tramping Club. Constitution and rules. Auckland: The Club, 1976.https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=58646575-9c91-5999-8588-6bda68c6ddbe&entityType=FormatGroupAuckland Tramping Club. Nineteen Twenty-Five to 1975: 50 years tramping. The Club, 1975.https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=231b716c-5b61-5e84-a8d3-c6be3bbec30c&entityType=FormatGroupTwenty-one years with boots and pack: issued in celebration of the twenty- first birthday of the Auckland Tramping Club (INC.), 1925-1946. Auckland: ATC (Inc.), 1946.https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=95da9a4f-5951-584d-b361-b06630a6d2e6&entityType=FormatGroupWEBSITES:Katrina Laan. The story of an Auckland Tramping club map. 25 June 2018. https://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-story-of-auckland-tramping-club-map.htmlAuckland tramping club. https://aucktramping.org.nz/Soundscape: Bird Recording - Department of Conservationhttps://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/native-animals/birds/bird-songs-and-calls/Image reference: Three trampers on the road from Happy Valley, 1942, Photographer Isabel Woods. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections JTD-04J-03104https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/51490/rec/1
A plaque in Devonport marks where in October 1847, Lieutenant Snow and his family were murdered in their beds. One of the perpetrators was subsequently hung on the same site. Who would commit such a crime? Māori Rebels hoping to incite a war, or was it the result of a botched robbery or an argument? Join author and journalist Sarah Ell as she shares her research on this murder and how it sheds light on the issues facing an emerging colony.
Doctors With Instruments from the acclaimed ensemble Pohadka launch the Spring series with a stunning programme contrasting icy and mystical Scandinavian music with warm and upbeat Jewish tunes. The Trio will explore lesser known pieces by Nordic composers Emil Hartmann and Peter Heise. These will be contrasted with the exuberant Klezmer style championed by the Trio with the tunes from Hungarian composer Béla Kovács and Canadian composer Srul Irving Glick. The combination of clarinet, cello and piano, coupled with an innovative repertoire will appeal to both experienced and casual classical music listeners . (Due to copyrights, the recording of Klezmer tunes could not be published in this podcast).
The Kaha Trio brings us the Winter Wanderer - a journey through two piano trios from Felix Mendelssohn and Joseph Haydn. Haydn’s Trio in G major, is also nicknamed the ‘Gypsy’ trio . As a lover of folk music, Haydn incorporated the tunes from the Verbunko dances performed by Austrian soldiers which can be especially heard in the rondo movement of this work. Felix Mendelssohn wrote his second Piano Trio in 1845, in the final years of his life, by which time he had developed a rich harmonic language. Throughout , one can hear reflections of his Songs Without Words and also his Midsummers Nights Dream while the finale introduces a Lutheran Chorale tune. The piece races to the finish line in a fortissimo final cadence worthy of a concerto.
In collaboration with the University of Auckland, Catherine and Jesse bring us an exciting programme which comprises four-hand piano works and solo performances, ranging from the mid-eighteenth century to the twentieth century. As a duet, they present Mozart’s Sonata in D major K.381. Composed in the Galant style, it features elegant melodies, simplicity, and clarity. They will also play Mendelssohn’s Andante and Allegro Brillante, salon music graced with polished elegance and craftsmanship. This duet is almost never played in the piano four-hands repertoire - a hidden gem for sure! The concert will also explore solo performances, including Ravel’s Ondine, Prokofiev’s Piano Sonata No. 7... and more!Catherine and Jesse are both students from the University of Auckland. Jesse is currently under the tutelage of Sarah Watkins and Bryan Sayer, and Catherine is studying under Richard Liu.At the University, Jesse is a recipient of the Kathleen Mary Reardon Memorial Music Scholarship and the Carl and Alberta Rosenfeldt Prize in Chamber Music. Other awards include Llewelyn Jones Prize in Music for Piano (1st Prize) and First at the Sixth Virtuoso International Competition in Korea. Additionally, he is a member of the APO’s Aspiring Musicians Program. Aside from piano playing, Jesse is also a passionate violinist and violist.Catherine was awarded Runner-up and Peoples' Choice at the National Young Performer of the Year Award and also 'Best Performance of a NZ work' at the National Piano Competition in 2022. Catherine gave her debut solo recital last year as part of the Lewis Eady Charitable Trust Emerging Artists' Series, and is a current APO Haydn Staples Piano Scholar.
Kotuku QuintetSimon Ansell (violin), John Seager (violin), Judith Gust (viola), Sally-Anne Brown (cello), Louise Webster (piano).The Kotuku Quintet returns with the Piano quintet in F minor, op. 34 by Johannes Brahms. Described as his greatest piece of chamber music it is probably the most frequently performed of his chamber works. Brahms was a demanding self-critic, and the quintet went through several iterations, beginning life as a string quintet, then transcribed into a sonata for two pianos before ending as a work for piano and string quartet. Here, the dual sides of his musical nature – dark, turbulent romanticism and rigorous classicism – were in their most fruitful conflict and balance, the music covering a wide spectrum of moods: majesty, serenity, tension, foreboding, anger and joy.Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 Johannes Brahms1. Allegro non troppo2. Andante, un poco adagio3. Scherzo: Allegro4. Finale: Poco sostenuto – Allegro non troppo – Presto, non troppo
Martin Griffiths and Polly Sussex (cellos) and Sherry Grant (piano) combine their substantial literary knowledge with musical interpretations of depth and intrigue in celebration of Katherine Mansfield's Centenary year.In 1908 Garnet Trowell, an aspiring violinist from Wellington, became the lover of Katherine Mansfield, who studied cello with his twin brother Arnold Trowell. Together they played Chopin and discussed poetry while living together in London, the home-away-from-home for colonial New Zealanders. Their collaborations inspired Mansfield to take up writing as a full time career. In turn she inspired generations of artists, including those represented in this performance, entirely made up of musical responses to Katherine's poetry and stories. Music inspired by Katherine Mansfield's poems: Voices of the air (1916) music composed by Nigel Keay To L.H.B. (1916) music composed by Michael Bell (originally for voice and piano) I was a bird (1908) music composed by Michelle Velvin The Opal dream cave (1910) music composed by Joshua Dawson.
By 1923 the Jazz Age was in full swing in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, with a variety of venues to listen and dance to jazz. The Dixieland, Trades Hall, Cafeteria, and the Click Clack Cabaret were all popular destinations. Join us as Dr Aleisha Ward takes us on a digital tour of these venues. She will explore the bands, audiences, and scandalous behavior that had morality campaigners concerned for the safety of people's characterPhotographBob Adams's Jazz Band in the Auckland Town Hall, 1920, Photographer S G Dobson. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 1504-16,
Portrait of George Lewis Becke [cropped], ca. 1900, by unknown, vintage gelatin silver print, State Library of New South Wales, DL PX 158. Public Domain.Join expert Allegra Marshall as she helps us learn about the life and work of author Louis Becke. At the turn of the nineteenth century, he was the most prolific, significant, and internationally renowned Australian-born writer of the South Pacific region and was often described as Australia's answer to Robert Louis Stevenson. If after listening to this talk, you wish to read one of his works then simply click https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search?query=Louis%20Becke&searchType=everything&pageSize=10&pageNum=1 to view the collection held by Auckland Libraries.
In this track we hear exhibition curators' Jane Wild and Renee Orr share impressions, selections and insights into medieval manuscripts currently on display in the Gallery - Level 2 Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero | Central City Library.
"For most of the medieval period, from the 5th to the 15th century, books were copied out and decorated by hand. These are the books we call medieval manuscripts. For this exhibition we have selected just nine of these miraculous books to show the range of Auckland Libraries’ exceptional collection.
They include 12th century Greek Gospels, a tiny ‘Pocket Bible’ and massive lectern Bibles. A Latin translation of Aristotle features extensive marginalia, including the description of a lunar eclipse in 1312. Painted and illuminated pages include dragons, saints and intricate border decorations."
We invite you to explore digitised versions of our Rare Book and Manuscript Collections on Kura Heritage Collections Online, or come in and get up close in person. Exhibition is open until 11 Nov 2023.
https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/
Image: St. George. From: Rossdhu Book of Hours, between 1450 -1475. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, MedMS-G146
In this session we get up close with the 15th Century French manuscript the Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius, followed by a discussion of some fragments of very early medieval manuscripts found as part of the binding of a bible printed in 1480.
Ngā mihi nui ki a koutou katoa - welcome to this podcast celebrating our Auckland Libraries Rare Books and Manuscripts collection.
This track was recorded in 2019 as part of a series of talks delivered by Rare Book specialist Georgia Prince.
Ref to content: Le livre de Boèce de consolacion https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/manuscripts/id/17669/rec/1
Image: Detail from Epistola beati. Latin, Basel, 1480. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, 1480 BIBL
Don’t miss your opportunity to visit our Heritage Collections exhibition Miraculous: medieval manuscripts on display in the Level 2 Gallery of Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero – The Central City Library – from 16 August to 11 November 2023.
We invite you to explore digitised versions of our Rare Book and Manuscript Collections on Kura Heritage Collections Online, or make an appointment to view in person in our Special Collections Reading Room – Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero – The Central City Library.
I o Tatau Hapori : The Voice and the People of Our Neighbourhood
This playlist supports an exhibition on display for August 2023 at the Franklin Hub.
Oral histories often include great family history content and interesting social history. In these clips we hear some examples of different types of memories and recording.
0”45 – 2”05 The first recording was made in 1961 and is read as part of her family story by Elizabeth Duncan.
2”05 – 6”15 Susan Carpenter sat down recently with her elderly mother to record some family stories and her mother’s experience of growing up in Pukekohe. In this clip we hear a lovely recollection of time spent with Nana in town and going to the Milk Bar in Newmarket in the late 1940s.
6”15 – 8:34 When asked to discuss her free time as a child, Mere Thompson recalls the games she and her sisters played including hopscotch, skipping and playing shops.
Image: 'Four generations', Drury, 1994. "Tui Hall celebrating her 90th birthday with her granddaughter Angela Deane (right), her great-grand-daughter Lisa Deane and her great-great-grandson Dylan Deane". Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections Footprints 03422
I o Tatau Hapori : The Voice and the People of Our Neighbourhood
This playlist supports an exhibition on display for August 2023 at the Franklin Hub.
In this track we hear stories of transport and places.
0”45 – 3”45 Sometimes it’s great to have places identified from old photos in oral history and sound recordings. In this interview we can hear the school playground in the background. Mr Bilkey and Pollock share early recollections of the shops on the main street of Pukekohe – this was recorded in 1961.
3”45 – 4”45 Recorded in 1961 as part of the Pukekohe Jubilee Celebration, Bridget Kennelly recalls what the streets were like prior to footpaths and needing to take a clean pair of shoes to go to Auckland. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections OH-1471-004
4”45 – 7”00 Imagine a day before the motor car….in this recording from the 1961 Jubilee celebration project we hear from Mr James Pollock, born in 1875, describe the first motor car coming to Pukekohe and how they scared the horses! Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections OH-1471-009
7”00 – 8”14 Len Brown born in 1889 joined the fire brigade in 1912. In this clip he recalls the process and vote for funding the building of a Fire Station that in 1961 still stood next to what was the Borough Council Chambers. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections OH-1471-011
8”14 – 11”40 In 2005, Bruce Ringer interview Tony Waters about his recollections of Pukekohe and Waiuku. In this clip he recalls some of the places in town and some of the social history influences of the time like six o’clock closing, horse and carts, petrol restrictions during the war and owning a motor car. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections MNP-OH-19
Image: King Street, Pukekohe, c1965. National Publicity Studios. Looking eastward along King Street, Pukekohe, with shopfronts and cars visible. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 895-A76180
I o Tatau Hapori : The Voice and the People of Our Neighbourhood This playlist supports an exhibition on display for August 2023 at the Franklin Hub.
Pukekohe and the wider district are best known for its rich soils for growing and agriculture. In these clips we hear voices of experience related to the business of farming and market gardening.
0:45 – 1:90 In the first track we hear John Johns, recorded in 1961 for the Pukekohe Golden Jubilee Celebration talking about changes in agriculture from farming and growing grains to vegetable market gardening. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections OH-1471-007
1:90 – 3:25 Also recorded in 1961, Leslie Smeed explains the art and desirability of making stacks of hay and the changes in demand from growing horse feed to use of land for vegetable growing. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections OH-1471-015
3:25 – 14:05 In this 2015 recorded interview Pritim Singh describes his days on the family farm and the changes from hand picking cabbages, potatoes and onions, the role of farm labour and the development of agricultural machinery. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections MNP-OH-95
14:05 – 16:45 In 2014 Una and Yen Lim were recorded for the Chinese New Zealand Oral History Foundation Chinese market gardeners of Pukekohe project. In this clip we hear about what was grown by the family, taking the produce to market and the seasons for different vegetables. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections OH-1404-001
16:45 – 18:45 In this recently recorded interview, we hear from Mere Thompson about her own and the wider whanau contribution to working in the market gardens and the income that helped pay for school costs. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, OH_1475
Image: Crating cabbages, Pukekohe, ca 1945, photographer Hitchcock, J.H. et al. For details about the photograph album see: https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/70973/rec/1 Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 1631-ALB319-31-01
I o Tatau Hapori : The Voice and the People of Our Neighbourhood This playlist supports an exhibition on display for August 2023 at the Franklin Hub.
Listen to a range of voices related to school and schooling. This track draws on a variety of oral history recordings.
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Voices on this track include: 0:45 - 1:45 Violet Keith, 1884-1971, recalls her school years, recorded in 1961 for the Pukekohe Golden Jubilee Celebration, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections OH-1471-005
1:45 - 3:30 Patrick Gallagher, 1893-1965, recalls his teaching days, recorded in 1961 for the Pukekohe Golden Jubilee Celebration, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections OH-1471-003
3:30 – 7:40 Gwen Francis recorded in 2016, recalls Pukekohe Technical High schooling and the gender norms of the time, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, OH-1266
7:40 – 9:35 Mere Thompson [still being processed], recorded in 2023 for the Franklin Voices project, talks about the 1952 Maori School and her love of learning, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, OH_1475
9:35 – 13:45 Dorothy Postles [still being processed], recorded in 2023 for the Franklin Voices project, recalls how she used to travel to school, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, OH_1475
13:45 – 18:00 Pritam Singh recorded in 2015 for the Auckland Sikh Society Collection recalls his schooling days and home chores in Pukekohe, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections MNP-OH-95
18:00 – 20:15 Tony Waters, retired teacher, talks about his experiences teaching at Pukekohe High School. Recorded in 2005, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, MNP-OH-19
Alison is joined in the studio by author Josie Shapiro discussing her debut novel Everything is Beautiful and Everything Hurts. This beautiful coming of age story of young runner Mickey Bloom and her determination to achieve her dreams is also a love letter to Auckland.
This interview was recorded for Auckland Council Libraries' We Read Auckland festival of Auckland's readers and writers, celebrated 1 - 31 August 2023. Visit aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/WeReadAKL for more details.
'Everything is Beautiful and Everything Hurts' can be borrowed from Bestie collection displays in all Auckland Council libraries or requested from the Auckland Libraries catalogue. Available in multiple formats: https://bit.ly/3YfvsNj
Alison is joined over Zoom by author Dr. Emma Espiner, discussing her poised and candid memoir, There’s a Cure for This. From quietly perceived inequities of her early life, Espiner's stories trace her hard-won revelations as a Māori medical student and junior doctor during the Covid-19 pandemic.
There’s a Cure for This can be borrowed from Bestie collection displays in all Auckland Council libraries or requested from the Auckland Libraries catalogue. Available in multiple formats: https://bit.ly/3Ybo1ab
This interview was recorded for Auckland Council Libraries' We Read Auckland festival of Auckland's readers and writers, celebrated 1 - 31 August 2023. Visit aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/WeReadAKL for more details.
Alison is joined in the studio by author Dominic Hoey discussing his action-packed and darkly funny novel, Poor People with Money. A fighter with a face covered in scars, a life full of debt and a brother who has mysteriously disappeared, Avondale local Monday Woolridge goes looking for income and answers in some dark places.
Poor People with Money can be borrowed from Bestie collection displays in all Auckland Council libraries or requested from the Auckland Libraries catalogue. Available in multiple formats: https://bit.ly/3q0XjVa
This interview was recorded for Auckland Council Libraries' We Read Auckland festival of Auckland's readers and writers, celebrated 1 - 31 August 2023. Visit aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/WeReadAKL for more details.
In this track we talk with Poukōkiri Whakaaturanga Taonga Kahurangi Goulton about the exhibition of ngā mōteatea in the Kura Tūturu | Real Gold exhibition case for Hōngongoi and Matariki.
Kahurangi explains how te reo Māori was originally only transmitted orally and as such Māori crafted and perfected the art of mōteatea. Mōteatea refer to all forms of traditional waiata or songs. These waiata were composed to transmit, retain and celebrate the life, customs and history of Māori.
In the case we have the hand written manuscript of a waiata composed by Hinewairoro and collected by Riwai Te Ahu from Ngāti Hinerangi and Ngāti Awa. We can assume this waiata dates back to an earlier time. This waiata has been identified as, A song to incite remembrance in people’s hearts.
On view for July 2023 in the Reading Room Level 2 Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero | Central City Library or by request at any time.
Image: Karakia, Waiata. Riwai Te Ahu. Pre-1854. GNZMMS 097_07
Kura search results: Riwai Te Ahu https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/search/searchterm/Riwai%20Te%20Ahu
Further Reading: Nga Moteatea: he maramara rere no nga waka maha, he mea kohikohi. Part 1. 1928. Ngata, Apirana Turupa https://tinyurl.com/sskxzmzt
Nau mai haere mai - Welcome to a session from the Reading Room of Ngā Pātaka Kōrero, the Central City Library, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland.
In this podcast we are delighted to share the recording of Greg Doran’s visit to the Auckland First Folio in June 2023.
Greg Doran, artistic director emeritus of the Royal Shakespeare Company is on a tour of surviving first folios sponsored by the British Council. https://www.britishcouncil.org.nz
He comes to us after visiting First Folios in Japan and most recently Sydney, at the State Library of New South Wales. Next stop Cape Town. Our First Folio has travelled the furthest from the Print House in London, some 11,386 miles in fact.
The Folio has had an active life, most recently getting some attention from David Ashman our Preservation Manager. The Folio can be handled more easily post treatment. The tangible evidence of the preservation treatment (including leather shavings and “gutter sweeping”) is now stored in a bespoke archival box with the Folio itself.
In this recording Greg meets our unique annotated Folio and talks with an interested party – including retired rare books librarian Georgia Prince who curated the exhibition Shakespeare in his time which featured 17th century rare books from the Heritage Collections.
We also had a moment with the Shakespeare bronze, affectionately referred to as the ‘Beadle bust’ – named for the sculptor Paul Beadle. The bust entered stage left during our discussion – returning to its plinth after a stint on the Ground Floor of our busy public library.
Let’s give Greg the floor to share his close reading!
David Ashman’s preservation treatment: https://soundcloud.com/auckland-libraries/sets/celebrating-shakespeare
Shakespeare in his time – 2016 curator talks: https://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2016/06/shakespeare-in-his-time-curator-talks.html
The Beadle bust: https://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2016/04/the-shakespeare-beadle-bust-origin-and.html
Two treasures in the chamber music repertoire that involve eight players feature in this first concert of our Autumn Series - Bach’s Concerto for two violins in D minor & Mendelssohn’s celebrated String Octet in E-flat Major. Written when he was just sixteen, and as a gift to his then violin teacher, Mendelssohn’s Octet overflows with some of the most iconic and captivating melodies. He had already established his distinct musical language which includes his signature scherzo. The last movement, an eight part fugue, is a nod to his hero, Johann Sebastian Bach, whose double concerto opens the concert.
In this concert Christopher Everest explores the hidden world of the classical guitar and its history through works written by New Zealand composers. John Ritchie’s Whimsies reflects upon William Shakespeare, each movement a reimagining of a well known sonnet. Wellington based composer Amanda Riddell’s Vanya’s Lament, is a homage to Russian playwright Anton Chekhov’s tragic comedy Uncle Vanya, its four colourful movements reflecting the central moods throughout the plays four acts. Alongside these, shorter works by New Zealand composers Kenneth Young, Michael Stoop, and Bruce Paine explore the classical guitar, reflecting the many cultures of Aotearoa.
Trio Eclectica will perform Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G minor and Antonín Dvořák’s Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, subtitled “Dumky”. Both pieces Ebb and flow in character with fluctuating major and minor themes, or alternating fast and slow passages, or in tragic and celebratory themes. Trio élégiaque No.1 is a single movement piece interspersed with variations. Dvořák’s Dumky Trio stays true to its folk music roots with 6 movements incorporating an earthy and rustic musical flavour with movements alternating in sombre, commemorative, nostalgic, and playful personalities.
Michael Cai and William Sun are both students of Richard Mapp at the University of Auckland. Michael is a Masters student who is also an accomplished percussionist, playing with the Auckland Youth Orchestra and other ensembles. William is a second year student who also plays the trumpet in a number of ensembles. Together they present a programme of works by beloved composers for the piano, including Beethoven’s monumental C minor Variations, and works by Ravel and Debussy.
Visiting Irish pianist, Daniel Kearney, concludes our series with an exploration of the unique and creative ways in which composers have used music and the piano to describe the sights and sounds of nature. Utilizing the perspectives of many different genres including baroque, romanticism, impressionism and folk music, the performer and listener will go on a journey together through time and place. A swan on a French river, a Russian Lark, a volcano overlooking the sea in Indonesia, chattering monkeys beside a lake, the soft glow of twilight. These pieces and many more will invite the listener to let their imagination run wild and to enjoy the genius effects, harmonies and rhythms that the composers have used to bring nature to life through music.
For nearly 100 years, playing music in a public bar was illegal. Gareth Shute explored how this, and other laws affected the music scene in an article for the music history website www.audioculture.co.nz.
In this talk, Gareth expands on his findings, illustrating how booze often slipped into music venues even when it was still illegal. Learn why so many venues in the ‘70s were in hotels and how there came to be alcohol-themed bands like Beam and Distillery.
About the speaker Gareth Shute is a music historian who has authored five books, including NZ Rock and National book award winner Hip Hop Music in Aotearoa. He’s also a musician - currently with party band The Golden Geese, though he’s previously toured internationally with The Brunettes and the Ruby Suns.
This talk was presented at the Central City Library on 3 May 2023.
Image: John's Place, Rialto Arcade, Newmarket, 1971, Rykenberg Photography. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 1269-19710522-05
Music: Surf Experiment performed by Gareth Shute . Used courtesy of the artist.
Auckland Libraries have recently acquired, digitised, and catalogued four chromolithographic posters from the late nineteenth century.
In this track we hear Andrew Henry, Principal Aotearoa NZ Collections, share the story behind the creation of these artful 1890s advertising newspaper supplements.
The posters feature views, taken from different elevated spots around the Tāmaki Makaurau central isthmus, surrounded by vignettes of local businesses who had paid to be included in the posters. The interior views of shops, hotels, and factories are particularly intriguing.
Printed by Wilson and Horton's Lithographic and Colour Printery, in Auckland, in 1895, the chromolithographs were included as a supplement to the New Zealand Herald and Auckland Weekly News.
The digitised posters are available to view via Kura Heritage Collections Online. https://tinyurl.com/327ssn7j
Learn more about them in a Heritage et AL blog post by Andrew Henry, Principal Aotearoa New Zealand Collections Librarian: https://bit.ly/ArtfulAdvertising
On view for June 2023 in the Kura Tūturu | Real Gold case in the Reading Room Level 2 Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero | Central City Library or by request at any time.
Image: View of Auckland from Harbour, 1895, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, Eph-Post00426.
Alison is joined in the studio by graphic novelist Chelsey Furedi who talks about her book Project Nought – a fast paced time travel adventure with a hint of romance. This book can be requested from the Auckland Libraries catalogue using the link below – it is available in multiple formats. https://bit.ly/3Bx6UoN Find out more at https://www.chelseyfuredi.com/
In this track we hear guitarist Chris Everest play the Three Whimsies by John Richie, with permission of Anthony Ritchie.'Whimsies', composed in 1985, are three pieces based on contrasting texts by William Shakespeare:‘Full fathom five’ from The Tempest‘Tell me where is fancy bred’ from The Merchant of Venice‘Blow, blow, thou winter wind’ from As You Like ItThis was recorded at an Auckland Libraries Heritage Concert on 4 May 2023.Listen to more from earlier Concert Series https://soundcloud.com/auckland-libraries/sets/thursday-heritage-concerts-6You can view a digital copy of the Auckland Libraries' First Folio here:https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/rarebooks/id/12779/rec/1or check digital comparisons: www.firstfolios.comFind out more about Folio 400 here: folio400.com/celebration-2023/Read more here: heritageetal.blogspot.com/2023/05/read…-use-in.html"At the start of Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories & tragedies, otherwise known as the ‘First Folio’, there’s a note from Shakespeare’s former colleagues to the book’s potential consumers. “To the great Variety of Readers”, it begins, before outlining the reasons people might want to buy – and read – this unprecedented collection of plays".Image: Chris Everest 4 May 2023, Auckland Libraries Heritage Concerts. Photograph by Sue Berman.Music Credit: Whimsies played by Chris Everest recorded at Auckland Libraries Heritage Concert, 4 May 2023.
In this track we hear the final speakers from our Auckland Libraries World First Folio Day event - reading Sonnet 60 from Nga Waiata Aroha A Hekepia - a translation of Shakespeare in Te Reo Māori by Merimeri Penfold. Read by Robert Eruera and Andrew Henry.The publication of Nga Waiata a Hekepia / love sonnets by Shakespeare in 2000 marked a first on the world Shakespearean timeline. Holloway Press at the University of Auckland published nine sonnets translated into te reo Māori by the scholar Merimeri Penfold. The limited edition features an amended version of the Martin Droeshout 1623 portrait of Shakespeare, with a moko, created by Cushla Parekowhai, on the cover. The book is available for loan: https://tinyurl.com/ye2554d4You can view a digital copy of the Auckland Libraries' First Folio here:https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/rarebooks/id/12779/rec/1or check digital comparisons at: www.firstfolios.comFind out more about Folio 400 at - folio400.com/celebration-2023/Read more here: http://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2023/05/readers-and-readings-traces-of-use-in.html"At the start of Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories & tragedies, otherwise known as the ‘First Folio’, there’s a note from Shakespeare’s former colleagues to the book’s potential consumers. “To the great Variety of Readers”, it begins, before outlining the reasons people might want to buy – and read – this unprecedented collection of plays".Music Credit: Seringapatam composed by Bruce Paine played by Chris Everest at Auckland Libraries Heritage Concert 2023Image: Cover page of pukapuka.
In Auckland, Michael Hurst from the Auckland Theatre Company, is strongly identified with Shakespeare. In this track Michael discusses performing Shakespeare. This session was recorded live on First Folio Day, April 2023.You can view a digital copy of the Auckland Libraries' First Folio here:https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/rarebooks/id/12779/rec/1or check digital comparisons: www.firstfolios.comFind out more about Folio 400 here: https://folio400.com/celebration-2023/Check out King Lear coming to stage: https://www.atc.co.nz/auckland-theatre-company/2023/king-lear/Read more here: http://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2023/05/readers-and-readings-traces-of-use-in.html"At the start of Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories & tragedies, otherwise known as the ‘First Folio’, there’s a note from Shakespeare’s former colleagues to the book’s potential consumers. “To the great Variety of Readers”, it begins, before outlining the reasons people might want to buy – and read – this unprecedented collection of plays".Image: Michael Hurst presents at World First Folio Day, April 2023. Photograph by Jane Wild.Music Credit: Seringapatam composed by Bruce Paine played by Chris Everest at Auckland Libraries Heritage Concert 2023
Dr. Sophie Tomlinson, Senior lecturer in English and Drama at the University of Auckland offers her insights into the decades of Summer Shakespeare productions, the performers and the performances.Recorded live on World First Folio Day, 23 April 2023.You can view a digital copy of the Auckland Libraries' First Folio here:https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/rarebooks/id/12779/rec/1or check digital comparisons: www.firstfolios.comFind out more about Folio 400 here: https://folio400.com/celebration-2023/Read more here: http://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2023/05/readers-and-readings-traces-of-use-in.html"At the start of Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories & tragedies, otherwise known as the ‘First Folio’, there’s a note from Shakespeare’s former colleagues to the book’s potential consumers. “To the great Variety of Readers”, it begins, before outlining the reasons people might want to buy – and read – this unprecedented collection of plays".Image: Sophie Tomlinson presents at World First Folio Day, April 2023. Photograph by Jane Wild.Music Credit: Seringapatam composed by Bruce Paine played by Chris Everest at Auckland Libraries Heritage Concert 2023
In this track, recorded on World First Folio Day, 23 April 2023, we hear from David Ashman, recently retired manager of Conservation & Digital Preservation at Auckland Libraries.In 2022, David was able to complete required conservation work on the First Folio, in this talk he describes the background and processes involved in the care of this precious taonga. You can view a digital copy of the Auckland Libraries' First Folio here:https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/rarebooks/id/12779/rec/1or check digital comparisons: www.firstfolios.comWatch David talk with pictures about his treatment of the Folio here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzVd_Qv_q-AFind out more about Folio 400 here: https://folio400.com/celebration-2023/Read more here: http://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2023/05/readers-and-readings-traces-of-use-in.html"At the start of Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories & tragedies, otherwise known as the ‘First Folio’, there’s a note from Shakespeare’s former colleagues to the book’s potential consumers. “To the great Variety of Readers”, it begins, before outlining the reasons people might want to buy – and read – this unprecedented collection of plays".Image: David Ashman presents at World First Folio Day, April 2023. Photograph by Jane Wild.Music Credit: Seringapatam composed by Bruce Paine played by Chris Everest at Auckland Libraries Heritage Concert 2023
Alison is joined by the multi-award winning New Zealand author Leonie Agnew, who has just published her novel The impossible story of Hannah Kemp. This is a coming-of-age story and journey of healing through the power of storytelling. This book can be requested from the Auckland Libraries catalogue using the links below – it is available in multiple formats. https://bit.ly/3Bx6UoN
This month we have two special cases on display on Level 2 of Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero | Central City Library both with Shakespeare at the heart.In this track listen and learn from Rare Book curator Jane Wild as she tells us about the items on display for May. Event: Register to attend this event Saturday 20 May https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/events/2023/05/piringatahi-special-collections-up-close-rare-shakespeare/In this Piringatahi: Special Collections Up Close event, we delve into the 17th-century publishing history of Shakespeare’s plays. Auckland Libraries is the only institution in the Southern Hemisphere to hold copies of all four 17th-century editions of Shakespeare’s collected plays and early editions of his sonnets.Find out more about Folio 400 here: https://folio400.com/A more in-depth read here: http://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2023/05/readers-and-readings-traces-of-use-in.htmlCheck out the playlist Shakespeare First Folio.Come see for yourself Kura Tūturu | Real Gold case in the Reading Room Level 2 Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero | Central City Library.Music Credit: Seringapatam composed by Bruce Paine played by Chris Everest at Auckland Libraries Heritage Concert 2023Image Credit: The Real Gold case photo by Jane Wild. 2023.
About the letter K - an explanation in Tara's voice.Nau mai haere mai and welcome to this podcast special on theTara McCleod: About Type Exhibition.In this exhibition curators Jane Wild and Zoe Colling have brought the gallery walls to life with the work and craftmanship of master printer and artist Tara McLeod.Encounter Tara’s work from across a number of presses held within Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, see additional type face examples and turn your hand to family fun activation with magnetic lettering.This exhibition is open for young and old to enjoy letters, words, colour, texture, poetry and print!Recorded at the exhibition opening on the 31 March 2023.All welcome – April through to early July 2023 at Tāmaki Pātaka Korero – The Central City Library on Level 2. Mon – Friday 9 – 5pm and Saturdays 10 – 4pm.ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/events/…bition/Image: 16 inch grotesque: a specimen alphabet of wood type.Auckland: Pear Tree Press, 1998
Nau mai haere mai and welcome to this podcast special on theTara McCleod: About Type Exhibition.In this track we hear from Book Conservator Ngaio Vince-Dewerse talking with Sue Berman at the exhibition opening about the work of the Preservation team on installing the work of Tara McLeod.Recorded at the exhibition opening on the 31 March 2023.Background noise is present through interviewAbout the Exhibition:Curators Jane Wild and Zoe Colling have brought the gallery walls to life with the work and craftmanship of master printer and artist Tara McLeod.Encounter Tara’s work from across a number of presses held within Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, see additional type face examples and turn your hand to family fun activation with magnetic lettering.This exhibition is open for young and old to enjoy letters, words, colour, texture, poetry and print!All welcome – April through to early July 2023 at Tāmaki Pātaka Korero – The Central City Library on Level 2. Mon – Friday 9 – 5pm and Saturdays 10 – 4pm.ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/events/…bition/Image: Installation of "Hot acrobats perform cheese fog polka" PR: PEAR 1994, This folded concertina book, a leporello, was printed in an edition of twenty by Tara in 1994. The large wood type featured creates what Jürgen Wegner describes as “one of the great works in New Zealand printing.”Sound: Sound effect is by Cedric Peyronnet of an 1870s working press.
Nau mai haere mai and welcome to this podcast special on the Tara McCleod: About Type Exhibition.In this exhibition curators Jane Wild and Zoe Colling have brought the gallery walls to life with the work and craftmanship of master printer and artist Tara McLeod. Encounter Tara’s work from across a number of presses held within Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, see additional type face examples and turn your hand to family fun activation with magnetic lettering. This exhibition is open for young and old to enjoy letters, words, colour, texture, poetry and print!In this track we hear curator Jane Wild introduce the exhibition and a reply about his work from Tara McLeod.Recorded at the exhibition opening on the 31 March 2023.All welcome – April through to early July 2023 at Tāmaki Pātaka Korero – The Central City Library on Level 2. Mon – Friday 9 – 5pm and Saturdays 10 – 4pm.https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/events/2023/03/tara-mcleod-about-type-exhibition/Image: The Gallery Level 2, Tāmaki Pātaka Korero, Auckland Libraries.Sound: Sound effect is by Cedric Peyronnet of an 1870s working press.
This month we have on display a manuscript and two books that feature in common, wooden covers. In this track listen and learn from Senior Librarian Heritage Renée Orr as she talks to the three items on display for April.Come see for yourself Kura Tūturu | Real Gold case in the Reading Room Level 2 Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero | Central City Library.Ben Verhoeven and Gaylord Schanilec. Sylvæ : fifty specimens printed directly from the wood with historical anecdotes & observations. Stockholm, Wisconsin: Midnight Paper Sales, 2007. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2505103Image:Eric Craig. New Zealand Ferns. 1880s.https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1945738Weddase Maryam. 17th century. (EASTMS: G.118)https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1969420
Alison is joined by the 2023 Auckland Writers Festival curator Bridget van der Zijpp. Find out what to expect at this live and in-person celebration of local and international writing, making and thinking. For more information, visit www.writersfestival.co.nz
Pamata Toleafoa [Senior Librarian Pasifika Research] joins Sue Berman [Oral History Advisor] in conversation about the O le fogava'a e tasi – One family exhibition which celebrates knowledge holders across Te Moananui a Kiwa and their measina (taonga).In this interview Pamata shares his thinking and creative processes that lead to this project and how the role of Senior Librarian Pasifika Research has enabled this project's success.The O le fogava’a e tasi – One family exhibition can be viewed on Level 2 of Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero | Central City Library till the end April 2023.Image: Pamata Toleafoa, 2023, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections
Each year Auckland Libraries works with scholars from the Auckland History Initiative (AHI), a research collaboration at the University of Auckland.In this series we present research projects from the 2023 Summer Scholars exploring aspects of Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland's history.https://ahi.auckland.ac.nz/In this track Sasha, Sam, Friederike, Anna and Katia reflect on their research journey with oral historian Sue Berman.Recorded on 1 March 2023.Image: The Reading and Newspaper Room, Leys Institute, 1939, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 850-01
Each year Auckland Libraries works with scholars from the Auckland History Initiative (AHI), a research collaboration at the University of Auckland.In this series we present research projects from the 2023 Summer Scholars exploring aspects of Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland's history.https://ahi.auckland.ac.nz/The 1920s, 1930s and 1940s saw drastic changes in women's fashion. In this track Caitlin Kilpatrick explores fashion in Auckland and how City department stores shaped fashion trends and the influence of fashion magazines of this time.Recorded on 1 March 2023 as part of our Heritage Talks series.Image: Advert by Milne and Choyce in The Mirror, 1947, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections.
Each year Auckland Libraries works with scholars from the Auckland History Initiative (AHI), a research collaboration at the University of Auckland.In this series we present research projects from the 2023 Summer Scholars exploring aspects of Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland's history.https://ahi.auckland.ac.nz/The women of Auckland’s theatre witnessed first-hand key evolutions in this creative space. In this track, Anna McCardle explores the rich careers and lives of Auckland actresses, who were active in the 1960s-80s. Anna’s research primarily draws on voices from Jean Hyland's Acting Women In Auckland Oral History Project recorded in 2005-2006.https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/3032/rec/1Recorded on 1 March 2023 as part of our Heritage Talks series.Image: Foyer photograph at Mercury opening night, May 1, 1968, photo by Noel Brotherston, Elizabeth McRae papers, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections.
Each year Auckland Libraries works with scholars from the Auckland History Initiative (AHI), a research collaboration at the University of Auckland. In this series we present research projects from the 2023 Summer Scholars exploring aspects of Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland's history.https://ahi.auckland.ac.nz/Treatment and placement of the mentally ill and deviant quickly became a matter of significant social and cultural concern in colonial-era New Zealand. In this track Sasha Finer examines the process of constructing the Auckland Lunatic Asylum and grounds in the late 19th century.Recorded on 1 March 2023 as part of our Heritage Talks series.Image: Auckland Lunatic Asylum, Point Chevalier, 1870s. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, 918-03
Each year Auckland Libraries works with scholars from the Auckland History Initiative (AHI), a research collaboration at the University of Auckland.In this series we present research projects from the 2023 Summer Scholars exploring aspects of Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland's history.https://ahi.auckland.ac.nz/In this track we hear from Samuel Turner-O’Keeffe Although significant improvements have been made to Auckland's public transport system over recent decades, commuting throughout the city remains frustrating and inefficient. Sam asks the question - How did we get ourselves into this situation? Samuel Turner-O’Keeffe's research was supported by an Auckland Library Heritage Trust John Stacpoole Scholarship. To find out more about the work of the Auckland Library Heritage Trust, visit the library website here. https://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Pages/auckland-library-heritage-trust.aspxRecorded on 22 February 2023 as part of our Heritage Talks series.Image: Gregor Riethmaier, National Publicity Studios. Broadway, Newmarket, 1966. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 895-A80610
Each year Auckland Libraries works with scholars from the Auckland History Initiative (AHI), a research collaboration at the University of Auckland.In this series we present research projects from the 2023 Summer Scholars exploring aspects of Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland's history.https://ahi.auckland.ac.nz/In this track we hear from Katia Kennedy who investigated the attitudes surrounding women in sport from the turn of the 20th Century. Katia examines the development and growth of women's cricket and women's marching in Auckland during this time.Katia Kennedy's research was supported by an Auckland Library Heritage Trust John Stacpoole Scholarship. To find out more about the work of the Auckland Library Heritage Trust, visit the library website here. https://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Pages/auckland-library-heritage-trust.aspxRecorded on 22 February 2023 as part of our Heritage Talks series.Image: Murray Freer. Marching girls, South Auckland, 1967. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, Footprints 07484.https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/38409/rec/258
Each year Auckland Libraries works with scholars from the Auckland History Initiative (AHI), a research collaboration at the University of Auckland.In this series we present research projects from the 2023 Summer Scholars exploring aspects of Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland's history.https://ahi.auckland.ac.nz/Auckland has always had a vibrant and resilient queer community. Friederike Voit approaches the history of these communities through the spaces they occupied, tracing shifts in both public and private spheres from the 1950s until Homosexual Law Reform in 1986. Friederike Voit’s research was supported by an Auckland Library Heritage Trust John Stacpoole Scholarship. To find out more about the work of the Auckland Library Heritage Trust, visit the library website here. https://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Pages/auckland-library-heritage-trust.aspRecorded on 22 February 2023 as part of our Heritage Talks series.Image: Unknown photographer, in “House Antics,” Dyke News, no. 45, February 29, 1984. From: Auckland Lesbian Archives. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, NZMS 1184.
Alison is joined by Christchurch author Jade Pengelly, whose book Tales of a vet nurse has just been published to rave reviews. You never know who or what is going to walk, crawl or slither through the doors of a busy veterinary hospital. You can request the book from the Auckland Libraries Catalogue: Tales of a vet nurse https://bit.ly/41YD7RB Jade’s reading recommendations for kids who love animals: The saddle club series by Bonnie Bryant https://bit.ly/3TgZWMN Thoroughbred series by Joanna Campbell https://bit.ly/41RTks1 Pony mysteries series by Jeanne Betancourt https://bit.ly/3L5IeK1 Chicken soup for the pet-lover's soul https://bit.ly/3mzWu3o
Contributing her voice and measina [taonga] as part of the O le fogava’a e tasi – One family exhibition, in this track we hear from Lydia Teatao talk about te Itera.Te Itera is a distinguishing flower head wreath made from specific flowers and leaves grown in Kiribati. Te Itera involves a special art form of plaiting; not all I-Kiribati are adept to weave Te Itera.The philosophy of Te Itera is sacred as it holds the values of honour, peace, acceptance, friendship, celebration, mutual respect and blessings to the wearer.Culturally, special occasions will be started off by the presentation of Te Itera by local dancers, who would dance and then placed Te Itera on each guest or special person’s head. This traditional practice plays an integral role in the lives of the I-Kiribati until today and it is highly considered in te maneaba or formal/official functions. Presenting Te Itera signifies love, appreciation, gratefulness and gratitude to people and as a conflict resolution in some cases.Image: Lydia Teatao, 2023, Photographer Pamata Toleafoa, Auckland Libraries Heritage CollectionsMusic: Track 1: Drum_Dance_Vaipae_Aitutaki from the album discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/enc…2004666O le fogava’a e tasi – One family exhibition can be viewed on Level 2 of Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero | Central City Library till the end April 2023
Contributing her voice and measina [taonga] as part of the O le fogava’a e tasi – One family exhibition, in this track we hear Helena Chan Foung talks about her identity and her chosen measina Pa."Pa is a woman’s necklace used as fish lure in Tokelau. I remember laughing when I first put it on “…does this make me bait?” but it’s really become more of an anchor, it’s surprisingly heavy.Outside of whateles (Tokelau dances), I wear it proudly when I want to quietly signal to other Tokelauans walking by “Malo ni! Please talk to me!” and more fiercely like an amulet on the days I know I’ll need their protection and strength. I wore this on the day I gave a speech at the 2019 School Strikes for Climate at Parliament. Standing in front of thousands of mostly palagis and being so nervous and one of the few things that kept me still was this Pa. The weight is a physical reminder of the love I have for a country I have never seen but who has welcomed me and loved me since before I knew of her”.Image: Helena Chan Foung, 2023, Photographer Pamata Toleafoa, Auckland Libraries Heritage CollectionsMusic: Track 1: Drum_Dance_Vaipae_Aitutaki from the album discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/enc…2004666O le fogava’a e tasi – One family exhibition can be viewed on Level 2 of Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero | Central City Library till the end April 2023
Contributing their voice and measina [taonga] as part of the O le fogava’a e tasi – One family exhibition, in this track we hear from Pamata Toleafoa talk about Lave"I have selected the lave as my measina for the 'O le fogava'a e tasi' – one family exhibition. The lave is part of a family that belongs to another measina called the tuiga (Samoan crown). The tuiga consists of many elements that are individually wrapped and intricately woven into the head/hair of the wearer. I have chosen the lave because of its complex and eye-catching design. The lave alongside the pale fuiono is the most adorned and overly sophisticated designed aspect of the tuiga. Many lave are created with each artist's cultural and creative flair, but historically, they consist of shells and afa (sennit) stitched together."Image: Pamata Toleafoa, 2023,Auckland Libraries Heritage CollectionsMusic: Track 1: Drum_Dance_Vaipae_Aitutaki from the album discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/enc…2004666O le fogava’a e tasi – One family exhibition can be viewed on Level 2 of Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero | Central City Library till the end April 2023
Contributing her voice and measina [taonga] as part of the O le fogava’a e tasi – One family exhibition, in this track we hear from Janesa Boreham talk about her measina, Fafetu."The significance of the measina that I chose is that the women only make it on the island of Funafuti. Funafuti is the capitol of Tuvalu. The Fafetu necklace gets its name because it is shaped like a star, the same star that represents the Star of Bethlehem. The fafetu is a biblical reference to the star that the three wise men saw during the birth of Jesus Christ".Image: Janesa Boreham, 2023, Photographer Pamata Toleafoa, Auckland Libraries Heritage CollectionsMusic: Track 1: Drum_Dance_Vaipae_Aitutaki from the album discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/enc…2004666O le fogava’a e tasi – One family exhibition can be viewed on Level 2 of Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero | Central City Library till the end April 2023
Contributing his voice and measina [taonga] as part of the O le fogava’a e tasi – One family exhibition, in this track we hear from Kiribati knowledge holder Charles Enoka talking about te mae n roroa te buro ae roro.Te mae n roroa te buro ae roro is one of the most important cultural materials that men and women wear to acknowledge and symbolise the great value, beauty, and richness of the ocean. Te mae te buro is a cultural necklace piece with significant values that embrace connections and acknowledgment of Marawa – te moana (ocean) to livelihood.In some parts of Kiribati, women engaged in marriage will wear te mae te buro decorations around their neck, arms, waist, and ankles and walk to display the costumes around the village, accompanied by family members singing and cheering. Image: Charles Enoka, 2023, Photographer Pamata Toleafoa, Auckland Libraries Heritage CollectionsMusic: Track 1: Drum_Dance_Vaipae_Aitutaki from the album https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2004666O le fogava’a e tasi – One family exhibition can be viewed on Level 2 of Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero | Central City Library till the end April 2023
Contributing his voice and measina [taonga] as part of the O le fogava’a e tasi – One family exhibition, in this track hear Charles Cokanasiga talk about his connection to Fiji and the special family link with his chosen measina, Masi [Tapa].Masi was ceremonially displayed on special occasions, such as birthdays and weddings. In sacred contexts, tapa was used to wrap images of deities. Charles recalls how his mum and her grandma used to make the masi from scratch and sell them at the markets for a source of income. "Recently, I found out that the technique they use to make tapa [masi] is very unique to that Island. When asking her about how she made the tapa and its paint, she can recall it very well and go into deep detail about it. This tapa is special to me because of that, and also it can also be used in a lot of important events".Image: Charles Cokanasiga, 2023. Photographer Pamata Toleafoa, Auckland Libraries Heritage CollectionsMusic: Track 1: Drum_Dance_Vaipae_Aitutaki from the album discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/enc…2004666O le fogava’a e tasi – One family exhibition can be viewed on Level 2 of Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero | Central City Library till the end April 2023
This month we have extended the display of Heritage and Research material beyond the Kura Tūturu | Real Gold case in the Reading Room to across the floor on Level 2 to the Research Centre, Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero | Central City Library.In this episode Zoë Colling and Nick Weijermars tell us about the serials, posters, books and more that are on display as part of Auckland Libraries Pride celebrations. The displays draw on recent donations and from the depths of our magazine collections down in the basement.Come and see for yourselves. On display through till the end of February 2023. Your research enquiry is welcome anytime!For more information on Auckland Pride activities see:https://aucklandpride.org.nz/Image: Front Covers display of serials in the Research Centre cases - Gay News 1977.
Alison and Ineka are joined in the studio once again by librarian Deehan from Epsom Library, for the second part of our romance exploration. Find out how the romance novel has evolved from the OG of the rom-com, Jane Austen, to the bonkbusters of the 1980s through to Hoover, Henry and other BookTok megastar authors of today. Books mentioned on the show can be requested from the Auckland Libraries catalogue using the links below. Most titles are available in multiple formats. History The mysteries of Udolpho / Ann Radcliffe / 1794 https://bit.ly/3K7C8s0 The flame and the flower / Kathleen Woodiwiss / 2009 https://bit.ly/3YV6BxK Bonkbusters of the 1980s Lace / Shirley Conran / 1982 https://bit.ly/3lDy74v Hollywood wives / Jackie Collins / 1983 https://bit.ly/3I6DzEf Scruples / Judith Krantz / 1978 https://bit.ly/3IserJH Riders / Jilly Cooper / 1985 https://bit.ly/3xrwAkA Modern Love It ends with us / Colleen Hoover / 2016 https://bit.ly/3K7BRW0 It starts with us / Colleen Hoover / 2022 https://bit.ly/3xnji8K November the 9th by Colleen Hoover / 2015 https://bit.ly/3XycKhZ Reminders of him / Colleen Hoover / 2022 https://bit.ly/3lDwSlR Never never / Colleen Hoover and Tarryn Fisher / 2023 https://bit.ly/3XuAoMl Beach read / Emily Henry / 2020 https://bit.ly/3XvYpmh Twisted games / Ana Huang / 2022 (Book #2 of the Twisted series) https://bit.ly/3lGKLQh See also Book #1 Twisted love / 2022 https://bit.ly/3EaRurO and Book #3 Twisted hate / 2022 https://bit.ly/3YY7dTj and Book #4 Twisted lies / 2022 https://bit.ly/3ItPNIO It happened one summer / Tessa Bailey / 2021 https://bit.ly/3S4xZaf Hook, line and sinker / Tessa Bailey / 2022 https://bit.ly/3IrDNHs The love hypothesis / Ali Hazelwood / 2021 https://bit.ly/3lCSCy3 Closed Door Romance The cheat sheet / Sarah Adams / 2022 https://bit.ly/3lG6qYN The flat share / Beth O’Leary / 2019 https://bit.ly/3IrEPDq Dual Point of View One day / David Nicholls / 2009 https://bit.ly/3lHlNzW Grey / E.L. James / 2015 https://bit.ly/3HYmVXw Midnight sun / Stephenie Meyer / 2020 https://bit.ly/3YKFmps
Alison and Ineka are joined in the studio by librarian Deehan from Epsom Library. Dee is a prolific reader of romance fiction and is very active on Instagram @deeeeeespicks. Find your happy ever after as we talk love, romance, soulmates and steam! Books mentioned on the show can be requested from the Auckland Libraries catalogue using the links below. Most titles are available in multiple formats. Pick-and-mix: Cute and colourful covers New York Minute / Kate Spencer / 2022: bit.ly/3lfEOtc Something wilder / Christina Lauren / 2022: bit.ly/3YwYd7d You and me on vacation / Emily Henry / 2021: bit.ly/3HLFQob Loathe to love you / Ali Hazelwood / 2023: bit.ly/3x6uiHq PLUS The OG of illustrated romance covers, The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory published 2018: bit.ly/3RHcfAV And one more we just couldn't go past - Real men knit / Kwana Jackson / 2020: bit.ly/3JUASs2 Love for every body and every mind – Own Voice authored romances featuring neurodiverse, differently abled and chronically ill characters Two wrongs make a right / Chloe Liese / 2022: bit.ly/3RKNunK The kiss quotient / Helen Hoang / 2018: bit.ly/3I4RBHW Act your age, Eve Brown (Book #3 of the Brown Sister series) / Talia Hibbert / 2021: bit.ly/3YdCtO9 See also Book #1: Get a life, Chloe Brown: bit.ly/3jzf62x and Book #2: Take a hint, Dani Brown: bit.ly/3HL8VjS Latinx love stories You had me at Hola / Alexis Daria / 2020: bit.ly/3Yg1BDI West side love story / Priscilla Oliveras / 2022: bit.ly/3HFxAX3 Ramon and Julieta / Alana Quintana Albertson: bit.ly/3JSsSYM LGBTQI+ adult romance - who’s top on BookTok? Red, white and royal blue / Casey McQuiston / 2019: bit.ly/3lldTwc One last stop / Casey McQuiston / 2021: bit.ly/3YAMSTU Bridgerton, but make it queer: The queer principles of Kit Webb / Cat Sebastian / 2021: bit.ly/3x6P6hY A lady for a duke / Alexis Hall / 2022: bit.ly/3DRC7EG Slippery creatures / KJ Charles / 2020: bit.ly/3jNeC8N Hot tip! Be one of the first to read Book #1 of KJ Charles’ new Doomsday series, ‘The secret lives of country gentlemen’. Described as ‘Bridgerton meets Poldark’, it’s due on library shelves from March 2023: bit.ly/3x6qrKs LGBTQI+ Rom-Coms I’m so (not) over you / Kosoko Jackson / 2022: bit.ly/3jN9lxY Written in the stars / Alexandria Bellefleur / 2020: bit.ly/3I7myuX (Book #1 in the Written in the stars series – titles are connected by characters but also suitable as stand-alone reads: see also #2 Hang the moon: bit.ly/3lk9V6Y and #3 Count your lucky stars: bit.ly/3YcF1fq Delilah Green Doesn’t Care / Ashley Herring Blake / 2022: bit.ly/3TSAZaa. Book #1 in the Bright Falls series - see also #2, Astrid Parker doesn’t fail: bit.ly/3YpxrxE
Listen in to this Kura Tūturu | Real Gold track to hear from music librarian Marilyn Portman on a very special first printed edition of a musical score recently donated to Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections.Das wohltemperirte Clavier, oder, Präludien und Fugen durch alle Töne. By J.S. Bach, Book I is perhaps Bach's best-loved keyboard work. Known in English as "the 48" or the "Well-Tempered Clavier", it was composed and used as a valuable teaching tool for students.Learn more about this first printed edition : http://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2023/01/bachs-well-tempered-clavier-first.htmlDigital copy available here: https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/rarebooks/id/12770/rec/1Music courtesy of International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP). Creative Commons License.https://imslp.org/wiki/Prelude_and_Fugue_in_E-flat_minor,_BWV_853_(No 8 Bach,_Johann_Sebastian)https://imslp.org/wiki/Prelude_and_Fugue_in_E_major,_BWV_854_(No. 9 Bach,_Johann_Sebastian)Performed by Peter Bradley-Fulgoni.Recorded September 2016 in St. Paul's Hall, Huddersfield University
Episode 7:Join librarians James and Clare on an adventure down the Road and the River. Kenneth Grahame has created a magical world that reminds us of our own favourite places. In this episode Ratty and Mole have a otherworldly experience of nature and as always, Mr Toad is up to no good! If you enjoyed these chapters, ask one of our friendly librarians to help you find the Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame in your local Auckland Library.
Join Alison and Ineka in the Literary Lounge as they talk about some of the hottest books of 2022. Books mentioned on the show can be requested from the Auckland Libraries catalogue using the links below – most are available in multiple formats Better the blood / Michael Bennett / 2022 https://bit.ly/3FUsVAQ The doctor’s wife / Fiona Sussman / 2022 https://bit.ly/3V1V9Og The last resort: a chronicle of paradise, profit, and peril at the beach / Sarah Stodola 2022 https://bit.ly/3YvvVL6 Women making waves: trailblazing surfers in and out of the water / Lara Enzig / 2022 https://bit.ly/3FxtQFV True Biz / Sara Novic / 2022 https://bit.ly/3BFE325 How to take over the world: practical schemes and scientific solutions for the aspiring supervillain / Ryan North / 2022 https://bit.ly/3V3kVld
Listen in to this Kura Tūturu | Real Gold track to hear from Sharon Smith, Senior Librarian Community Archives, on J.T Diamond and his deep love and connection to the Waitākere Ranges.As an amateur historian and archaeologist Jack Diamond devoted over 60 years of his life to building a documentary heritage collection. His work provides a complete record of the region’s heavy clay and pottery industries between 1940 and 1980, and the most significant documentary record of the kauri timber industry in the Waitākere Ranges between 1830 and 1940. In this show case and podcast we learn also of his links to the Auckland Tramping Club and Waitākere Ranges Protection Society.Original items can be viewed in the Heritage Collections reading room, Level 2 of Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero | Central City Library through out January 2022, or via Research West in Henderson for access to the full collection. Learn more here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2ULVUjaWlI&t=3sSome digitised items feature in Kura Heritage Collections Online kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nzJ.T Diamond Collection: https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/manuscripts/id/9426/rec/1Auckland Tramping Club:https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/search/searchterm/Auckland%20Tramping%20ClubWaitakere Ranges Protection Society:https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/731/rec/12
Join Alison and Ineka in the Literary Lounge as they bust some myths about literary blokes. Our featured male fiction authors write about far more than just hunting, shooting and fishing. Books mentioned on the show can be requested from the Auckland Libraries catalogue using the links below – most are available in multiple formats All the broken places / John Boyne / 2022 / Fiction: bit.ly/3UzkHCg Leonard and Hungry Paul / Rónán Hession / 2019 / Fiction: bit.ly/3FzUAqr The trees / Percival Everett / 2021 / Fiction: bit.ly/3hdpAmH The queen of Dirt Island / Donal Ryan / 2022 / Fiction: bit.ly/3W35Tg7Connect with Books and Beyond on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ALBooksandBeyond Grow your reading and keep it fresh and fun with our Books and Beyond reading challenge on Beanstack! Download the free Beanstack Tracker app and select Auckland Libraries as your library: bit.ly/3FcGSs6 or visit https://aucklandlibraries.beanstack.com to set up your free Beanstack account and get started today.
This historical autobiography of "Dr Bill" Anderson who was twice made mayor of Queenstown comes highly recommended by Andrew Henry, principal specialist in NZ and Pacific printed collections with Auckland Libraries' Heritage team. First printed in 1964 and reprinted six times in five years, the eye catching cover first drew Andrew in to reading 'Doctor in the Mountains'. This is a fascinating and engaging read, recommended for those interested in the Whakatipu region and the wider social and political history of mid-20th century New Zealand.Request and borrow copies here:https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1282914
Dedee chats to Cloudy about her musical journey so far, how she went from solo artist to putting a band together, saving up to record at Roundhead Studios, and plans for the next EP.
This interview was recorded on November 15, 2022.
Cloudy is an Auckland based indie/alternative singer and songwriter. She is either found delivering intimate acoustic based sets or rocking out with her full live band. Crossing worlds of alt-pop and rock she brings forth an imaginative and unapologetically honest voice through her music.
Check her out on Friday December 2nd at our first Ms Melville Presents show at Ellen Melville Centre: https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=500960585402365&set=a.302768201888272
Links: Linktree https://linktr.ee/cloudymusicnz Bandcamp https://cloudymusicnz.bandcamp.com/
Tracks: Tracks used in this podcast are from Cloudy’s Bandcamp page and from her EP ‘Good Grief’ released on March 12, 2021. - ‘Worth It’ - Cloudy - ‘Self-help Guide’ - Cloudy
References: Interview – Hype Medium, December 4, 2021 https://www.hypemedium.com/interviews/cloudy
Interview – Fresh Talent: Cloudy, by Ella Glannaz, December/January 2021 https://nzmusician.co.nz/features/fresh-talent-cloudy/
Cloudy - Live @ The Wine Cellar, Auckland, NZ (6 March 2022) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7E_V--xTts&ab_channel=Cloudy
Join Alison and Ineka in the Literary Lounge for a memoir special. These titles will allow you to have a glimpse into extraordinary (and ordinary) lives. Books mentioned on the show can be requested from the Auckland Libraries catalogue – most are available in multiple formats All of this: a memoir of death and desire / Rebecca Woolf / 2022: bit.ly/3TXQEUj Straight up / Ruby Tui / 2022: bit.ly/3E68KOk Vital signs: heartbreaking, sometimes hilarious stories of a junior doctor's first year / Izzy Lomax-Sawyers / 2022: bit.ly/3E9lzXU The instant / Amy Liptrot / 2022: bit.ly/3ED2TAm Tales from the Fatherland: two dads, one adoption and the meaning of parenthood / Ben Fergusson / 2022: bit.ly/3g5SSDm
In this track Sue Berman talks with Frances Walsh from the NZ Maritime Museum and Britomart's Jeremy Hansen about the exhibition Bon Voyage, Good Trip, Be Good : An exhibition of photographs by John Rykenberg.
On show in December and January at Britomart - https://britomart.org/festivities-and-farewells-britomarts-summer-exhibition/
"Summer can be a time of exciting excursions, of reunions and departures, of times of contemplation accompanied by a soundtrack of the ocean.
This summer, Britomart celebrates the season with a look back before the era of mass air travel, when Auckland’s wharves were the place where the city connected to the rest of the globe.
From 1958-62, photographer John Rykenberg roamed Princes Wharf taking pictures of festivities and farewells as passengers gathered with their whānau before departing for destinations across the seas.
This exhibition at The Pavilions and in the Atrium on Takutai is presented by Britomart, Auckland Libraries and the New Zealand Maritime Museum Hui te Ananui a Tangaroa reproduces some of Rykenberg’s photographs, a reminder that even as times change, the thrill of travel and the emotion of reunion and farewell remain".
Rykenberg Collection on Kura Heritage Collections Online: https://tinyurl.com/49cde36r
https://www.maritimemuseum.co.nz/
Image: Departure of the Tofua, Auckland, 1959, Rykenberg Photography https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/81369/rec/86
Music: https://archive.org/details/78_now-is-the-hour-maori-farewell-song_bing-crosby-ken-darby-choir-maewa-kaihan-clem_gbia0004764a
Join Alison and Ineka in the Literary Lounge for a memoir special. These titles all released in 2022 will allow you to have a glimpse into extraordinary (and ordinary) lives.
Books mentioned on the show can be requested from the Auckland Libraries catalogue. Most are available in multiple formats.
All of this: a memoir of death and desire / Rebecca Woolf / 2022: bit.ly/3TXQEUj
Straight up / Ruby Tui / 2022: bit.ly/3E68KOk
Vital signs: heartbreaking, sometimes hilarious stories of a junior doctor's first year / Izzy Lomax-Sawyers / 2022: bit.ly/3E9lzXU
The instant / Amy Liptrot / 2022: bit.ly/3ED2TAm
Tales from the Fatherland: two dads, one adoption and the meaning of parenthood / Ben Fergusson / 2022: bit.ly/3g5SSDm
The Kotuku Quintet return to the stage to conclude our Spring series with a programme of two Mozart quintets featuring different instrument combinations. The first work is the Largo-Allegro moderato movement of the Quintet in E-flat, K.452. This quintet was originally scored for piano and woodwind—oboe, clarinet , horn and bassoon but here we have an arrangement for piano and string quartet. Next we have Mozart’s String Quintet no. 4 K. 516 with Louise Webster playing the second viola part. This quintet featuring 2 violas, was completed in May 1787 during the final illness of Mozart’s father. The key of G minor has strong associations for Mozart with feelings of anguish and anxiety, as seen in the Symphony no. 40 and the Piano quartet K478. The addition of a second viola adds to the darker colour. The work is made up of 4 movements: I. Allegro II. Menuetto: Allegro III. Adagio ma non troppo IV. Adagio—Allegro The final movement unexpectedly launches into an ebullient Allegro in G major in stark contrast with what has come before. It has been described as ‘like turning on the lights and laughing after a perfectly convincing ghost story’. The Kotuku Quintet are: Simon Ansell (violin), John Seager (violin), Judith Gust (viola), Sally-Anne Brown (cello), Louise Webster (piano, viola)
In this episode we talanoa with actors Ravikanth Gurunathan [Ravi] who plays Nigel, and Rokolani Lavea [Roko] who plays the role of Kong.
Host Benji Timu talks with both actors about the roles they played and how they got into acting in the first place, and the connections that led them to being involved in The Panthers series.
They discuss growing up in Auckland as a Pacific Islander for Roko, and what it was like for Ravi growing up as Indian, and how they both experienced systemic racism in their younger years, including in the education system.
A special thanks to host Benji Timu and guests along with the Auckland Council Pasifika Success team for supporting this podcast series.
Actor Haanz Fa’avae Jackson who played the role of Fred in The Panthers series, and Director Mario Faumui who directed two of the series episodes, talanoa with host Benji Timu.
In this episode the discussion focuses on the history of the Dawn Raids; how, until recently, it was not taught in NZ schools, and how for those who didn’t experience it or live through that time, they have little awareness of this important part of NZ history.
A special thanks to host Benji Timu and guests along with the Auckland Council Pasifika Success team for supporting this podcast series.
In the sixth and final episode of The Panthers podcast, host Benji Timu speaks with Choice Vaughan, Jonathan Crayford, and Diggy Dupe about the music created and selected to provide a distinctive soundtrack for the Panthers series.
Producer of sound track Choice Vaughan, composer and music writer Jonathan Crayford, and lyrical rapper and producer Diggy Dupe, discuss where their creativity comes from and the inspiration that help create the distinct sound associated with the series. They share what it was like being involved in such a special project.
A special thanks to host Benji Timu and guests along with the Auckland Council Pasifika Success team for supporting this podcast series.
The second episode of The Panthers podcast is a talanoa with Jaunnie Ilolahia the Producer of the series and daughter of the main character Will Ilolahia, and actor Villa Junior Lemanu, with your host Benji Timu.
This episode focused on what it was like being involved in the production of a series that was so close to home for Jaunnie Ilolahia, and what it was like to be able to tell the story of her father’s legacy. She tells us about how the idea came about to turn The Polynesian Panthers movement into a television series.
We also talk to Villa who played the character of Foof, and what it was like playing this role, and meeting the real-life Uncle John a.k.a Foof.
A special thanks to host Benji Timu and guests along with the Auckland Council Pasifika Success team for supporting this podcast series.
In the third episode of The Panthersm host Benji Timu has a talanoa with Director Vea Mafile’o and actress Lealani Siaosi who played the character of Dr. Melani Anae.
This episode focused on the topic of equality for women, and what it is like for Pasifika women in the film and entertainment industry in Aotearoa New Zealand. Vea discussed how she got into the film industry, and what led her to be involved in The Panthers television series. Lealani talked about what it was like to play the powerful and important character that was Dr Melani Anae in her breakout television acting role, as well as what it was like to meet the real Melani in person.
A special thanks to host Benji Timu, and Jaunnie Ilolahia, and Villa Junior Lemanu, along with the Auckland Council Pasifika Success team for supporting this podcast series.
In this first episode of The Panthers podcast we talanoa with Dimitrius Schuster-Kolomatangi, who played the main character of Will Ilolahia and with Miki Magasiva who directed the first two episodes of The Panthers television series.
The episode focuses on the history of the Polynesian Panthers movement in Aotearoa, what it was like for Miki do be involved in directing such a raw and powerful show, and what it was like for Dimitrius acting in his first major role.
A special thanks to host Benji Timu and guests along with the Auckland Council Pasifika Success team for supporting this podcast series.
Join Alison and Ineka in the Literary Lounge as they discuss books about chivalry, champagne, churches and cancel culture.
Books mentioned on the show can be requested from the Auckland Libraries catalogue – most are available in multiple formats
American Fever / Dur E Aziz Amna – Fiction – 2022: bit.ly/3O5wXZv
The dance tree / Kiran Millwood Hargrave – Historical Fiction – 2022: bit.ly/3tt21ZM
The marriage portrait / Maggie O’Farrell – Historical Fiction – 2022: bit.ly/3EsYD7l
The ghosts of Paris / Tara Moss – Historical Crime Fiction – 2022: bit.ly/3TtMGCF
Girlcrush : a hot, dark story / Florence Given – Fiction – 2022: bit.ly/3UryP17
In this duo concert, Polly Sussex and Sarah Watkins present two beautiful and unusual works for cello and piano. The two composers, Ethel Smyth and Melanie Bonis were born in the same year on opposite sides of the English Channel. They were both destined to suffer the poor public profile of female composers in the early twentieth century, regardless of the high quality of their work. Both works show an intimate knowledge of the instruments and are a welcome addition to the repertoire. Today, two established Auckland performers present, for what is thought to be the first time in New Zealand, the first cello sonata of English suffragette Ethel Smyth, and the only cello sonata by the French woman Mel. Bonis.
In this concert Buckminsterfullerine Trio embark on a journey from despair to hope with a programme representing the remarkable tenacity of the human spirit to endure hardship. Featuring Rachminoff’s Trio Elegiaque and Elgar’s famous cello Concerto, they also pay tribute to the father of Ukranian music, Mykola Lysenko, with his evocative and moving work “Moment of despair” arranged for violin and piano from his Personal Album Op. 40 for piano. They conclude their programme with Shostakovich’s Piano trio no. 1 Op.8
Justin Bird, Auckland born pianist, returns to the stage to present an offering of German and French piano music. After a decade of studies in the US he returned to NZ in 2018 taking a hiatus from performing to build a studio of piano students. Now performing again - his first foray features German masterpieces by Bach, Schubert, and Schumann pitted side by side with elegant French bonbons by Chabrier and Faure for a sandwich of beautifully balanced music. Toccata and Fugue in D minor J. S. Bach / Busoni
Nocturne No. 4 Gabriel Faure
Klavierstücke No. 1, D.946 Franz Schubert
Menuet Pompeaux Emmanual Chabrier
Kinderszenen Robert Schumann Of foreign lands and people A curious story Blind mans bluff Pleading child Happy enough An important event Dreaming At the fireside Knight of the hobbyhorse Almost too serious Frightening Child falling asleep The Poet speaks
Our Spring concert series begins with the vibrant Kaha Trio, all students from the University of Auckland School of music. They start with Bach’s unique and beautiful fifth cello suite. They follow with Beethoven’s piano sonata no 24 in F# major which, according to Carl Czerny, Beethoven singled out along with the “Appassionata” as one of his favourite sonatas. Chopin‘s Andante spianato et grande polonaise brilliante op. 22 for piano will draw the listeners in with its dreamy opening movement contrasted with the dramatic dance movement.
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Join librarians Ella and John as they talk about the adventures of Mr Toad. He is a scene stealing amphibian and he knows it! Despite his mischievous ways he has a good heart and good friends in Ratty, Mole and Badger. In this episode Toad sings his own praises and Toad Hall becomes the scene of an epic battle.
If you enjoyed these chapters, ask one of our friendly librarians to help you find the Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame in your local Auckland Library.
Ray and Lindsey Vickers describe the rural nature of the community in the early days and what people did for entertainment.
Pakuranga The Early Years Oral History Collection Ray and Lindsey Vickers, 2014, interview with Karen Lawson. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, OH-1442-006
Image: Mixed farm, Pakuranga, 1960, Footprints 05149, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections
Rev. Dr Don Battley was the vicar of St Peter's Anglican Church between 1978 - 1982. In this clip he talks about the rapid growth of the suburb during this time.
Pakuranga The Early Years Oral History Collection Rev Don Battley 2016, interview with Karen Lawson. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, OH-1442-013
https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/2693/rec/14
Image: St Peter’s Anglican Church, Pakuranga, 1990, Footprints 01367
In this track we hear from Joan Rutherford who talks about the changes she has seen at the Pakuranga town centre.
Pakuranga The Early Years Oral History Collection Joan Rutherford 2016, interview with Karen Lawson. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, OH-1442-014
https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/2412/rec/15
Image: Aerial view of Pakuranga Town Centre, 1966, Footprints 06014
Mary and Peter Patterson recall the speedboat racing on the Tāmaki River in the 1960s and 1970s.
Pakuranga The Early Years Oral History Collection Mary and Peter Patterson, 2015, interview with Karen Lawson. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, OH-1442-012
https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/2895/rec/13
Image: Speedboat races on Tamaki River, Jan 1963, Whites Aviation, WA-58970-G Alexander Turnbull Library
Irene and Trevor Warbrooke talk about building their home in Pakuranga and the sense of community that characterised the early days in the suburb.
Pakuranga The Early Years Oral History Collection Trevor and Ireen Warbrooke, 2014, interview with Karen Lawson. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, OH-1442-003
Image: Ireen Warbrooke standing on their section in Gerwyn Place, Private Collecton Warbrooke family.
Brenda Scott grew up on a farm on Glenmore Road. In this extract she talks about life on the farm and the weekly chores.
Pakuranga The Early Years Oral History Collection Brenda Scott, 2014, interview with Karen Lawson. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, OH-1442-002
https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/2324/rec/3
In this track we hear from Ron Elsmore talking about the beginnings of the family grocery business in early Pakuranga.
Pakuranga The Early Years Oral History Collection Ron Elsmore, 2014, interview with Karen Lawson. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, OH-1442-007
Image: Lloyd Elsmore's Ezy-Park IGA Supermarket on the corner of Ti Rakau Drive and Pakuranga Road. Courtesy of Howick Historical Society, Footprints_01387, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections.
In this track Janice Grace shares her memories of the social isolation experienced by young mothers in the suburbs of Pakuranga in the early years.
Pakuranga The Early Years Oral History Collection Janice Grace, 2014, interview with Karen Lawson. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, OH-1442-001
https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/2309/rec/2
Image: Pakuranga, Dec 1961, showing subdivision bordered by Pakuranga Road and Reeves Road, WA-56420-F, Alexander Turnbull Library.
Join Alison and Ineka in the Literary Lounge and hear tales of resilience, resistance and rapturous reunions. Books mentioned in the show can be borrowed or requested for Click and Collect by Auckland Libraries members using the links below: Rough lives speak / Street Poets & Artists Collective Enterprise: Richard Whelan, Tim Gray, Richard Nightingale, Lana Te Rore, John Joseph Hughes, Ta Iuli, Filipo Tu'u (artist); editors: Daren Kamali, David Eggleton – 2022 – Adult Poetry: bit.ly/3gKl3I4 Finding me: a memoir / Viola Davis – 2022 – Adult Non-Fiction: https://bit.ly/3NdxJ6f All about Evie / Matson Taylor – 2022 – Adult Fiction: bit.ly/3TEsU8r The colony / Audrey Magee – 2022 – Adult Fiction: bit.ly/3SCzlre Long past summer / Noué Kirwan – 2022 – Adult Romance: bit.ly/3DaI26E
Renée Orr | Senior Librarian Heritage Engagement talks about the Heritage Collections content in the Kura Tūturu | Real Gold case supporting the ‘Yokai Parade: Supernatural Monsters from Japan’ exhibition at Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero Central City Library through to 6 November.
In this podcast Renée talks with Sue Berman about the following books and their illustrative quality and story telling of Yokai.
References: Story of a sparrow: Collection of Japanese illustrated woodblock books. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2643903?lang=eng
大日本物産圖會 (Products of Greater Japan). Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections. http://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2020/04/products-of-greater-japan-ukiyo-e.html https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/rarebooks/id/1414/rec/2
Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford (Baron Redesdale); with illustrations drawn and cut on wood by Japanese artists. Tales of old Japan. London: Macmillan and Co., 1919. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1053105
Richard Gordon Smith. Ancient tales and folklore of Japan. London: A. & C. Black, 1908. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1960328
Join Alison and Ineka in the Literary Lounge and celebrate the gutsy, the determined, the courageous and brave. Books mentioned in the show can be borrowed or requested for Click and Collect by Auckland Libraries members using these links: Joan by Katherine J. Chen / 2022 / Adult Fiction – Historical: bit.ly/3yjOWVg A gentle radical: the life of Jeanette Fitzsimons by Gareth Hughes / 2022 / Adult Non-Fiction – Biography: bit.ly/3CASW6l Also in OverDrive eBook and Large Print To the sea by Nikki Crutchley / 2021 / Adult Fiction – Crime: bit.ly/3M9Qk2u Also in OverDrive eBook and BorrowBox eAudio Iona Iverson's rules for commuting by Clare Pooley / 2022 / Adult Fiction: bit.ly/3SFCUhl Small things like these by Claire Keegan / 2021 / Available in Adult Fiction: bit.ly/3rxOor5 Also in OverDrive eBook and eAudiobook
Join librarians John and Sinéad as they talk about the exciting levels of chaos Mr Toad causes on his way to prison and how he manages to get out again!
If you enjoyed these chapters, ask one of our friendly librarians to help you find the Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame in your local Auckland Library.
In this Kura Tūturu | Real Gold podcast whakaoko ke te kōrero| listen to a talk with Robert Eruera Pou Whakarae Māori, on the curated case Tānga Māori - Printed Māori.
Drawing on early printed reo Māori from the Heritage Collections, Rob offers insights on the context and reo of the three pukapuka on display.
The books can be viewed on request at the Heritage Collections reading room, Level 2 of Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero | Central City Library.
References: A Grammar and vocabulary of the language of New Zealand Published by the Church Missionary Society. London: Printed by R. Watts, 1820. This work was compiled by Rev. Samuel Lee, Professor of Arabic at Cambridge University, from information supplied by the Rev. Thomas Kendall, and two Māori Chiefs, Hongi and Waikato, who were visiting England. Work is based on material Kendall collected over five years, and a vocabulary communicated to Lee by Tuai and Titore in 1818. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2322132
Proceedings of the Kohimarama Conference Comprising nos. 13 to 18 of the “Maori Messager.” Auckland: Printed by W.C. Wilson for New Zealand Government, 1860. A detailed record, edited by W. L. Buller, of the proceedings of the meeting of some 200 Māori Chiefs, whose names are listed, invited by the Governor. The conference, held at the Melanesian Mission at Kohimarama (now Mission Bay, Auckland) from 10 July-11 August 1860, discussed issues of concern and tension such as the Taranaki war; the Kīngitanga; disputes over land; the provision of justice; and the Treaty of Waitangi. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1952099
Ko nga tamariki haereere noa Kua oti te tuhituhi ki te reo Pakeha e Samuel Wilberforce, M.A. Te Waimate: He mea ta ki te Perehi a te Pihopa. 1843. A children’s story ‘The little wanderers’, from the collection The rocky island and other parables (first published 1840), followed by a question and answer dialogue (p. 16-20). Williams attributes the translation to Elizabeth Colenso. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2504277
Join librarians Issie and Clare as they talk about friendships and food, and all the fun they bring to the world. In this episode Mole makes two new friends in his neighbours Ratty and Badger, and learns all about life by the river!
If you enjoyed these chapters, ask one of our friendly librarians to help you find the Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame in your local Auckland Library.
All the titles discussed in this Literary Lounge episode are about outsiders: those who have been othered by society and taught that they don’t belong for one reason or another. Join Alison and Ineka and find out that love wins, every time.
Books mentioned in this programme can be requested for Click and Collect by Auckland Libraries members, and are often available in multiple formats:
Not quite white by Laila Woozeer / 2022 / Non-fiction - Memoir / eAudiobook: bit.ly/3RTStBn
How to be a bad Muslim and other essays by Mohamed Hassan / 2022 / Non-Fiction NZ: bit.ly/3TY0QgQ
Joan is okay by Weike Wang / 2022 / Fiction: bit.ly/3B660yZ
Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka / 2022 / Crime Fiction: bit.ly/3BsPlHh
Delilah Green doesn’t care by Ashley Herring Blake / 2022 / Romance Fiction: bit.ly/3TSAZaa
Join BFFs Ineka and Alison in the Literary Lounge and hear all about Larry & Viv, Sam & Lisa, Jaime and Regina, Nora & Daniel, Ezra & Yonatan and Lyss & The Rarkyn. Books mentioned in this programme can be requested for Click and Collect by Auckland Libraries members, and are often available in multiple formats: Larry & Viv / Graeme Lay / 2022 https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3991853 The Rarkyn’s familiar / Nicky Lee / 2022 https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb4058023 Idol / Louise O’Neill / 2022 https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3994858 The girl in his shadow by Audrey Blake (The Big Library Read) https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3897062 Abomination / Ashley Goldberg / 2022 https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb4045712
Alison is joined in the studio by the distinguished and award-winning writer and literary critic Stephanie Johnson. Join us for a lively conversation about Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, and a chat about Stephanie's recent works. Books mentioned in this programme can be requested for Click and Collect by Auckland Libraries members, and are available in multiple formats: The writers' festival (2015) https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2998842 Everything changes (2021) https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3820594 Nine lives: New Zealand writers on notable New Zealanders (2021) https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb394613
Join Alison and Ineka for a preview of We Read Auckland, which will be running from 15-28 August 2022. This is an exciting free programme of live and online events that celebrate Auckland’s readers and writers and the stories that bring us together. Libraries across Tāmaki Makaurau will feature a diverse line-up of Auckland’s fiction and non-fiction authors, celebrate the spoken word, provide fun opportunities for whānau to discover the joy of reading together, and more. To see what’s on in your area, visit aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/WeReadAKL Books mentioned in this programme can be requested for Click and Collect by Auckland Libraries members, and are often available in multiple formats:
Kurungaituku / Whiti Hereaka / 2021 / Adult Fiction NZ: bit.ly/3tzLBQ9 Everything changes / Stephanie Johnson / 2021 / Adult Fiction NZ: bit.ly/2ZXidXU The library of unfinished business / Patricia Bell / 2022 / Adult Fiction NZ: bit.ly/3zQCNXZ Addressed to Greta / Fiona Sussman / 2022 / Adult Fiction NZ: bit.ly/3JRYPy7 The silence of snow / Eileen Merriman / 2020 / Adult Fiction NZ: bit.ly/3QlYKFi Fake Baby / Amy McDaid / 2020 / Adult Fiction NZ: bit.ly/3JVAFD6 Na Viro / Gina Cole / 2022 / Sci-Fi NZ: bit.ly/3peYOuQ Vā: stories by women of the moana / edited by Sisilia Eteuati and Lani Young / 2022: bit.ly/3Jl6IuR
The Francis-Lee Duo bring us European Journeys, an exciting programme inspired by the special exhibition of the same name at the Auckland Art Gallery in 2019, celebrating works by New Zealand artist, Frances Hodgkins. The Duo start the journey at Manheim with the first movement of Mozart’s violin sonata k. 301, a perfect example of Mozart’s more mature style. This is followed by the second ofTwo Romances by the pioneer Swedish woman composer Elfrida Andree, lyrical pieces inspired by Nordic music literature. Keeping on the Nordic theme are the Folk Dances Op. 62 by Danish composer Niels Gade. The journey concludes at Transylvania with the iconic Romanian Folk Dances by Bartok, brilliantly transcribed for violin and piano by Zoltán Székely. This is a programme that will transport you to foreign lands.
Dual Motion presents An Unlikely Pair - An exploration of the repertoire for flute and clarinet. Original compositions for this instrumentation are comparatively rare, and clarinettist Billie Hart and flautist Leon Reynolds take listeners on a journey of the history of their instruments and perform works written for this duo, as well as arrangements and adaptations of other works. They begin with an arrangement of Mozart’s twelve horn duos, which work surprisingly well for this pair of woodwind instruments. Chopping and changing music to suit instruments was a common occurrence in Mozart's time - the composer himself even did it frequently! This is followed by a Kummer’s duets for flute and clarinet, showcasing his great knowledge of both instruments. Finally, they finish with arrangements of some ragtime favourites. Billy and Leon are part of the Auckland Philharmonia’s ‘Aspiring Musicians” programme.
Sarah Spence and Dr Joe Harrop are Tāmaki Makaurau-based string duo, Kulios. In this unique and exciting programme, violinist and violist David Rawsthorne joins them in performing two works for string trio. They present NZ award winning composer Karl Steven’s ‘Black Hands Suite’ featuring some of the highlights from his score to last year's limited series 'Black Hands', which portrayed Dunedin's Bain family in the years leading up to their tragic deaths in 1994. The soundtrack was notable for its extensive use of string trio, and featured members of Kulios among its performers. To follow, Dohnányi’s Serenade in C major draws a rich sound from the three instruments, and appears to negotiate a creative path between the classical influence of Brahms and the new sounds emanating from his contemporary countrymen, Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály.
Jazz musicians Alicia Kidd (guitar and vocals) and Hank Trenton (double bass) start off our Thursday Heritage Concert Autumn series programme in honour of ANZAC day - to acknowledge those lost, and the sacrifices made. Taking a New Zealand perspective, Acrylic will perform love songs written during the war, such as “Pōkarekare Ana;” uncovering the stories often forgotten with such well-known tunes. Alongside this they will also perform typical songs from the time, such as “Pack Up Your Troubles,” arranged in their unique jazz style. They will explore the introduction of jazz into European society by the African-American armed forces drawing parallels with the experiences of the Maori Battalion on the battlefields. Through this remembrance concert Acrylic aspire to bring hope, as well as reflect the real grief associated with war and continued themes relevant to our society today, while bringing an enjoyable experience to listeners through their sensitivity and skill. Acrylic are part of the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra’s “Aspiring Musicians” programme
Pianist Gemma Lee concludes our Autumn series with a programme for solo piano inspired by the desire to bring beautiful music not commonly heard onto the concert platform. Focussing on music by Bach, Debussy and Beethoven we get the chance to experience a different aspect of their work than their really famous ones that we may all know and love. Beginning with J.S Bach’s Prelude in C major ,from the Well Tempered Clavier book II, Debussy’s delightful Clair de lune from Suite Bergamasque follows and the programme concludes with Beethoven’s Piano Sonata no.10 in G Major Movements I and III. When the last note resounds, you’ll be reminded of what Debussy wrote once —that the primary aim of music “is to give pleasure.”
Episode Three:
'Twas brillig when librarians James and Rani met to talk about Alice and all the lessons left un-learned as she makes her way through Wonderland. In these passages we meet unusual characters and face strange situations, so open your ears and hop right in!
If you enjoyed these excerpts, ask one of our friendly librarians to help you find the stories of Alice in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking glass by Lewis Carrol.
This month the Kura Tūturu | Real Gold case in the Special Collections reading room, Level 2 of Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero | Central City Library, holds a rare copy of No New Things by poet Ronald Allison Kells Mason, 1905 – 1971 [R.A.K. Mason]
In this podcast we hear from rare book specialist Jane Wild who shares the story of this book object, Mason's work and his development as a poet. Learn more about R.A.K. Mason's special connection with Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero the Central City Library through the memorial tōtara tree and via sculptor Anthony Stones' bronze bust.
Links and further references: R.A.K. Mason, by Clifton Firth, 1947, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collection, 34-M663-3 https://tinyurl.com/ynxy583n
No New Thing: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1952592 The Beggar and other poems: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1961054
Kura Heritage Collections search result R.A.K. Mason https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/search/searchterm/R%20K%20Mason
BSANZ paper by Jane Wild: The Beggar and the Deep Blue Sea. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCeUoHtqVng
Heritage et AL blog - http://heritageetal.blogspot.com/search?q=Mason
https://teara.govt.nz/en/speech/43068/r-a-k-mason
Alison and Ineka talk twisty mysteries, sapphic love in 1950's San Francisco, intergenerational female family tensions and Tudor-inspired tales for a new generation. Originally broadcast on Planet FM 104.6FM on 10 July 2022.
Books mentioned in this show can be requested by Auckland Libraries members from our catalogue using the links below and are often available in multiple formats.
The darkness / Ragnar Jónasson ; translated from the Icelandic by Victoria Cribb / 2018 / Fiction – Crime: https://bit.ly/3yKEg2K
The woman in the library / Sulari Gentill / 2022 / Fiction – Crime: https://bit.ly/3bN1D2F
Crossing the lines / Sulari Gentill / Fiction - Crime: https://bit.ly/3IHV3H1
Fight night / Miriam Toews / 2021 / Fiction: https://bit.ly/3NFSGp6
Last Night at the Telegraph Club / Malinda Lo / 2021 / Teen - Fiction: https://bit.ly/3AtrWoR
Sister to sister: history repeats / Olivia Hayfield / 2021 / Fiction – New Zealand: https://bit.ly/3ygBeC1
Episode Two:
Join librarians Lilly and Sinéad as they talk about absurd riddles and rude characters who inter… “Why is a raven like a writing desk?” …rupt in this week's stories from Alice in Wonderland. In this episode our hero Alice meets the fantastically Mad Hatter and the grinning Cheshire Cat.
If you enjoyed these excerpts, ask one of our friendly librarians to help you find the stories of Alice in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking glass by Lewis Carrol.
Join Alison and Ineka as they look to the stars and celebrate the appearance of Matariki. Books mentioned on the show can be requested using the Auckland Libraries catalogue links below:
Matariki - Kirsten Parkinson and Kitty Brown (2022) https://bit.ly/3a75ozk
Matariki around the world: a cluster of stars, a cluster of stories - Rangi Mātāmua & Miriama Kamo (2022) https://bit.ly/3OQFGhc
Puanga me Matariki – Sharon Holt (2022) https://bit.ly/3QSAtaF
Kua whetūrangitia tōku koro - Brianne T Paa (2022) https://bit.ly/3OLOghp
Ko Flit, te Tīrairaka me te mahere Matariki - Kat Quin (2021) https://bit.ly/3yo4OGR
The astromancer: the rising of Matariki / Witi Ihimaera (2022); illustrated by Isobel Joy Te-Aho White https://bit.ly/3OJ9AEa
How to loiter in a turf war / Coco Solid / 2022 / Available in Adult Fiction NZ https://bit.ly/3I2E9mo
Nuku: stories of 100 indigenous women / Qiane Matata-Sipu / 2021 / Adult Non-Fiction https://bit.ly/3yt84B1
What do you do when your world is falling apart, and the dog has eaten your chemistry homework? Find out on this Literary Lounge episode of Books & Beyond with Alison and Ineka. Books mentioned on the show can be requested using the Auckland Libraries catalogue links below:
All day is a long time / David Sanchez / 2022 / Available in Adult Fiction: https://bit.ly/3OfmFVA
Chemistry / Weike Wang / 2018 / Available in Adult Fiction and OverDrive/Libby eBook: https://bit.ly/3xUfjBo
Lessons in chemistry / Bonnie Garmus / 2022 – Available in Adult Fiction Historical and Large Print: https://bit.ly/3mPCSoM
The mad women’s ball / Victoria Mas / translated from the French by Frank Wynne / 2021 – Available in Adult Fiction Historical and OverDrive/Libby eBook: https://bit.ly/3OjHiQo
New York, my village: a novel/ Uwem Akpan / 2021 / Available in Adult Fiction: https://bit.ly/3OhaTKh
On Thursday June 9 2022, Auckland Libraries rare book specialist Jane Wild invited the Mackelvie Society to a close up exploration of a very special rare book - Mary Lawrance’s ‘A collection of roses from nature’ printed from 1799.
This breathtakingly beautiful volume of hand painted plates was donated to Auckland Libraries by the Mackelvie Society adding a significant Collection item for enriching research and learning. You can find out more about the Mackelvie Society and how you can support their work here: https://www.mackelviesociety.com/the-mackelvie-collection
As for this talk stay tuned to hear more context about the rose book from Jane Wild as well as from the guest artist Karin Montgomery whose hand crafted paper rose drew detailed inspiration for Mary Lawrance's work. Karin's work is available at Anna Miles Gallery here: https://annamilesgallery.com/artists/karin-montgomery/
Both the book and the recreation of Rosa Provincialis B - a Blush province Rose will be available for viewing in the Special Collections Reading Room Level 2, Central City Library during August 2022.
You can view the digitised book on Kura Heritage Collections online: https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/rarebooks/id/286/rec/1 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/rarebooks/id/288/rec/1
Image credit: Jane Wild shows the book, photographer Sophie Matthiesson Music credit: L'Etoile danse (Pt. 1) by Meydän
Join Ineka and Alison in the Literary Lounge for an episode full of conundra, collective consciousness, rakes, scoundrels and algebra. Yay! Books mentioned in the show can be requested from our catalogue using the links below. Many are also available in multiple formats – check the links to see what else is available for loan.
Helen Kelly: her life / Rebecca Macfie / 2021 / Adult Non-Fiction NZ – Biography: https://bit.ly/3aIP47R The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels / India Holton / 2021 / Adult Fiction NZ - Historical Romance: https://bit.ly/3tpIp9r The League of Gentlewomen Witches / India Holton / 2022 / Adult Fiction NZ – Historical Romance: https://bit.ly/3xhs1Jd Double helix/ Eileen Merriman / 2021 / Adult Fiction NZ: https://bit.ly/3tkOnIz The candy house / Jennifer Egan / 2022 / Adult Fiction: https://bit.ly/3Q8mhdf
In 1920, Roy Alstan Lippincott and Edward F Billson won the competition to design Auckland University College’s new Arts Building. Now known as the Old Arts Block, it has become a landmark building for central Auckland.
Lippincott was an American architect who worked in New Zealand during the 1920s and 1930s. He designed other buildings for the university as well as the Farmers Tea Rooms, a six-storey extension to Smith and Caughey department store, and private residences.
Lippincott was inspired by the country he found himself living in, and incorporated ponga fronds, flax seedpods, kaka and kea, and Māori motifs into the Old Arts Block, and delightful, sculpted kauri snails in the Old Biology Building.
He returned to the United States in 1940 but his work can still be found around Auckland today. This illustrated talk will look at some of his work in Auckland and further afield Multimedia Links Video about the University of Auckland Clocktower https://youtu.be/bPBXulIlnDI 3D tour of the former Farmers Tea Rooms https://www.threenow.co.nz/tv/grand-designs-nz/home/season-6/360-virtual-tours/grand-tearoom-penthouse.html Lippincott heritage trail https://www.andrewbarrielab.com/block
Episode One:
Join librarians Clare and John as they talk about their favourite absurd words and crack some silly puns in this week's stories from Alice in Wonderland. In this episode our hero Alice meets the mournful Mock Turtle and hilarious Humpty Dumpty and finds them both awfully confusing.
If you enjoyed these excerpts, ask one of our friendly librarians to help you find the stories of Alice in Wonderland and Alice through the Looking glass by Lewis Carrol.
Not that long ago, in a place not that far away. A group known as the librarians gathered to talk about classic children's books.
Join us each month as we open the gateway to different worlds found in our favourite stories. Each episode we will choose moments from a classic children's book to share with you and we will talk about what makes them so special to us.
We hope you love them as much as we do.
The Central Area Model is a 1:480 scale model of central Auckland carefully built during 1967 and 1968 to replicate the city in precise miniature. The model recreates the areas of central Auckland bordered by the motorways which now surround the inner-city area. For more than two decades Council planners used the model to visualise the way proposed construction would alter the character and physical spaces of the city.
In this podcast we hear from Liam Appleton a member of the team who reconstructed and researched the model on display till end July 2022 at the Central City Library.
Learn more: http://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2022/05/making-model-city-origins-of-central.html
Photo: The model in situ at the Central City Library, Liam Appleton, 2022.
Alison and Ineka get grounded with some gritty and granular books from Aotearoa and further afield. Books mentioned in the show
The Leonard Girls / Deborah Challinor / 2022 Aotearoa NZ author – Adult Fiction Historical: bit.ly/3PIlRKr
Polaroid nights / Lizzie Harwood / 2021 Aotearoa NZ author - Adult Fiction Crime: bit.ly/3GmcZpB The guide / Peter Heller / 2021 Adult Fiction Action: bit.ly/3sY4yeC How to find your way home / Katy Regan / 2022 Adult Fiction: bit.ly/38iN6dC Ināianei/now / Vaughan Rapatahana / 2022 Aotearoa NZ author - Pacific poetry: bit.ly/3NFdOfM
Mortality, morals, mothers and metafiction collide in this Literary Lounge episode of Books and Beyond.
Books mentioned in the show
Grand: becoming my mother’s daughter / Noelle McCarthy / 2022
Plum / Brendan Cowell / 2021
My friend Natalia / Laura Lindstedt / 2021
The very last list of Vivian Walker / Megan Albany / 2021
Voyeur / Francesca Reece / 2021
Oral historians and authors Ruth Greenaway and Megan Hutching, talk about the history of this Auckland organisation which began with an orphan home in the central city in 1858 and now works with its community in south Auckland.
While society has changed since the mid-nineteenth-century, the problems of today’s clients bear a marked resemblance to the issues confronting those who came for help in the early days.
This talk was recorded as part of the Auckland Libraries Heritage Talks series on 27 April 2022.
Threads of caring: A history of the Anglican Trust for Women and Children is available to borrow from Auckland Libraries. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb4045645
music industry. To jazz things up, we discuss three must-read music novels and a kiwi classic.
Books mentioned in the show:
The conductor/ Sarah Quigley https://bit.ly/3FvLSIm
An equal music/ Vikram Seth https://bit.ly/3kUPt9j
Run, Rose, Run/ Dolly Parton and James Patterson https://bit.ly/3vW0mOz
Hellzapoppin'!: the art of Flying Nun / editor, David Simpson https://bit.ly/3ykRR11
Check out this NZ Music photography exhibition: From the pit www.fromthepit.co.nz
Check out Auckland Libraries on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/aucklandlibraries
Alison talks to super librarian Anne about her number one go-to comfort read The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge, a post-war children’s classic about love, goodness, animals and beauty. Hot Tip: don’t read this book when you are hungry because the descriptions of food are beyond belief! The Little White Horse can be requested via the Auckland Libraries catalogue: https://bit.ly/littlewhitehorse
Alison & Ineka discuss the four General Non-fiction finalists of the 2022 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.
The winners will be announced on 11 May - visit nzbookawards.nz for updates on the livestreamed awards ceremony.
For more details of the shortlisted titles in the General Non-Fiction category, visit their website: bit.ly/3qs9Q0v or read extracts from each title with the Ockhams General Non-Fiction Sampler (PDF): https://bit.ly/3Mr67ZZ
Explore the full 2022 longlist here: bit.ly/3D4WKeV and request them all via Auckland Libraries catalogue.
All books discussed in this episode of Books and Beyond can be requested via the Auckland Libraries catalogue:
The mirror book / Charlotte Grimshaw / published 2021 by Penguin Random House / Adult Non-Fiction – Memoir: https://bit.ly/399yMnX
From the centre: a writer’s life / Patricia Grace / published 2021 by Penguin Random House / Memoir: https://bit.ly/3rIxoyO
The Alarmist: Fifty Years Measuring Climate Change / Dave Lowe / published 2021 by Te Herenga Waka University Press / Memoir: https://bit.ly/3vABQB9
Voices from the New Zealand Wars | He Reo nō ngā Pakanga o Aotearoa / Vincent O’Malley / published 2021 by Bridget Williams Books / New Zealand History: https://bit.ly/3L8TTVB
Alison & Ineka discuss the four fiction finalists of the 2022 NZ Book Awards.
The winners of the 2022 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards will be announced on 11 May. For more details of the shortlisted titles for the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction, visit their website: https://bit.ly/3qs9Q0v or read extracts from each with the Ockhams Fiction Sampler (PDF): https://bit.ly/35542mi
Explore the full 2022 longlist here: https://bit.ly/3D4WKeV and request via Auckland Libraries catalogue.
All books discussed in this episode of Books and Beyond can be requested via the Auckland Libraries catalogue:
Kurangaituku / Whiti Hereaka / published 2021 by Huia Publishing / Adult Fiction NZ and OverDrive/Libby: https://bit.ly/3tzLBQ9
Entanglement / Bryan Walpert / published 2021 by Mākaro Press / Adult Fiction NZ: https://bit.ly/36gt6rj
A Good Winter / Gigi Fenster / published 2021 by Text Publishing / Adult Fiction NZ, OverDrive/Libby and BorrowBox: https://bit.ly/3txfuk8
Greta and Valdin / Rebecca K. Reilly / published 2021 by / Adult Fiction NZ and OverDrive/Libby: https://bit.ly/3rC8scW
In this episode, Alison and Ineka talk about some new art, music and books released in time for Pasifika month. They are helped by Auckland Libraries’ Senior Pacific Content Specialist Veronica Ligaliga. Fa'afetai lava Ronnie. Books mentioned in the show All books discussed in this episode of Books and Beyond can be requested via the Auckland Libraries catalogue:
Vā: stories by women of the moana / edited by Sisilia Eteuati and Lani Wendt Young / published 2021 / Adult Pacific collections: https://bit.ly/3Jl6IuR
Sista, stanap strong! a Vanuatu women's anthology / edited by Mikaela Nyman & Rebecca Tobo Olul-Hossen / Adult Pacific collections and OverDrive/Libby: https://bit.ly/3JnyUxo
Teine Sāmoa / Dahlia Malaeulu / published 2020 / Teine Sāmoa Project editor: Donna Blabey & Dahlia Malaeulu / Gagana Sāmoa translator: Niusila Faamanatu-Eteuati / Pacific collections: https://bit.ly/3N05qHT
Tama Sāmoa / Dahlia Malaeulu / published 2021 / Pacific collections https://bit.ly/3MZtECf
Beats of the pa‘u / Maria Samuela / published 2022 / Adult Fiction and Pacific collections: https://bit.ly/3qfF6zY
Other new Pacific titles to check out:
O le Aiga Samoa / Nafanautele Lafitaga Mataufau / illustrated by Michel Mulipola / published 2021 / Graphic Novel – Pacific Collections: https://bit.ly/3Ieu4kJ
9 year old Mataio, with the help of his older sister and parents, is learning to live the Samoan way. Short graphic stories help to explain and affirm core Samoan values such as fa'aaloalo (respect), usita'i (obedience) tausi matua (looking after the elderly) and tautua (service).
The best of e-Tangata: volume 2 / editted by Tapu Misa and Gary Wilson / published 2021 / Adult Non-Fiction and BWB Texts Online: https://bit.ly/3ub4wA1
These are thought-provoking stories of everyday life and insights into historical issues involving grief & hope, hard-won expertise, and the reclaiming of identities in Aotearoa and the Pacific. Written by a set of leading Māori, Pasifika, and Tangata Tiriti writers from celebrated digital magazine e-Tangata.
My grandfather is a canoe / Faumuina Felolini Maria Tafuna'I / published 2021 / Poetry - Pacific Collections: https://bit.ly/3qiiKOb
A book of poems by Christchurch based Samoan author Maria Tafunai. From prayers sung to distant stars and love letters to sun-drenched voyagers, “My Grandfather is a Canoe” brings the poems of author Maria Tafunai to a wider audience and an accompanying play showing at the Dunedin Fringe Festival includes them in a collaborative performance with musicians.
Tackle your success : 7 truths of a professional athlete : a step by step guide to a new life after sports / Filipo Levi / published 2022 / Pacific Collections: https://bit.ly/3thH84w
Samoan former rugby player Filipo reveals a powerful new framework for facing your biggest career challenge…change. It is an inspirational book that ties in Filipo’s rugby stories from playing for the Highlanders to facing the All Blacks as the Captain of Manu Samoa. He shares his sports lessons from travelling and playing across the world.
This episode has a focus on women and women’s writing. Alison and Ineka talk about breaking the bias and discuss the 2022 Women’s Prize longlist of 16 titles which has just been announced. #breakthebias #womensprize
For more information on International Women’s Day, please see their website: https://www.internationalwomensday.com/
Explore the full Women’s Prize for Fiction 2022 longlist here: https://bit.ly/3I5K8VE and request the longlist today from the Auckland Libraries catalogue: https://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/
Books mentioned in the show
All books discussed in this episode of Books and Beyond can be requested via the Auckland Libraries catalogue:
Remote Sympathy / Catherine Chidgey / published 2020 / Adult Fiction NZ and OverDrive/Libby: https://bit.ly/3wdOKaf
Sorrow and Bliss / Meg Mason / published 2020 / Adult Fiction, OverDrive/Libby and BorrowBox: https://bit.ly/3KRLEgb
Fifty years a feminist / Sue Kedgley / published 2021 / Adult Non-Fiction – Biography and OverDrive/Libby: https://bit.ly/35MJlvO
Great circle / Maggie Shipstead / published 2021 / Adult Fiction and OverDrive/Libby: https://bit.ly/3MRETwC
The herd / Emily Edwards / published 2022 / Adult Fiction and OverDrive/Libby: https://bit.ly/3Jj7h8N
The island of missing trees / Elif Shafak / published 2021 / Adult Fiction: https://bit.ly/368Indg
Apeiregon / Colum McCann / published 2020 / Adult Fiction and OverDrive/Libby :https://bit.ly/3pXMxeO
Say Nothing: a true story of murder and memory in Northern Island / Patrick Radden Keefe / published 2018 / Adult Non-Fiction – History and OverDrive/Libby: https://bit.ly/3pVu0zI
Careless / Kirsty Capes / published 2021 / Adult Fiction: https://bit.ly/3J6RoSK
International Women’s Day (8 March) is a global day where we celebrate the achievements of women, raise awareness of bias and take action for equality. Revisiting our 2021 International Women’s Day episode, Alison and Ineka celebrate women who challenge to make change happen.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 7 March 2021. Recorded under lockdown conditions, sound quality will vary.
Request featured titles from Auckland Libraries using the links below and read more about each in our March 2021 blogpost: https://bit.ly/3BYp6Xx
A history of New Zealand women / Barbara Brookes / published 2016 / Adult Non-Fiction NZ: https://bit.ly/3BVEzaQ
Hopes dashed?: the economics of gender inequality / Prue Hyman / published 2017 / Adult Non-Fiction NZ: https://bit.ly/3tlrggi
The Platform: the radical legacy of the Polynesian Panthers / Dr Melani Anae / published 2020 / Adult Non-Fiction NZ: https://bit.ly/3t7qzXu
Our first three titles are published by Bridget Williams Books. For more “short books on big subjects” by New Zealand writers, browse and borrow from the BWB Texts online collection: https://bit.ly/3K1w5BX
Dawn Raid / Pauline (Vaeluaga) Smith / published 2018 / Children’s Fiction NZ: https://bit.ly/33Xp4Tr
Raising ourselves: a Gwich'in coming of age story from the Yukon River / Velma Wallis / published 2003 / Adult Non-Fiction: https://bit.ly/3vsIDhE
The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem / Amanda Gorman / published 2021 / Adult Non-Fiction: https://bit.ly/3BWi3id
Becoming: adapted for young readers / Michelle Obama / published 2021 / Children’s Non-Fiction: https://bit.ly/3BZzFtm
Women & power: a manifesto / Mary Beard / published 2017 / Adult Non-Fiction: https://bit.ly/3IEQxYU
No one is too small to make a difference / Greta Thunberg / published 2019 / Adult Non-Fiction: https://bit.ly/3Irqzs4
The book of gutsy women / Hillary and Chelsea Clinton / published 2019 / Adult Non-Fiction: https://bit.ly/3IrYLDZ
Episode 8 – Karl Steven
This month, Dedee spoke to Karl Steven about his first solo album, All of Human Emotion on Microfiche. They talk about a few tracks and music videos and the stories behind them. Other topics include Karl's preference for monochrome over colour, the philosopher Wittgenstein, and the Wittgenstein quotes he used for his track ‘Utterance and Inscription’. We also talked about his chosen album Steve Reich’s Early Works, what phase music is, and how he used it on this album.
This interview was recorded on February 8, 2022
Note – there is one swear word in the track ‘Tāmaki 5000’, which comes in around the 24 minute mark. A minor point, but letting you know in case you wish to avert your ears.
References:
Artist links: Website – http://karlsteven.com/ Bandcamp - https://karlsteven.bandcamp.com/ Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/drkarlsteven Audioculture profile - https://www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/karl-steven
Tracks used: All tracks used in this podcast were taken from Karl Steven’s album All of Human Emotion on Microfiche, released on Sunreturn Records. There's also an excerpt from Karl’s chosen album, Steve Reich’s Early Works.
- Acoma (Phase 1) – Karl Steven
- Utterance and Inscription – Karl Steven
- Tāmaki 5000 – Karl Steven
- Clapping Music/1972 – Russ Hartenberger, Steve Reich
- Cold Day Light – Karl Steven
Music videos: Utterance and Inscription - 25 January 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K2HXKC46XM
Acoma (Phase I) – 30 November 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufP-ylEnHAw&ab_channel=SunreturnRecords
Tāmaki 5000 – 12 October 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5TYvlcfo3o&ab_channel=SunreturnRecords
Freedom Bells – 29 July 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyYYCHhHcB8
Items from the Library Collection: Philosophische Untersuchungen = Philosophical investigations / Ludwig Wittgenstein ; translated by G.E.M. Anscombe, P.M.S. Hacker and Joachim Schulte Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951. Book | Wiley-Blackwell | 2009. | Rev. 4th ed. / by P.M.S. Hacker and Joachim Schulte. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2600648
Early works [compact disc] / Steve Reich Reich, Steve, 1936- Music CD | Elektra/Nonesuch | 1987 https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2210980
Other references: RNZ Interview with Kim Hill - Playing Favourites with composer Karl Steven, 29 January 2022 https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/saturday/audio/2018828545/playing-favourites-with-composer-karl-steven
Under the Radar - Karl Steven + Ché Fu Share Single 'Utterance and Inscription' + Video – article by Chris Cudby, 25 January 2022 https://www.undertheradar.co.nz/news/19354/Karl-Steven--Ch-Fu-Share-Single-Utterance-and-Inscription--Video.utr
SMSG Conversations with Composer Karl Steven, 24 November 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVAKVhXZlOU&ab_channel=ScreenMusic%26SoundGuildofNZ
Sounz interview with Karl Steven, February 15 2021 https://news.sounz.org.nz/meet-composer-karl-steven/
How playing Wittgensteinian language-games can set us free, article by Sandy Grant, 24 January 2017 https://aeon.co/ideas/how-playing-wittgensteinian-language-games-can-set-us-free
Wittgenstein’s Language Games http://changingminds.org/explanations/behaviors/games/wittgenstein_game.htm
In this special Pride episode, Alison and Ineka highlight the gutsy, inspirational, bold and bright LGBTQI+ folk who walk, stomp and sashay amongst us.
Books discussed in this episode can be found and requested via the Auckland Libraries catalogue:
All the young men: a memoir of love, AIDS, and chosen family in the America South / Ruth Coker Burks & Kevin Carr O’Leary / published 2020 / Adult Non-Fiction - Autobiography: https://bit.ly/3HayCI3
Real Queer America: LGBT stories from Red states / Samantha Allen / published 2019 / Adult Non-Fiction: https://bit.ly/3BQQQO0
The Stonewall Reader / The New York Public Library; edited by Jason Baumann / published 2019 / Adult Non-Fiction: https://bit.ly/3HjDBXi
30 queer lives: conversations with LGBTQIA+ New Zealanders / Matt McEvoy / published 2022 / Adult Non-Fiction: https://bit.ly/3hayCxb
One life / Megan Rapinoe / published 2020 / Adult Non-Fiction - Autobiography: https://bit.ly/3p8fcxE
Out here: an anthology of Takatāpui and LGBTQIA+ writers from Aotearoa / edited by Chris Tse and Emma Barnes / published 2021 / Adult Non-Fiction - Literature: https://bit.ly/34Wv1k6
Revisiting our 2021 Pride edition of Books & Beyond, Alison is joined by Queerleaders Lil O'Brien (author of 'Not That I'd Kiss a Girl') and Tanya Johnson (founder of Women in Tech NZ) who discuss their recent and all-time fave queer reads.
Visit Auckland Libraries' 'Queer Reads' blogpost to request titles featured in this episode: https://bit.ly/3LxxAt8
Part of the Auckland Pride Festival 2022, Samesame But Different is Aotearoa New Zealand's only LGBTQI+ Writers' and Readers' Festival. This year's fabulous programme has shifted online and is free to attend. Running from Friday 18 - Sunday 20 February 2022, check out their events and book your tickets here: https://samesamebutdifferent.co.nz/
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. This repeat episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 28 February 2021.
The Love Boat meets the L-word on this special PRIDE/ Love edition of Books and Beyond. Join Alison and Ineka in the LGBTQI+ lounge where they’ve been reading the most fabulous rom coms featuring a cast of gorgeous hotties and rabble rousers.
Books mentioned in this episode of Books and Beyond are available to request now from the Auckland Libraries catalogue using the links below:
Jay’s gay agenda / Jason June / 2021 / Teen Fiction: https://bit.ly/3rGzhNc Greta & Valdin / Rebecca K. Reilly / 2021 / Adult Fiction (NZ): https://bit.ly/3rC8scW Heartstoppers Volume 4: / Alice Oseman / 2021 / Teen Graphics: https://bit.ly/33aNMiN Pleasure cruise / Yolanda Wallace / 2018 / OverDrive eBook: https://bit.ly/3srJJY4 One last stop / Casey McQuiston / 2021 / Romance Fiction: https://bit.ly/3LraKmT The ex-girlfriend of my ex-girlfriend is my girlfriend : advice on queer dating, love, and friendship / written by Maddy Court ; illustrated by Kelsey Wroten / 2021 / Adult Non-Fiction: https://bit.ly/3rNG089
Join Alison and Ineka in the Literary Lounge where they’ve been reading about the lives of families from all over the world. Heartbreaking dilemmas sometimes lead to desperate acts in these stories, but there is always hope.
Books mentioned in this episode of Books and Beyond can be borrowed and requested via the Auckland Libraries catalogue:
A Clear Dawn: new Asian voices from Aotearoa New Zealand / ed. Paula Morris and Alison Wong published 2021 / Adult Non-Fiction (NZ): https://bit.ly/3sdFsbS
My brilliant life / Ae-ran Kim ; translated from Korean by Chi-Young Kim published 2021 / Adult Fiction: https://bit.ly/3haRA78
Hard like water / Yan Lianke ; translated from the Chinese by Carlos Rojasv published 2021 / Adult Fiction: https://bit.ly/3p9S6X9
A Children’s Bible / Lydia Millet / published 2020 / Adult Fiction: https://bit.ly/3JMKGRz
Episode 7 – Night Lunch
Dedee chats to Liam Clune and Liam Hoffman from Dunedin duo Night Lunch about their EP Table for Two, released in August 2021. They talk about how Clune and his Dad both made diddley bows —a slide guitar style instrument also known as a zither— which Clune plays in the band. And we look at the making of their music video for the award winning single ‘House Full of Shit’. Other topics include; what it was like to record at Roundhead Studios, and one of their favourite albums, Clot by Wax Chattels. We also revisit some pre-lockdown gig memories from their first Auckland shows at Deep Dive Festival back in July.
This interview was recorded on December 13, 2021
Note: there’s a few swear words in the songs on this podcast. If that’s not your thing, please tune out accordingly.
Hashtags:
Music #NewZealandmusic #NightLunch #WaxChattels #gigmemories #lockdown #rāhui
References
Artist links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NachtMittagessen/ Bandcamp: https://nightlunch666.bandcamp.com/album/table-for-two
Tracks used in this podcast were taken from: Table for Two – Night Lunch, August 1, 2021 Clot – Wax Chattels, Captured Tracks Records, September 25, 2020
- Hot Cops – Night Lunch
- House Full of Shit – Night Lunch
- Efficiency – Wax Chattels
- Haunted Mill – Night Lunch
- Scary Car – Night Lunch
Music Videos: House Full of Shit (23 March 2021) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6YsEnmX2zw&ab_channel=NightLunch
Night Lunch at The Cook 14/12/19 - Scary Car (15 December 2019) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBSd3DrNqtY&ab_channel=dunedinsound
From the Library collection: Clot [compact disc] / Wax Chattels Wax Chattels (Musical group), composer, lyricist, performer. Captured Tracks Records, a division of Omnian Music Group | 2020 https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3806565
Other references: Eat the Right Lunch, Eat a Night Lunch, article on Dunedinsound.com, 18 September 2019 https://dunedinsound.com/blog/eat_the_right_lunch_eat_a_night_lunch
The Dunedin band asking ‘what are we going to do with all this shit?’, Renews.co.nz, article by Baz Macdonald, 29 March 2021 https://www.renews.co.nz/the-dunedin-band-asking-what-are-we-going-to-do-with-all-this-shit/
Night Lunch: The Untold Story, 29 March 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtg3Sv5Jp8U&ab_channel=NightLunch
Student Radio Network Award Winners Announced, Undertheradar.co.nz, December 12, 2021 https://www.undertheradar.co.nz/news/19277/Student-Radio-Network-Award-Winners-Announced.utr
It’s the time of the year where Beach Reads and Beach-adjacent Reads are our jam. Listen to Alison and Ineka review tales of guncles, Cher-alikes and glamorous villains.
Books mentioned in this episode of Books and Beyond can be borrowed and requested via the Auckland Libraries catalogue:
The visit of the Spanish Lady by Brucculeri and Whelan published 2021 / Adult Graphic Novel (NZ): https://bit.ly/3IfKGZV
Lullaby beach by Stella Duffy published 2021 / Adult Fiction (NZ): https://bit.ly/3IdbdqN
The Shelly Bay ladies’ swimming circle by Sophie Green published 2019 / Adult Fiction: https://bit.ly/3BGp9XY
Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau published 2021 / Adult Fiction: https://bit.ly/3sZrk58
The Guncle / Steven Rowley published 2021 / Adult Fiction: https://bit.ly/3sb1kEq
The Lido / Libby Page published 2018 / Adult Fiction: https://bit.ly/35mEyjW
The books we’ve been reading this week take us from our own backyard to a galaxy far, far away. But where is the milk and honey? Find out on this episode of Literary Lounge with Alison and Ineka.
This year's Auckland Libraries' Top 100 is out now: explore our pick of the year's most talked about books curated for you by our librarians. Most titles are available in multiple formats including OverDrive eBooks, so request your favourites from Auckland Libraries’ catalogue today: https://bit.ly/354KTRn
Books mentioned in this episode of Books and Beyond can be borrowed and requested via the Auckland Libraries catalogue:
The secret, book & scone society / Ellery Adams / published 2017 / Adult Fiction: https://bit.ly/3JNPLJr
What strange paradise / Omar El Akkad / published 2021 / Adult Fiction: https://bit.ly/352egnx
Voices of the lost / Hoda Barakat / published 2021 / Adult Fiction: https://bit.ly/3s9FD7V
Project Hail Mary / Andy Weir / published 2021 / Adult Sci-Fi: https://bit.ly/3IcfQBB
In our own backyard / Anne Kayes / published 2021 / Teen Fiction: https://bit.ly/3h8NOen
Milk fed/ Melissa Broder / published 2021 / Adult Fiction: https://bit.ly/3t0xn9p
Episode 6 - Sheep, Dog & Wolf
Dedee chats to Daniel McBride from Sheep, Dog & Wolf about his album Two-Minds, released on Aphrodite in April 2021. Two-Minds is in his words; “a document of a dark time in a kind of positive way.” They talk about the album, the unexpected delays in releasing it, and the stories behind the music videos. Daniel talks about his experience living with anxiety, depression, and chronic sinusitis which left him with no sense of smell for several years. We also reflect on a gig memory from between lockdowns, a memorial gig for his friend Reuben Winter.
This interview was recorded on December 1, 2021
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References:
Artist links: Website: https://sheepdogandwolf.com/ Bandcamp: https://sheepdogwolf.bandcamp.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SheepDogWolf
Tracks used in this podcast were taken from: Two-Minds, Sheep, Dog & Wolf released on Aphrodite, April 9 2021 Y’s, Joanna Newsom, Drag City/Spunk, 2006
- Cyclical – Sheep, Dog & Wolf
- Two-Minds – Sheep, Dog & Wolf
- Periphescence – Sheep, Dog & Wolf
- Only Skin - Joanna Newsom
- Sawdust & Diamonds – Joanna Newsom
- Feeling – Sheep, Dog & Wolf
Music Videos: Two-Minds – directed by Tom Augustine, 1 Dec, 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBtAq43SW7Q&ab_channel=Sheep%2CDog%26Wolf
Fine – directed by Arty Papageorgiou, 9 March 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjT-sfEErmg&ab_channel=Sheep%2CDog%26Wolf
Periphescence – a visual work by Ben Zank, 22 September 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlDzDYmOkic&ab_channel=Sheep%2CDog%26Wolf
From the Library collection: Ys, Joanna Newsom, [compact disc], Drag City/Spunk, 2006 https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2211860
Middlesex / Jeffrey Eugenides [book], Picador, 2002 https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1192156
Late night tales [compact disc] / Floating Points Floating Points (Musician), 2019 https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3610949
Other references: Sheep Dog & Wolf on the pain behind his music - RNZ website, April 10, 2021 https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/music101/audio/2018790917/sheep-dog-and-wolf-on-the-pain-behind-his-music
Long Player: Sheep, Dog & Wolf - 'Two-Minds' – 95bFM website, April 10, 2021 https://95bfm.com/bcast/long-player-sheep-dog-wolf-two-minds
DJ Mag interview about the song ‘Fine’ – posted on Sheep, Dog & Wolf’s Facebook page on June 3, 2021 https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=208402787776540&set=a.165977122019107
III by Milk (Reuben Winter) https://flyingnun.bandcamp.com/album/iii
In this episode of Literary Lounge, Alison and Ineka bring you a blizzard of bots with a side order of diversity and possibility. Enjoy!
The Convenience Continuum. Can you treat the pain of family grief with a 16th century elixir? Find out on this episode of Literary Lounge with Alison and Ineka.
Join Alison and Ineka in the Literary Lounge as they wander from Starbucks to a start-up – dropping in on a cult and a beach party along the way.
Current Central Library librarian Louise Linnell joins former staff members Jo Owen and Kay Lane (pictured left to right) to journey through their respective histories with Auckland City's public library.
Louise's summer internship at the Central library proved to be the start of a long and varied career at Lorne Street. Jo Owen began in a back office Business Unit designed particularly to service the research library needs of Auckland business. She then transitioned to a front line role and has many entertaining recollections from her six years on the fast moving reference desk, including some tips and tricks for when it comes to handling those tricky customers! Kay Lane served for 41 years in the pumping heart of the library: the circulation department. She tells how her firm but fair approach to customer service sometimes led to sleepless nights, which just goes to show how much the librarian's heart is with their primary stock-in-trade - the people.
Image credit: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 727-3 Produced by Mark Gosper 2019 - 2020
Georgia Prince has had oversight of Auckland Libraries' rare books collection since the late 1970s. In this kōrero with Mark Gosper, she talks about the transition from rare books as "treasures", kept apart from the main collection but not necessarily well preserved by modern standards, to the development of a large department given over entirely to Special Collections as it is now known.
Rare books, due to their very nature, are afforded special treatment, an elevated status (literally and figuratively) that sees the librarian tasked with their care juggling the competing demands of accessibility and preservation. These collections are of necessity still kept in special storage, however modern technologies, including digital reproduction have helped extend not only their shelf life but also their availability.
Georgia also discusses the changing attitudes to New Zealand books and their belated recognition as equally worthy of preservation as their international and perhaps more prestigious shelf-mates.
We welcome you to join us as we fling open the doors on the rare books, roll out the blue carpet (well, reminisce about it at least) and reveal a little more about your library.
Recorded at the Auckland Central library on 6 December 2018 Produced by Mark Gosper 2019 - 2020
From its beginnings in the Mechanics Institute to installation in the present art gallery building (pictured) and now on Lorne Street, find out how Auckland got its free public library.
Sir George Grey's donation of his substantial private collection provided the core of the initial library collection. Rare books specialist Georgia Prince describes the nature of that initial donation and discusses possible drivers behind Grey's desire to provide Auckland with a public library.
Also former manager Geoff Chamberlain shares his memories of the "Grey Annexe" - a less than ideal space used to store special collections in the old library building.
And Rob Eruera, Poukokiri Taonga Tuku Iho Maori, discusses the complexities of keeping taonga Maori collections items within a European oriented public library system.
Image Credit: Tibor Donner, Auckland Public Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 1950/12 (1933) Music credit: Run Come - Shaolin Dub Produced by Mark Gosper - 2019-2020
Welcome to Uncovered! Your very own behind the scenes tour of Auckland Central Library.
Meet rare books librarian Georgia Prince, former intern and later library manager Geoff Chamberlain, staff members Kay Lane, Louise Linnell and Jo Owen and research librarian David Verran.
Plus current Central Library staff member Karel gives us a sneak peak into the library's rarely seen basement collection.
Image credit: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 1111-4 Music credit: Run Come - Shaolin Dub
Produced by Mark Gosper 2019-2020
Is it possible to navigate our way through the chaos and complexity of our various emergencies while retaining humanity, hope and humour? Find out on this Literary Lounge episode with Alison and Ineka.
All the books discussed in this episode can be found in the Auckland Libraries catalogue, most in a range of formats. Click the links below to request or borrow a selection of featured titles:
This is how it always is by Laurie Frankel: bit.ly/3nTPNpH Everything changes by Stephanie Johnson: bit.ly/Everything_Changes We begin at the end by Chris Whitaker: bit.ly/3kl8u51 The end of men by Christina Sweeney-Baird: bit.ly/The_end_of_men
Literary Lockdown: S is for... Is it possible to link socialism, suffrage, sugar-daddies, scholarship, suspense and stylish, chunky woollen sweaters through books? Join Alison and Ineka in the socially distanced literary lounge to find out!
All the books discussed in this episode can be found in the Auckland Libraries catalogue, most in a range of formats. Click the links below to request or borrow a selection of featured titles:
Auckland Libraries OverDrive Always Available Classics collection: bit.ly/3BLK1vy When Patty went to college by Jean Webster: bit.ly/When_Patty_went_to_college Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster: bit.ly/3BELi7v Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld: bit.ly/Curtis_Sittenfeld_Prep Red dust road by Jackie Kay: bit.ly/Red_Dust_Road The tally stick by Carl Nixon: bit.ly/The_Tally_Stick
Episode 5 - Lips
In this Level 3 lockdown interview, Dedee chats to Steph Brown from Lips, about their album I Don’t Know Why I Do Anything. Steph talks about how Lips’ sound has changed, and how writing music for films influenced the sound of the album. We also talk about the music video for ‘What the Hell’, great memories from their last tour, and how living in New York feeds into your songwriting.
This podcast was recorded on October 11, 2021
References:
Artist links: Website: https://www.lipssongs.com/ Bandcamp: https://lipssongs.bandcamp.com/music
Tracks used: All tracks used in this podcast are from the album I Don’t Know Why I Do Anything by Lips, released on July 16, 2021 (apart from the Beck track) - ‘Sometimes I’m Afraid’ by Lips - ‘Guilty Talk’ by Lips - ‘Your Deodorant Doesn’t Work’ by Lips - ‘Where It’s At’ by Beck, from the album Odelay - ‘You’ by Lips
Music Video: ‘What The Hell’ (July 22, 2021) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhIL7iK6zoA&list=RDUhIL7iK6zoA
From the Library collection: Beck – Odelay (CD), 1996 https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2007789
Daffodils (DVD), 2019 https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3636982
Other references: Long Player on 95bFM, Jess Fu interview with Lips (July 24, 2021) https://95bfm.com/bcast/long-player-lips-i-dont-know-why-i-do-anything
Lips perform ‘What The Hell’ on Trash Recital (July 14, 2021) https://www.undertheradar.co.nz/news/18738/LIPS-Perform-What-The-Hell---UTR-Trash-Recital-Episode-6.utr
Other Music Videos: ‘Heave Ho’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDAQkk00I8E&ab_channel=Lips
‘Guilty Talk’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3-OwepzYGQ&ab_channel=Lips
‘Your Deodorant Doesn’t Work’ (Official Lyric Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un653iJPI2U&ab_channel=Lips
In this episode, we return to the friendship between Samuel Johnson and James Boswell by focusing on a trip the pair made to Scotland.
Georgia explains how both authors wrote about their trip in quite different ways. Johnson’s book has a rational, almost anthropological take on their journey. While Boswell’s writing about Johnson fascinated and repelled readers in the eighteenth century because he blurred the distinction between public and private life.
Learn more about these rare books: https://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Pages/meet-a-rare-book-ep10-johnson-boswell-hebrides.aspx
Enjoy other Meet a Rare Book episodes from the series playlist: www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Pages/meet…-book.aspx
Sound Archive: Originally recorded on 3 October 2019 for the Meet a Rare Book Collection SA_0078_22
Image: James Boswell. A journal of a tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, 1807. b1971322_06
Music: www.purple-planet.com; www.chosic.com
Production Credits: Edited and presented for podcast by Mark Gosper, 2021. Staff talks presented by Georgia Prince recorded by Sue Berman [2019-2021].
Executive producer - Sue Berman Research and copywriting - Renée Orr, Zoë Colling, Georgia Prince and Jane Wild.
Thanks to the Digital Assets, Web Design and Content and Development Teams.
Supported by Auckland Council Libraries.
Over the past 200 years, much has been written about the infamous mutiny on the Bounty.
Listen to Georgia tell the whole grim story, from the events of the mutiny, to Bligh and his crew cast off in a tiny launch exposed to the elements, and finally the disastrous voyage of the Pandora, the naval frigate sent to track down the mutineers.
Learn more about these rare books: https://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Pages/meet-a-rare-book-ep9-mutiny-on-the-bounty.aspx
Enjoy other Meet a Rare Book episodes from the series playlist: www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Pages/meet…-book.aspx
Sound Archive: Originally recorded on25 November 2020 for the Meet a Rare Book Collection SA_0078_21
Image: George Hamilton. A voyage round the world, in His Majesty’s frigate Pandora, 1793. b3440756_06
Music: www.purple-planet.com
Production Credits: Edited and presented for podcast by Mark Gosper, 2021. Staff talks presented by Georgia Prince recorded by Sue Berman [2019-2021].
Executive producer - Sue Berman Research and copywriting - Renée Orr, Zoë Colling, Georgia Prince and Jane Wild.
Thanks to the Digital Assets, Web Design and Content and Development Teams.
Supported by Auckland Council Libraries.
Listen to learn about Mary Wollstonecraft’s groundbreaking book of feminist philosophy, her brave and unconventional lifestyle, her political writing on the French Revolution, and her imaginatively written travel book.
After Wollstonecraft's death, her grief-stricken widower, William Godwin, published Memoirs of Her Life, a revolutionary biography, which inadvertently destroyed her reputation for almost a century.
Learn more about these rare books: https://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Pages/meet-a-rare-book-ep7-wollstonecraft.aspx
Enjoy other Meet a Rare Book episodes from the series playlist: www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Pages/meet…-book.aspx
Sound Archive: Originally recorded on 11 February 2021 for the Meet a Rare Book Collection SA_0078_22
Image: Mary Wollstonecraft. A vindication of the rights of woman, 1792. b1973396_02
Music: Afternoon Tea by Mona Wonderlick - https://soundcloud.com/search?q=Mona%20Wonderlick AShamaluevMusic - https://soundcloud.com/search?q=AShamaluevMusic
Production Credits: Edited and presented for podcast by Mark Gosper, 2021. Staff talks presented by Georgia Prince recorded by Sue Berman [2019-2021].
Executive producer - Sue Berman Research and copywriting - Renée Orr, Zoë Colling, Georgia Prince and Jane Wild.
Thanks to the Digital Assets, Web Design and Content and Development Teams.
Supported by Auckland Council Libraries.
In the eighteenth-century, accounts of maritime exploration were a popular genre in book publishing.
This episode features two voyages that captured the public’s imagination – Anson’s controversial expedition to attack Spanish interests in South America, and Cook’s first voyage to the Pacific on the Endeavour. Listen to Georgia tell the story of these journeys through the books published about them.
Learn more about these rare books: https://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Pages/meet-a-rare-book-ep8-anson-cook.aspx
Enjoy other Meet a Rare Book episodes from the series playlist: www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Pages/meet…-book.aspx
Sound Archive: Originally recorded on 23 January 2020 {Anson] SA_0078_12 and 21 March 2020 [Cook] SA_0078_14 for the Meet a Rare Book Collection.
Image: John Byron. The narrative of the Honourable John Byron, 1768. b1966225_02
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com Dawn chorus with bellbird/korimako in the foreground: https://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/native-animals/birds/bird-songs-and-calls/
Production Credits: Edited and presented for podcast by Mark Gosper, 2021. Staff talks presented by Georgia Prince recorded by Sue Berman [2019-2021].
Executive producer - Sue Berman Research and copywriting - Renée Orr, Zoë Colling, Georgia Prince and Jane Wild.
Thanks to the Digital Assets, Web Design and Content and Development Teams.
Supported by Auckland Council Libraries.
Samuel Johnson and James Boswell were two figures of eighteenth-century literature who wrote highly influential works.
Listen to Georgia explore Johnson’s dictionary - a publication that remained the single most authoritative English dictionary for over 150 years. We also learn about Boswell’s biography of Johnson, one of the first biographies in English to attempt to show the completeness of a person’s character rather than only revealing their positive attributes.
Learn more about these rare books: https://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Pages/meet-a-rare-book-ep6-johnson-boswell.aspx
Enjoy other Meet a Rare Book episodes from the series playlist: www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Pages/meet…-book.aspx
Sound Archive: Originally recorded on 19 September 2019 for the Meet a Rare Book Collection SA_0078_06
Image: Samuel Johnson. A dictionary of the English language, 1765. b1966382_Vol_1_02
Music: www.purple-planet.com
Production Credits: Edited and presented for podcast by Mark Gosper, 2021. Staff talks presented by Georgia Prince recorded by Sue Berman [2019-2021].
Executive producer - Sue Berman Research and copywriting - Renée Orr, Zoë Colling, Georgia Prince and Jane Wild.
Thanks to the Digital Assets, Web Design and Content and Development Teams.
Supported by Auckland Council Libraries.
In this episode, we get up close and personal with Horace Walpole: prime minister’s son, writer, and patron of the arts.
Georgia first discusses a book of poetry printed at Walpole’s Strawberry Hill Press before taking us inside the walls of the house itself, a gothic masterpiece on the banks of the river Thames on the outskirts of London.
Learn more about these rare books: https://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Pages/meet-a-rare-book-ep5-horace-walpole.aspx
Enjoy other Meet a Rare Book episodes from the series playlist: www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Pages/meet…-book.aspx
Sound Archive: Originally recorded on 22 August 2019 for the Meet a Rare Book Collection SA_0078_04
Image: The works of Horatio Walpole, 1798. b1969393_Vol_1_03
Music: www.purple-planet.com
Production Credits: Edited and presented for podcast by Mark Gosper, 2021. Staff talks presented by Georgia Prince recorded by Sue Berman [2019-2021].
Executive producer - Sue Berman Research and copywriting - Renée Orr, Zoë Colling, Georgia Prince and Jane Wild.
Thanks to the Digital Assets, Web Design and Content and Development Teams.
Supported by Auckland Council Libraries.
One of the most valued attributes of a scientific illustration in the eighteenth-century was colour, which at that time was painstakingly applied by hand.
Listen to this episode to hear Georgia discuss the illustrations in two remarkable books - one about plants and one about insects - then head to Kura Heritage Collections Online to browse all the images.
Learn more about these rare books: https://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Pages/meet-a-rare-book-ep4-hand-colouring.aspx
Enjoy other Meet a Rare Book episodes from the series playlist: www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Pages/meet…-book.aspx
Sound Archive: Originally recorded on 25 July 2019 for the Meet a Rare Book Collection SA_0078_02
Image: Moses Harris. An exposition of English insects, 1782, b1972780_002
Music: www.purple-planet.com; Afternoon Tea by Mona Wonderlick - soundcloud.com/search?q=Mona%20Wonderlick
Production Credits: Edited and presented for podcast by Mark Gosper, 2021. Staff talks presented by Georgia Prince recorded by Sue Berman [2019-2021].
Executive producer - Sue Berman Research and copywriting - Renée Orr, Zoë Colling, Georgia Prince and Jane Wild.
Thanks to the Digital Assets, Web Design and Content and Development Teams.
Supported by Auckland Council Libraries.
In the eighteenth-century, exotic plant species were arriving in England from all over the world, but prospective gardeners faced the challenge of growing them successfully in the local climate.
Listen to Georgia discuss two famous books that provided advice on everything from building coal-heated greenhouses to making and preserving wine, alongside sumptuous illustrations of the new flowers and fruits that could be grown.
Learn more about these rare books: https://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Pages/meet-a-rare-book-ep3-gardening.aspx
Enjoy other Meet a Rare Book episodes from the series playlist: www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Pages/meet…-book.aspx
Sound Archive: Originally recorded on 11 July 2019 for the Meet a Rare Book Collection SA_0078_01
Image: John Hill. Eden: or, a compleat body of gardening, 1757. b1968299_033
Music: www.purple-planet.com; Afternoon Tea by Mona Wonderlick - https://soundcloud.com/search?q=Mona%20Wonderlick
Production Credits: Edited and presented for podcast by Mark Gosper, 2021. Staff talks presented by Georgia Prince recorded by Sue Berman [2019-2021].
Executive producer - Sue Berman Research and copywriting - Renée Orr, Zoë Colling, Georgia Prince and Jane Wild.
Thanks to the Digital Assets, Web Design and Content and Development Teams.
Supported by Auckland Council Libraries.
Illustrating early books could be difficult and time-consuming, but could also produce stunning results.
In this episode, we delve into the delicate process of creating a book by engraving on to copper plates and then printing from these plates on to paper.
Learn more about these rare books: https://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Pages/meet-a-rare-book-ep2-engraved-books.aspx
Enjoy other Meet a Rare Book episodes from the series playlist: https://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Pages/meet-a-rare-book.aspx
Sound Archive: Originally recorded on 8 August 2019 for the Meet a Rare Book Collection SA_0078_03
Image: Horace. Quinti Horatii Flacci opera, Volume 2, 1733, b1968354_Vol_2_46
Music: www.purple-planet.com; Different Story by Another Kid; zapsplat.com
Production Credits: Edited and presented for podcast by Mark Gosper, 2021. Staff talks presented by Georgia Prince recorded by Sue Berman [2019-2021].
Executive producer - Sue Berman Research and copywriting - Renée Orr, Zoë Colling, Georgia Prince and Jane Wild.
Thanks to the Digital Assets, Web Design and Content and Development Teams.
Supported by Auckland Council Libraries.
Listen to Georgia Prince talk about one of Auckland Libraries particularly beautiful medieval manuscripts, the Besancon missal, created in 1470.
Discover how medieval manuscripts were created and why they have always been luxury objects. The process of making the vellum, sourcing the best pigments, and commissioning the best artists and apprentices were time-consuming and expensive tasks.
Learn more about this manuscript: https://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Pages/meet-a-rare-book-ep1-medieval-manuscripts.aspx
Enjoy other Meet a Rare Book episodes from the series playlist: https://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Pages/meet-a-rare-book.aspx
Sound: Originally recorded on 3 August 2021 for the Meet a Rare Book Collection SA_0078_025
Image: Catholic Church. Besancon missal, 1470. MS G.139.017
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com; https://www.chosic.com; zapsplat.com
Production Credits: Edited and presented for podcast by Mark Gosper, 2021. Staff talks presented by Georgia Prince recorded by Sue Berman [2019-2021].
Executive producer - Sue Berman Research and copywriting - Renée Orr, Zoë Colling, Georgia Prince and Jane Wild.
Thanks to the Digital Assets, Web Design and Content and Development Teams.
Supported by Auckland Council Libraries.
Don’t grow up – it's a trap! What is it about the ever popular coming-of-age novel that makes it so appealing? Alison and Ineka investigate and highlight some recent cool literature about adolescent angst.
All the books discussed in this episode can be found in the Auckland Libraries catalogue, most in a range of formats. Click the links below to request or borrow a selection of featured titles:
Beartown by Fredrik Backman: bit.ly/Beartown_Fredrick_Backman More than a woman by Caitlin Moran: bit.ly/More_than_a_Woman The Perfume Burned His Eyes by Michael Imperioli: bit.ly/Perfume_Burned_his_Eyes Falling into Rarohenga by Steph Matuku: bit.ly/Falling_into_Rarohenga Pūrākau: Māori myths retold by Māori writers edited by Witi Ihimaera and Whiti Hereaka: bit.ly/Pūrākau
International Banned Books Week: Books unite us, censorship divides us. Join Alison and Ineka as they highlight the value of free and open access to information. They review some current challenged titles and some from 40 years ago. Celebrate the freedom to read! All the books discussed in this episode can be found in the Auckland Libraries catalogue, most in a range of formats. Click the links below to request or borrow a selection of featured titles:
George by Alex Gino: https://bit.ly/George_Alex_Gino Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You by Jason Reynolds: https://bit.ly/Stamped_Jason_Reynolds Widowland by C. J. Carey: https://bit.ly/Widowland_C_J_Carey The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick https://bit.ly/Man_in_the_High_Castle Fatherland by Robert Harris: https://bit.ly/Fatherland_Robert_Harris Farthing by Jo Walton: https://bit.ly/Farthing_Jo_Walton Lace by Shirley Conran: https://bit.ly/Lace_Shirley_Conran Detransition Baby by Torrey Peters: https://bit.ly/Detransition_Baby The Pigman by Paul Zindel: https://bit.ly/Pigman_Paul_Zindel
This month Dedee chats to Henrieta Tornyai aka Henika, about being a musician stuck in lockdown, and her upcoming album Strange Creatures, which uses samples of birdsong she recorded on Tiritiri Matangi in the Hauraki Gulf.
She talks about the electronic instrument the theremin and two artists who have influenced her, Björk and Kimbra, who she admires for the way they blend electronic and organic sounds.
This interview was recorded on September 16, 2021
References: Henika – artist links: https://henika.bandcamp.com/ https://www.facebook.com/henikamusic/
Artists mentioned in our Library collection: Björk - Medulla (compact disc, 2004) https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1596832 Kimbra – Vows (compact disc, 2012) https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2685898
All tracks used are from Henika’s upcoming album Strange Creatures, due for release on November 5, 2021 Tracks used in Part 1: Perforated Heart Dawn Chorus
This track is Part 2 of an interview with musician Henika. In this track we talk about the music videos for the first two singles from her album Strange Creatures, featuring dancers wearing beautifully made papier mache bird heads. We also delve deeper into the message behind the songs.
This interview was recorded on September 16, 2021
References: Henika – artist links: https://henika.bandcamp.com/ https://www.facebook.com/henikamusic/
Music videos: Strange Creatures (21 April, 2021) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jauJscQDgIw&ab_channel=HenikaOfficial
The Future of the Species (11 August, 2021) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3haSFXeMg0&ab_channel=HenikaOfficial
All tracks used are from Henika’s upcoming album Strange Creatures, due for release on November 5, 2021
Tracks used in Part 2: Strange Creatures Future of the Species
Discover a riveting read on OverDrive with Poukōkiri Whakatapoko Tāpaenga / Senior Collections Librarian Maureen Ned's review of Tōku Vanessa e pōuriuri / My dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell, written and recorded in te reo Māori.
Written in English, this bold and powerful 2020 novel follows 32 year-old Vanessa and her former English teacher, Jacob. Emerging allegations and the Me Too movement lead Vanessa to revisit the true nature of their relationship which begun when she was just 15 years old.
Mahuru Māori (1 - 30 Mahuru) is a chance to celebrate one of the official languages of Aotearoa. This year’s theme is: Tōku reo, tōku tūrangawaewae. My language, my home.
Find the eBook of My Dark Vanessa on the libraries' catalogue here: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3755201
Some exciting news to spice up this Literary Lounge Lockdown episode - the 2021 Booker Prize shortlist has just been announced. Alison and Ineka discuss the list and recommend some read-alike titles you could crack into while you wait to get hold of the reading world’s latest hot-ticket items.
Whakarongo (listen) as Poukokiri Rangahau Māori / Senior Māori Research Librarian Xavier Forsman reviews a favourite pukapuka, Purple Heart by Ta'afuli Andrew Fiu, in te reo Māori.
Available as an eBook on OverDrive and Libby and written in English, this inspiring memoir tells Fiu's story of growing up Samoan in Aotearoa and his experience of living with rheumatic fever. Through hospital stays, six heart surgeries and racial discrimination, his spirit remains strong nourished by the support of family and friends.
Mahuru Māori (1 - 30 Mahuru) is a chance to celebrate one of the official languages of Aotearoa. This year’s theme is: Tōku reo, tōku tūrangawaewae. My language, my home.
Find this book on the libraries' catalogue here: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3143841
It's an honour to present to you Librarian Raniera Kingi (Poukōkiri Rangahau Māori) in conversation with the author and educator Hēmi Kelly. Hēmi (Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Tahu, Ngāti Whāoa) is a lecturer in te reo Māori at AUT. He is the author of ‘A Māori Word a Day,’ ‘A Māori Phrase a Day,’ translator of Te ruānuku / The Alchemist for the Kōtahi Rau Pukapuka project; and runs Everyday Māori on Facebook and Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everydaymaori/.
In this track Bruce Ralston talks us through an entry into family history writing.
Bruce is editor of The New Zealand Genealogist and Chair of the Ted Gilberd Literary Trust that supports writing of family history. With a long career in libraries and archives, together with a half century of genealogical research, he is conscious of the struggle many have converting their research into formats that will engage other people. While a published family history is a fine objective, there are many other ways to tackle the matter in smaller bites.
Music: When it all falls by Ketsa
It’s another lockdown Literary Lounge with Alison and Ineka. So, grab a cuppa and make yourself comfy as we highlight the hilarious, the forbidden and the confessional corridors of our collections.
It’s pouffes at 20 paces again because Alison and Ineka are in literary lockdown. As well as more chat about the Booker’s Dozen, you’ll find out what they’ve been reading and get some great tips about making the most of your library membership during Level 4 for all your reading, watching and listening requirements.
"Craigavon is the western-most reserve at Blockhouse Bay. So far west, that at some points during its story, the folks at Green Bay saw fit to lay a bit of a claim to it, at least in spirit".
In this episode of the Whau Heritage Stories series, Lisa Truttman delivers a history of the land and people associated with the area currently known as Craigavon Park and the associated Motu Moana camp site.
Recorded live on 17 June, 2021 at Blockhouse Bay Library.
The Whau Heritage Stories series supported by the Whau Local Board and Auckland Libraries.
Sound record: SA_0137_002. Image Credit: Merrilyn from Blockhouse Bay library, 2021
The St Andrews Church Hall on Margan Ave in New Lynn has one odd chapter to its history: it was the scene of a theft, a crime for which no perpetrators were ever found …. and that theft involved a Vickers machine-gun and ammunition. Seems rather at odds with the rest of the building’s story!"
In this episode Lisa Truttman shares a Whau Heritage Story from New Lynn that gripped that nation.
Recorded live on 13 June, 2021 at New Lynn Library.
The Whau Heritage Stories series supported by the Whau Local Board and Auckland Libraries.
Sound record: SA_0137_005 Image credit: https://www.mightyape.co.nz/product/300-vickers-machine-gun-mechanism-made-easy/26802046 retrieved 26/08/2021
"Motu means island, and Mānawa means, among other things, mangrove. The mangrove is Avicennia marina australasica, a native species to New Zealand for the past millions of years. Motu Mānawa is known also as Pollen Island, and the island obscured today by a motorway, Motu Te Kou, means fish hook. It is known also as Traherne Island..."
In this episode Lisa Truttman shares a Whau Heritage Story that stretches across the island and seascape of te Whau.
Recorded live on 22 May, 2021 at Avondale Library.
The Whau Heritage Stories series supported by the Whau Local Board and Auckland Libraries.
Sound record: SA_0137_004
If you look back far enough, you’ll come across a rather intriguing plan which dates from 1859 for the two townships of Whau North and South (today’s Blockhouse Bay).
What was behind all those names slapped across the plan of the landscape from the Manukau Harbour to the Whau Creek back in 1859? Where’d they come from?
In this episode Lisa Truttman shares a Whau Heritage Story from Blockhouse Bay to the Whau Creek.
Recorded live on 13 May, 2021 at Blockhouse Bay Library.
The Whau Heritage Stories series supported by the Whau Local Board and Auckland Libraries.
Sound record: SA_0137_003 Image credit: Townships Whau, north and south, Map, Archives NZ, R22822741
"It can and should be remembered that one of the places where the legendary Māori Battalion began was a small semi-rural backwater in Auckland called Avondale".
In this episode Lisa Truttman shares a Whau Heritage Story linking a wider history of the Māori Battalion to Avondale’s racecourse which was the chosen site of the training camp, named “Waiatarua".
Recorded live on 24st April, 2021 at Avondale Library.
The Whau Heritage Stories series supported by the Whau Local Board and Auckland Libraries.
Sound record: SA_0137_002,
"One summer’s day, in December 1881, two days before Christmas, Lawrence Teirney got off his horse bus outside the Whau Hotel on the Great North Road, took off his jacket, rolled up his sleeves, and offered....an expression of the art of fisticuffs in the otherwise quiet rural surroundings. There was a fair bit that led to that moment, and a fair bit after it an’ all"
In this episode Lisa Truttman shares a Whau Heritage Story from New Lynn, through the lens of horse bus driver Lawrence Teirney.
Recorded live on 21st April, 2021 at New Lynn Library.
The Whau Heritage Stories series supported by the Whau Local Board and Auckland Libraries.
Sound record: SA_0137_001 Image Credit: Teirney family collection
Part 2: In this second part of an interview with Theia, she talks about her love of Carole King, and why she chose the album Tapestry from our collection.
We also talk about the band for the Te Kaahu project, and how that came together.
References: Tapestry (CD) – Carole King (1971) https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2323287
Tracks used: You’ve Got A Friend – Carole King So Far Away – Carole King
Part 1: In this episode Dedee chats to Theia about three of her music videos – one of them filmed in L.A. just before the city went into lockdown.
We talk about her Te Kaahu project, where she writes and performs songs all in te reo Maori. Theia shares what it was like being forced to come home early due to Covid, but getting to perform online at ‘cyber concerts’, and how this can break down barriers for artists in physical spaces.
References: Theia (CD) – Theia (2017) https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3365550
Undertheradar website - Premiere + Interview: Theia x Vayne Share Video For 'CREEP' (Annabel Kean, Thursday 8th April, 2021) https://www.undertheradar.co.nz/news/18408/Premiere--Interview-Theia-x-Vayne-Share-Video-For-CREEP.utr
Tracks used: 99% Angel – Theia E Hine Ē – Te Kaahu Celebrity - Theia Creep - Theia and Vayne
Music videos: TE KAAHU - E Hine Ē - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IutIfEfrEe0&ab_channel=TEKAAHU (3 August 2021) THEIA – Celebrity - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRVyZAmpk_E&ab_channel=Theia (14 May 2020) THEIA and Vayne - Creep - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz1RfIy7QWI&ab_channel=Theia (8 April 2021)
Alison and Ineka present the second part of their preview of the Booker's dozen - the thirteen titles that have made the 2021 Booker Prize Longlist. Listen along and discover some additional read-alike titles to devour while you are waiting to get hold of those mouth-watering Booker books.
In this talk, keen genealogist and MyHeritage representative Elena Fowler explains how MyHeritage can help you learn more about your family history and genealogy. Find out what MyHeritage contains and how to navigate the website.
Access to MyHeritage is available through the Auckland Libraries website.
Music: When it all falls by Ketsa
Alison and Ineka talk about some recent reads before dipping into the just-announced Booker’s dozen – the thirteen titles that have made this year’s Booker Prize Longlist. They even have some suggestions for books to read while you are waiting to get hold of those mouth-watering Booker titles.
In this talk Principal Oral History advisor Sue Berman takes the listener on an engaging tour of the oral histories and sound recordings available in the Auckland Libraries oral history heritage collection.
Check out the oral history collection here: https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory
Music: When it falls by Ketsa
In this episode we turn our attention to the Frank Reed Dumas Collection held in the Heritage collections of Auckland Libraries. This most significant Dumas collection outside of France was put together by Frank Reed from Whangarei. It's an extraordinary achievement and fascinating story.
In this track Haunui Royal is joined by Kate de Courcy who spent many years arranging and working with the Reed Dumas Collection.
Current catalogue reference: tinyurl.com/bxe4c473
To access this collection or to find out more please email: specialcollections@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz And ask about the Reed Dumas Collection
Not many people are aware that the greatest collection of books and manuscripts of the celebrated French novelist and playwright Alexandre Dumas outside of Paris is housed at the Auckland Central Library as part of Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections.
Dumas’s most recognized works include The Three Musketeers; The Man with the Iron Mask; and, The Count of Monte Cristo and his works are still enjoyed by readers and movie goers to this day. There is no doubt that Dumas and his works maintain an enduring fascination for the modern audience and reader.
In this interview Haunui Royal talks to Kate de Courcy, who recently retired from Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections and who for many years was responsible for overseeing the Reed Dumas Collection.
Tune into the next episode to learn about Frank Reed the Dumas collector.
Current catalogue reference: https://tinyurl.com/bxe4c473
To access this collection or to find out more please email: specialcollections@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz And ask about the Reed Dumas Collection
For this second instalment, Dedee chats to Yolanda and Harriet from Na Noise, about their debut album Waiting For You, which won the Junior Taite Prize (also known as the “Baby Taite”) this year.
We chat a bit about their writing process, being asked to cover a Reb Fountain song at the Taite Awards, and playing their first Level 2 seated gig at Whammy bar after the first Covid lockdown. We also discuss their two very cool music videos, and why they only feature in one of them.
All tracks used in this podcast are from Na Noise’s album Waiting For You, released on 1:12 records, November 20, 2020.
Tracks: - Sun Stone Air - Waiting For You - Dance With Me - Na Noise
Music videos: Waiting For You - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJw2zOPyUeo&ab_channel=NaNoise Dance With Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaxBLE305TY&ab_channel=NaNoise
Items chosen from the Auckland Libraries collection: Book: Yé-Yé girls of '60s French pop / by Jean-Emmanuel Deluxe ; [foreword by Lio] Deluxe, Jean-Emmanuel, 1970-, Feral House, 2013 https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2826289
DVDs: Aki Kaurismäki films The other side of hope (Motion picture : 2017) DVD, Palace Films, 2018 Le Havre (Motion picture) DVD, Madman Entertainment, 2012 https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3523971
CD: Rumble! : the best of Link Wray, Wray, Link., Rhino, 1993 https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2270319
Last year linguist Susan Verran and historian David Verran transcribed the journals of Isaac Rhodes Cooper, which he wrote in the 1850s.
In this talk, Susan and David describe the challenges of transcribing the young British officer’s journals and what they learned about Cooper's several excursions around the upper north island (from Taupō to the Bay of Islands).
The original journals (NZMS 56a) are available to view online https://bit.ly/IsaacRhodesCooper
Isaac Rhodes Cooper later used these accounts as the basis for his book ‘The New Zealand settlers guide…with a digest of the constitution and land regulations https://bit.ly/NZSettlersGuide
Image: Isaac Rhodes Cooper sketch of Auckland Province.
During her 32 years at the helm, publishing doyenne, Jean Wishart, transformed the Woman’s Weekly into a highly successful magazine – one that reflected the real lives and interests of its female readership.
In this talk, Jenny Lynch, former Weekly editor and author, tells the personal story behind this remarkable woman.
Under the covers: the secrets of a magazine editor https://bit.ly/SecretsofaMagazineEditor New Zealand woman's weekly : 70 years from pavlovas to prime ministers https://bit.ly/NZWW70Years
This week our reading has taken us from Roman times all the way through to the year 2024. Join Alison and Ineka on the Literary Lounge time-travellator to find out more.
Award winning writer Greg McGee, best known for his play Foreskin’s Lament, came to Going West in 2015 to talk on writing, rugby, toxic masculinity, female pseudonyms, life in Italy and his novel The Antipodeans - an intergenerational tale of love, blood and betrayal.
For this conversation, he is joined by well-known and well-read journalist David Larsen.
McGee, an almost All Black, is known for works that have challenged the social norms of masculine behaviours in New Zealand, most notably his hugely popular play Foreskin’s Lament. First performed in 1981, his dark drama set in a rugby club changing room stripped New Zealand masculinity naked and began the demise of the once popular slur "Whaddarya?”
McGee went on to be a successful screenwriter, writing based-on-true story dramatisations and mini-series based on the Erebus disaster and the infamous Lange Government, as well as contributing to several popular New Zealand TV shows including Marlin Bay, Street Legal, and Orange Roughies. He also penned the screenplay for Old Scores, a rugby-based feature film.
As a novelist, McGee first wrote under the pseudonym Alix Bosco, winning the prestigious Ngaio Marsh Award for his debut, CUT & RUN. He also wrote All Blacks captain Richie McCaw's 2012 biography, one of the bestselling New Zealand books of the last decade
Working class heroes and poets Serie Barford and Glenn Colquhoun celebrate their working class roots as part of the Going West Oblivion Express as it steams to Helensville Station. Passengers along for the ride were entertained and charmed by this witty pairing of two of New Zealand’s finest performance poets.
It is pure working class gold, sprinkled with a West Auckland flavour, as they celebrate their whānau, friends, and community with poems about ceramic swans, the knicker factory, bullrush, and bog filled cars, grapevines and the alchemy of Assid Corban’s orchids.
Both Barford and Colquhoun are long-time friends of the Going West Writers Festival and have been regular guests throughout the years.
Serie Barford is a poet and short fiction writer of European and Polynesian descent, with a background in performance poetry. She has published four poetry collections: Plea to the Spanish Lady (Hard Echo Press, 1985), Glass Canisters (Hard Echo Press, 1989), Tapa Talk (Huia, 2007), and Entangled Islands (Anahera Press, 2015). Her work is also published in multiple journals and anthologies.
Glenn Colquhoun is a doctor, and an award-winning poet and children’s writer. His first collection The Art of Walking Upright (Steele Roberts, 1999) won the Jessie Mackay Best First Book of Poetry award at the Montana Book Awards (2000). Playing God (Hammersmith Press, 2002), his third collection, won the poetry section of the same awards in 2003, as well as the Readers’ Choice Award that year. His latest book Late Love, (Bridget Williams Books, 2016) is an adaptation of a speech given at the APAC health conference in 2013, outlining the relationship in his life between poetry and medicine.
Rewi Alley, a quiet bloke from Canterbury, a dabbler in poetry, a farmer, fireman and soldier went "to go and have a look at China" and ended up becoming the architect of one of the world's greatest labour movements.
In her book A Communist in the Family: Searching for Rewi Alley, Rewi's cousin Elspeth Sandys presents a layered biography of the Kiwi who became a Chinese hero and "the great friend of the people of China". New Zealand has Special Nation Status in China entirely because of Rewi Alley and his work.
In conversation with New Zealand Herald investigative reporter Matt Nippert, Sandys recounts her 2017 visit to China to trace her cousin’s life there. On that visit, she was told there were more statues of Rewi than Mao Zedong. While she thought it an exaggeration, it certainly seemed possible in China’s North West.
Intrigued by what he had read about China, Alley left New Zealand in December 1926 to see the Chinese revolution up close. He would stay for 60 years, becoming one of China's best-known and best-loved foreigners.
In his first decade there, he worked variously as a fire officer, factory inspector and relief worker, labouring among the Chinese and trying to improve their living and working conditions.
He came to greater prominence during the Japanese invasion of China in 1937, after he was involved in efforts to found the Association of Chinese Industrial Cooperatives (INDUSCO), commonly known by the slogan Alley coined, ‘Gung Ho/Work Together'. Gung Ho aimed to organise small-scale self-supporting cooperatives which created employment for workers, while continuing production to support resistance against the Japanese.
In the following decades he worked tirelessly to elevate the lot of the working people of China. Before and after his death in 1987, both the New Zealand and Chinese governments honoured Alley for his work in China and have continued to do so in recent decades, with commemorative events in 1997 and 2007.
150 years on from the original landmark study of New Zealand’s birdlife, Buller’s Birds were re-imagined and J G Keulemans re-discovered in Geoff Norman Buller’s Birds of New Zealand.
This revision and revisiting of Walter Buller’s original ornithological study includes exquisitely reproduced water-colours by JG Keulemans, the most renowned ornithological artist of the 19th century.
In this Going West session from 2013, Geoff Norman is joined in entertaining and enlightening conversation by writer, satirist, ornithologist and journalist Steve Bruanias, author of How to Watch a Bird.
Many of the birds reproduced in Norman’s book are now extinct; all we have of them are snippets in oral history, scraps of texts, a few feathers and the odd stuffed carcass in a Museum. And, of course, Walter Buller’s book.
It was incredibly popular, especially from the second edition, due to Keulemans’ illustrations - though these were poorly reproduced through the printing process of chromolithography.
Norman’s new edition of Buller's Birds of New Zealand includes the complete works of J.G. Keulemans, exquisitely reproduced from the original paintings held in the British Museum and re-discovered by Norman while on a trip to England.
Geoff Norman has a background in science and environmental studies, works in the publication business and is a keen tramper. His Buller’s Birds edition published by Te Papa Press has been reprinted three times and won a raft of awards. His latest book Birdstories: A history of the birds of New Zealand was a finalist in the 2019 Ockham NZ Book Awards.
Te Papa Press were able to secure the services of bird lover Stephen Fry to write the foreword for Norman’s book. In it, he heaps praise upon the importance of the book and its place in history:
“There can be no finer example of the pinnacle of Victorian cataloguing than the stupendously fine work of Buller and Keulemans in their monumental collaboration… This wondrous, perfectly fashioned masterpiece marks a kind of dividing line between the old New Zealand of slaughter and extinction and the new New Zealand, which is one of the most conservation-minded, eco-aware and environmentally progressive nations on earth.”
“I am dizzy with pride at being offered this opportunity to introduce it to you. This precious and beautiful book is a perfect celebration of the precious and beautiful birds of the precious and beautiful islands of Aotearoa.”
This session from 2013 is titled after the first line of Peter Bland’s poem The Pond, Here Comes that Childhood Pond Again.
The conversation between poet, writer, actor and playwright Peter Bland and poet, blogger, and anthologist Paula Green traverses the world of childhood, children’s poetry and writing with warmth, wit and word-play as they frame the world through a poet’s eye.
In what is (as noted by Green) a rare opportunity to talk about children’s poetry at a book festival, Bland reads from his books The Night Kite and When Gulls Fly High and Green from Flamingo Bendalingo: Poems from the Zoo written in conjunction with 50 school children.
Peter Bland moved to Wellington from his native Yorkshire and emerged on the local poetry scene alongside James K Baxter and Louis Johnson, as a member of the Wellington Group. Peter has published three collections of poems for children: The Night Kite, When Gulls Fly High, and in 2018 The Happy Garden.
He has also worked as a character actor, winning Best Actor at the 1985 NZ Film Awards for Ian Mune’s comedy Came a Hot Friday, and co-founded Downstage Theatre in Wellington.
Paula Green is a popular poet, reviewer, NZ Book Award judge and children’s writer. She has written a number of poetry collections and edited several anthologies and two popular poetry blogs, NZ Poetry Box for children and NZ Poetry Shelf for adults. Paula is active in visiting and touring schools to talk about poetry.
Marilyn Waring delivered the Gala Night oratory at the Going West Books and Writers Festival in 2002, speaking to the theme Tracking the Vernacular.
Made a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2020, and a former politician, scholar, feminist, farmer, author, academic, and activist for female human rights and environmental issues , Waring is an exceptional and inspiring New Zealander.
Her keynote address is wise, compassionate, insightful and witty as she tracks what is her personal vernacular, a vernacular partly expressed through her writing. The address is part memoir and part love letter to Aotearoa.
This appearance was the first time Marilyn Waring had been invited to speak about her writing in New Zealand - but wouldn't be the last.
The 15th woman elected in New Zealand and one of only four women in Parliament at the time, her nine tumultuous years as a National Party MP boiled over in 1984 when she backed the Labour Opposition's nuclear-free policy, prompting then-Prime Minister Robert Muldoon to call a snap election he would lose.
She is best known for her 1988 book If Women Counted, and she obtained a D.Phil in political economy in 1989. Through her research and writing she is known as the principal founder of the discipline of feminist economics. Since 2006, Waring has been a Professor of Public Policy at the Institute of Public Policy at AUT in Auckland, New Zealand, focusing on governance and public policy, political economy, gender analysis, and human rights.
Since 2006, Waring has been a Professor of Public Policy at the Institute of Public Policy at AUT in Auckland, New Zealand, focusing on governance and public policy, political economy, gender analysis, and human rights. She has taken part in international aid work and served as a consultant to UNDP and other international organisations.
In her prizewinning debut novel Where the Rēkohu Bone Sings Tina Makereti confronts the complexities of cultural heritage, the past and the present, and Moriori, Māori and Pakeha identity. The novel is a compelling, powerful and haunting work.
In 2014, Makereti came to Going West to discuss her book live on stage with colleague, scholar and poet Selina Tusitala Marsh - who began the session with a poem penned for Tina and her extraordinary novel.
The session was an insightful, thoughtful and inspiring one, delving into the process behind the writing.
Tina Makereti writes essays, novels and short fiction. Her most recent novel is The Imaginary Lives of James Pōneke (longlisted for the Ockham NZ Book Awards Fiction Award, 2019) and optioned by Taika Waititi’s Piki Films for development.
Alongside Witi Ihimaera, she is co-editor of Black Marks on the White Page, an anthology celebrating Māori and Pasifika writing. In 2016, her story, Black Milk, won the Commonwealth Writers Short Story Prize, Pacific region. Where the Rēkohu Bone Sings was her first novel and it, won the 2014 Ngā Kupu Ora Aotearoa Māori Book Award for Fiction, also won by Once Upon a Time in Aotearoa.
In 2009, Makereti received the RSNZ Manhire Prize for Creative Science Writing and the Pikihuia Award for Best Short Story in English. She teaches creative writing and Oceanic literatures at Massey University
Roger Shepherd, the founder of iconic Kiwi independent record label Flying Nun, joins lifelong music fan, journalist and TV personality John Campbell to share the story of his life with the independent and much loved music label that has been taking the sounds of Aotearoa New Zealand to the world for nearly 40 years.
For a worldwide community of music fans, Flying Nun is one of the most iconic independent record labels from outside the mainstream, defining a particular voice and sound of New Zealand.
In 2016, the label’s founder penned his memoir In Love with these Times: My Life with Flying Nun Records. We invited Roger along to Going West for an animated and good-natured discussion with Flying Nun fanboy (and award winning journalist) John Campbell.
The session begins with a heartfelt monologue from John, recounting his own discovery and deep love for “the Dunedin Sound”, as Flying Nun’s iconic output has often been called.
Roger’s dry humour, honesty and humility shine through in the course of the conversation as he tells some fascinating tales from the label’s formative years.
This session was a classic example of Going West at its best. A bright and sunny Titirangi afternoon, a friendly and engaged crowd, two relaxed guests swapping stories and jokes and insights, with the occasional interruption from a feral rooster strutting back and forth past the doors of the Titirangi War Memorial Hall.
Dame Anne Salmond and Moana Maniapoto take to the Going West stage for a kōrero on Salmond’s landmark publication Tears of Rangi: Experiments Across Worlds. They discuss the convergence of Te Ao Māori and Western thinking in Aotearoa, helping us to inform our future together.
Salmond’s book explores how lessons from the past can inform our future, providing us new ways of tackling global challenges. It illuminates how the power of transformative thinking, combining Te Ao Māori and Western world views, can bring about a pioneering approach to living in Aotearoa informed by our bicultural past.
In this warm, intelligent and provocative conversation with kindred spirit, musician and documentary filmmaker Moana Maniapoto, Salmond recounts her own life and experiences as a Pākeha academic seeking to better understand and connect to Te Ao Māori.
The book - and this conversation - pose a significant question: can different worlds converge in Aotearoa? It explores the difficulties, challenges and successes since the first contact between Europeans and Māori, and presents ideas on how the two worlds might successfully build a future together.
Science fiction writer Phillip Mann, in conversation with journalist and sci fi fan David Larsen, discusses his writing process, the influence of the New Zealand landscape on his work, and the story of having his extraordinary science fiction novel The Disestablishment of Paradise published.
He describes this novel as 'a vindication of love'. Despite 40 years of writing, Mann revealed an astonishing fact to the Going West audience - this was the first time he'd ever been invited to a book festival, his first time sitting at the podium talking about his books in either the UK or New Zealand. In this enlightening conversation, he reveals why that might be.
The Disestablishment of Paradise is an epic tale of love and destruction on a strange planet called Paradise. It is concerned with ecological protection and was, in part, written in response to the horror Mann felt about the destruction of the Amazonian rain forests and other ecological disasters such as that in the Gulf of Mexico.
He hoped the book would serve as a warning, a wake-up call. In writing it he went back to a technique he had used in other works; a story-teller who can stand aside from the action and comment on it, thus allowing irony and discussion.
Mann established the first University Drama Dept at a New Zealand university, worked in the theatre, had a stint in the New China News Agency in China and is a teacher, theatre director and the author of numerous science fiction novels.
In her striking work of creative nonfiction What Lies Beneath, novelist, short story writer, scriptwriter and playwright Elspeth Sandys shares her voyage into memoir and its complex relationship with memory.
At Going West in 2015, Sandys was joined in conversation by old friend and Festival founder Murray Gray.
Eloquent and humorous, she talks of her search for an emotional truth, uncovering the story of her birth parents, reimagining the past and the power of the landscape.
Elspeth declares that she is fascinated by what we forget, and that who we are is largely conditioned by what we forget as much as what we remember.
Elspeth Sandys has had many names. Born Frances Hilton James in 1940, she became Elspeth Sandilands Somerville on the occasion of her adoption into the prominent Dunedin Somerville clan at the age of nine months. The circumstances of her birth and adoption, and their impact on her childhood, are the subject of the first volume of her memoir, What Lies Beneath.
While Elspeth was happy among the ebullient and welcoming Somerville clan, she had a difficult relationship with her adoptive mother, who was frequently hospitalised with mental health problems. Elspeth’s search for her birth parents did not begin until much later in her adult life. What she discovered after an exhaustive search provided answers that were both disturbing and, ultimately, rewarding. What Lies Beneath is a searing, amusing, and never less than gripping tale of a difficult life, beautifully told.
The author of nine novels, two collections of short stories, numerous plays and adaptations for the BBC and RNZ and scripts for film and television, in 2006 Elspeth was made an Officer of the NZ Order of Merit for Services to literature.
Dame Fiona Kidman’s award winning novel This Mortal Boy, about the life and death of the real life ‘jukebox killer’ 18 year old Albert (Paddy) Black, has been described as remarkable and compelling. It is a masterpiece from one of New Zealand’s finest writers. In conversation with broadcaster and writer Karyn Hay, she discusses the story of Albert Black and his place in New Zealand’s social history.
A prolific writer and national treasure, Kidman has often written about outsiders trying to navigate a conformist society. This Mortal Boy mines this same rich vein, delving into Black’s short life and his 1955 murder conviction and execution which sat at the centre of a widespread moral panic. Ultimately, his execution led to a tide of disgust which resulted in the abolition of the death penalty for murder in New Zealand.
Dame Fiona Kidman writes novels, short stories, poetry and memoir. She has published more than 30 books, of which several are in translation in other countries. Her novel, All Day at the Movies, won the New Zealand Heritage Prize for Fiction in 2016, and was long listed for the International Dublin Literary Prize. This Mortal Boy won the 2019 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards Acorn Foundation Fiction Prize, the NZ Booklovers Award, the NZSA Heritage Book Award for Fiction and the Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel. Her home is in Wellington.
Karyn Hay is an award-winning novelist: her debut novel Emerald Budgies won the NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book Award in 2001. She is a Frank Sargeson Fellow and is currently a literary advisor to the Frank Sargeson Trust. Her last novel The March of the Foxgloves, was a No.1 bestseller on the New Zealand Fiction list.
Acclaimed New Zealand writer Witi Ihimaera launched his memoir Native Son at Going West in 2019. He gave a powerful and emotional reading from the book, with sonic accompaniment by the multi-instrumentalist Kingsley Spargo.
At Going West, we were extremely honoured to host the launch, for what was the second installment of Ihimaera’s planned three-part memoir.
To mark the occasion, he read an evocative passage drawing on ancient Māori legend and wrestling with the trauma of his teen years.
Musical polymath Kingsley Spargo provided a rich, multi-layered soundscape to accompany the reading, with diverse techniques on both taonga puoro and orchestral instruments, mixed with innovative use of digital processing.
The session was introduced by Harriet Allan from Penguin Random House.
Witi Ihimaera is of Te Whānau a Kai, Te Aitanga a Māhaki, Rongowhakaata, Tūhoe, Te Whānau ā Apanui and Ngāti Porou descent. He was the first Māori to publish a novel, Tangi, in 1973. He has subsequently gone on to become one of New Zealand’s leading writers. He is passionate about writing Māori stories and creating opportunities for them to be shown not only in print but also in theatre and on film. The first installment of his memoir, Māori Boy, won the 2016 Ockham Award for the best non-fiction work. His play, All Our Sons, won six Wellington theatre awards. He is currently writing the third volume of his memoir.
Journalist, media host and food critic Jesse Mulligan interviews journalist, literary editor and anti-food-snobbery advocate Steve Braunias about his book, The Man Who Ate Lincoln Road.
In 2016, Braunias set himself a challenge: to eat at, and write about, every fast food outlet on Henderson’s Lincoln Road. Once the centre of the West Auckland wine industry, Lincoln Road has changed vertiginously through the decades, mirroring wider social changes across New Zealand. So who served the best food? Who served the worst? Is the rise of fast food a sign of society’s fall? What does it all mean? What did Braunias learn, if anything, from his quixotic endeavour?
Asked by Mulligan why he did this project [and wrote the book], Braunias described it as “a book about West Auckland…Henderson’s the best!” and called the project a “revelation of the goodness of people”. In the course of his dining, and this interview, the author reveals his fondness for the characters he meets along the way and his sadness at the urban homogenisation of Henderson.
Braunias describes the idea for the project as “blazingly original”, even though he paid for all the food himself.
Steve Braunias works as a journalist and columnist and books editor. He is the author of ten books, including Scene of the Crime, How to Watch a Bird, and Madmen.
Jesse Mulligan hosts the daily afternoon show on RNZ National, before biking up to TV3 where he presents The Project each night at 7pm. He's also a restaurant critic, with a column in the New Zealand Herald’s Viva, in which he reviews Auckland's newest restaurants.
Mulligan’s reviews don't often cross over with Steve Braunias's list of eateries on Lincoln Road, although the two men both dined (separately) at one restaurant and came away with very different accounts of the experience.
Music and poetry are almost always part of the opening night of Going West, and this performance from 2017 brought the two together in a remarkable set of spoken and sung poetry and jazz - Small Holes In The Silence.
The poems performed, in order are:
Rain by Hone Tuwhare
Warehouse Curtains by Bill Manhire
Wild Iron by Allen Curnow - By kind permission of Tim Curnow
Blue Rain by Alistair Campbell - Copyright © the Estate of Alistair Campbell
I Met a Man by Janet Frame - By kind permission of the copyright owner The Janet Frame Literary Trust.
Buddhist Rain by David Mitchell
Yellow Room by David Mitchell
1950s by Bill Manhire
Making Baby Float by Norman Meehan
Live on stage in Henderson, Bill Manhire reads a selection of classic New Zealand poems with accompaniment by a jazz ensemble including Norman Meehan on piano, Hannah Griffin on vocals and Blair Latham on saxophone.
While the performance takes its name, Small Holes In The Silence, from Hone Tuwhare’s beloved poem Rain, Bill Manhire notes that “New Zealand’s most famous, most loved, poem, owes itself to Spike Milligan”, as Tuwhare drew inspiration for the line from Milligan’s poem There Are Holes In The Sky.
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Permission to set to music the poem I Met a Man from The Goose Bath (2006) by Janet Frame was granted courtesy of the copyright owner The Janet Frame Literary Trust.
The Goose Bath has been reprinted in Storms Will Tell: Selected Poems by Janet Frame (Bloodaxe Books, 2008).
Going West’s Sir Graeme Douglas Orator in 2015 was writer Stephanie Johnson. Addressing the festival theme, Holding the Line, Stephanie delivered a hilarious and biting satire of neoliberalism in New Zealand, donning a wig to take on the parodic character of Amanda *Tauiwi Reinhardt Carlton, the ‘National Party Poet Laureate’.
- Tauiwi is a Māori word for non-Māori, used here by Johnson to poke a stick at well-heeled upper-class conservative white women.
The author of 16 books including The Writers’ Festival, six plays and radio dramas and two books of poetry, Stephanie has appeared at Going West many times since the first festival in 1996.
She is the winner of multiple awards, fellowships and honours; in 2019 she was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to literature, as part of the Queen's Birthday Honours. Stephanie has taught English and creative writing at the University of Auckland. She is also a teaching fellow at the University of Waikato, and co-founded the Auckland Writers' Festival with Peter Wells, and served as creative director and trustee.
In 2014 Anne Kennedy was selected as the Going West Books and Writers Festival Curnow Reader, a gala night honour bestowed each year on a poet of prominence.
Anne speaks of what poet Allen Curnow’s work means to her as both a reader and a writer, commenting that his work grappled with the particularity of place, of history and imagination.
Appropriately she begins with Curnow’s much-loved poem The Loop in Lone Kauri Road and follows with two narrative poems from her book The Darling North, which won the 2013 New Zealand Post Book Award for poetry.
Reading the poem, The Darling North, and Hello Kitty Goodbye Piccadilly, Kennedy’s style is lyrical, haunting and masterful. With great eloquence and cadence, she explores themes of love, loss, the land, searching for place and feeling out of place, the past and present, and of ‘here-ness’. It is a magnificently crafted performance by one of New Zealand’s finest living poets.
Anne’s recital of The Loop in Lone Kauri Road by Allen Curnow is released here by kind permission of Tim Curnow, Sydney, the copyright owner of the poem.
This recording is from the second Going West Festival in 1997, but in some ways it is where it all began. What co-founder Murray Grey envisioned, and pitched to fellow founders Naomi McCleary and Bob Harvey, was simple: Maurice Gee reading from his novel Going West, on a train as it travelled west.
Gee’s novel Going West, which gave the festival its name, was the Goodman Fielder Watties Book Awards winner in 1993 - just one of his astonishing 13 major New Zealand book awards.
In this archival recording, Gee reads the now-famous passage from early in the book that describes the train ride between Loomis and Auckland. In Gee’s work, Loomis is the fictional town modeled on Henderson in every possible way other than in name.
His reading for the live crowd, by the very tracks he’s describing, gives the passage the same barreling momentum of the old trains, rattling past familiar Auckland landmarks with their social myths and legends.
Maurice Gee remains the patron of the Going West Festival.
Russell Brown and Colin Hogg discuss Colin’s book The High Road, an exploration of legal marijuana culture in America, and its implications for Aotearoa.
Interested in how legalisation was playing out in the USA, Colin Hogg hit the road to see what moral decline had descended upon those parts of America where the drug is now legal.
As high times hit America with laws shifting and attitudes changing, his 2017 book The High Road took readers on an adventure that’s one part Hunter S. Thompson and one part Bill Bryson. Riding shotgun to discuss the book at Going West was journalist Russell Brown, who has written extensively about the issues surrounding cannabis law reform.
The session includes a Q and A discussion on where legalisation might take New Zealand.
Colin Hogg is one of New Zealand's best-known journalists. Hogg grew up in Dunedin and Invercargill where he joined the Southland Times as a cadet reporter. He has written columns about being a man for the New Zealand Woman's Weekly off and on for over 30 years and also worked in television as a writer, producer and occasional presenter and director. The High Road is his ninth book.
Russell Brown is a broadcaster, journalist and web publisher. He was the host of Māori Television’s Media Take, and before that TVNZ’s Media7, and is the founder of the Public Address group blog. He writes regularly about drug policy issues for various publications and was central to breaking the story around predatory meth testing companies whose work resulted in the eviction of many Housing New Zealand tenants. He has been writing and publishing internet content for nearly 25 years.
Business journalist Rod Oram was the Sir Graham Douglas Orator for 2017, and shook off all preconceptions of what he might do by delivering what Metro magazine described as an “impassioned performance” as part of the “opening night of the year”.
This piece is highly poetic and jumps backwards and forwards in time, with extensive quotes from diverse characters from the history of Tāmaki Makaurau. Alongside Rod’s words, the performance includes a soundscape by Rod’s daughter Celeste Oram.
Rod draws on the ideas explored in his book Three Cities: Seeking Hope in the Anthropocene for this piece. In that book he looks at the fundamental changes required in politics, economics and technology in order to sustain the human population in its current habitat: planet Earth.
Rod Oram has over 40 years’ experience as an international business journalist. He has worked for various publications in Europe and North America, including the Financial Times of London. He is a frequent public speaker on business, economics, innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship.
Celeste Oram is a composer whose work explores new media and strategies for composition and annotation. Her work has been performed, recorded and broadcast in Aotearoa, Australia, America and Europe.
With ruthless wit and compelling insights gained as a writer and writing teacher, Paula Morris argues that the skilled use of language is a more powerful ally for writers than ideas or feelings. She draws on persuasive examples of technique grounded in human experience.
Paula (Ngāti Wai, Ngāti Whātua) is an acclaimed novelist, memoirist, short story writer and creative writing teacher. An insightful and incisive interviewer, she has been the face of the 2020 Auckland Writers Festival and its COVID-19-mandated shift online.
She is a writer of powerful opinion pieces, and the author of the story collection Forbidden Cities (2008); the essay On Coming Home (2015); and seven novels, including Rangatira (2011), fiction winner at both the 2012 New Zealand Post Book Awards and Ngā Kupu Ora Māori Book Awards. Her most recent book is an essay and story collection, False River (2017).
Paula teaches creative writing at the University of Auckland and is the founder of the Academy of New Zealand Literature.
Tu is the inspired pairing of two powerful New Zealand artists who share a passion for fusing Māori electronic dub music with a politically conscious edge.
Prior to Going West 2018, Tu had only been seen by international audiences. Our festival opening night was the first chance to see this remarkable collaboration between Moana Maniapoto and Paddy Free live in Aotearoa.
Moana, singer/songwriter and leader of the band Moana & the Tribe, was inducted into the NZ Music Hall of Fame in 2016 and has been internationally acknowledged for her ground-breaking mix of traditional Māori music elements such as haka and poi with dance beats.
Electronic dub producer Paddy Free (Pitch Black and Salmonella Dub) is a pioneer of the New Zealand electronic scene, his reputation built on experimenting with taonga puoro (traditional Māori music instruments), beats and global bass.
Tu is a unique new collaboration that can only have come from the South Pacific. It slips and slides across genres, rhythmically and sonically compelling, with a message that resonates with the times.
As part of an outstanding opening night, poet Selina Tusitala Marsh delivered an electric live poetry reading at Going West 2017.
That year we were forced to relocate Going West to the former Waitakere City Council chambers in Henderson, after lightning caused a fire at our longstanding home in the Titirangi War Memorial Hall.
Then the newly minted Poet Laureate, Selina delivered her own lightning on stage, with a joyous and powerful performance.
Honoured with the title of Commonwealth Poet in 2016, she was commissioned to write and perform a poem before the Queen at the Commonwealth Day Observance in Westminster Abbey. She performed that poem for us at Going West - along with other recent work and her witty observations on the British aristocracy and well known New Zealand diplomats.
She also shared her new adventures as poet laureate and her work championing literature and language in schools.
Selina Tusitala Marsh is an award winning Pasifika Poet-Scholar. As Associate Professor in the English Department at the University of Auckland, she teaches New Zealand and Pacific Literature, convenes its largest course in Creative Writing, and supervises poets in its Masters of Creative Writing Programme. She delivered the prestigious annual NZ Book Council lecture 2016, was made Honorary Literary Fellow in the NZ Society of Authors’ annual Waitangi Day Honours 2017, and lives in hope that one day, maybe one day, her sons will write her a poem.
Check out the Auckland Libraries collection of her work here: https://tinyurl.com/43eb3uee
For the very first session at the very first Going West Festival in 1996, it felt appropriate to open with the first language of Aotearoa, te reo Māori, with a session on Māori oral and written literature called Breathing Words.
We were very proud to bring three stellar Māori voices to the stage to explore important Māori oral and acoustic traditions through te reo and taonga pūoro, and examine how they inform written literature and what ‘literacy’ means in the context of Aotearoa.
Guests for this session were Ngāhuia Te Awekotuku, Robert Sullivan and Bernard Makoare.
Ngāhuia Te Awekotuku (Te Arawa, Tūhoe) is a leading feminist writer, lesbian-rights activist and advocate for Māori sovereignty. She has contributed to many international feminist journals and published both fiction and research-based works internationally.
Robert Sullivan (Ngāpuhi) is a poet and academic. He is a significant internationally published Māori poet with seven collections of poetry released. His poetry is also widely anthologised. Sullivan's writing explores dimensions of contemporary urban experience, including local racial and social issues. His writing has a postmodern feel, where history and mythology, individual and collective experience, become areas of refined focus. Sullivan’s work has won or been nominated for many awards
Bernard Makoare (Te Waiariki, Te Kai Tutae, Te Rarawa, Ngapuhi-nui-tonu) is a traditionally taught wood carver, taonga pūoro musician and practicing artist and designer. His work is a reflection of his heritage, his environments and the importance he places in whanaungatanga and relationships between people, places and significant objects.
Earlier this year, professional genealogists Michelle Patient and Fiona Brooker joined us via Zoom to celebrate the first anniversary of their fortnightly virtual lounge sessions Talking Family History.
In this talk, Michelle and Fiona chat about what led them to start their online sessions; they discuss family history and DNA, share research strategies and provide valuable tips for overcoming brick walls. https://talkingfamilyhistory.com/
Music: Ketsa. When it all falls.
In this talk, family historian Iris Taylor takes us through a brief history of New Zealand nursing up to the First World War. Covering such incidents as the torpedoing of the Marquette which killed New Zealand Nurses, she describes her 2015 pilgrimage to remember these women.
Image: New Zealand Nurses, 1916-1917. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 7-A15887.
Music: Ketsa. When it all falls.
Alison and Ineka discuss some recently released books that are full of introspection and intensity, loneliness and liberation. They also ask if a book’s typeface can be aggressive. What does that mean? Listen to find out.
Despite their age gap, Alison and Ai discover that they are sisters in YA fandom. Listen as they discuss a recent Auckland Libraries interview with YA superstar Chloe Gong, author of These Violent Delights.
Nau mai haere mai, welcome to this podcast from Te Hura i Tāmaki Makaurau Uncover Auckland, Kai Connection delivered in Onehunga on 12 June 2021.
In this episode we uncover the theme Kai Sovereignty with our panel of experts hosted by Tara Moala from Rākau Tautoko.
The panel includes Phillipa Holmes from the The Good Fale and the Kai Collective Project; Amiria Puia-Taylor co-founder of 312 Hub Onehunga , a not-for-profit youth arts organisation and Onehunga Bites (youth-led catering) and Chloe Fong who is a digital user experience designer running the food distribution service This Local Piggy .
The full panel discussion is available to researchers through Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections.
To connect with Tara and follow her work and projects in the food ecosystem and more: https://rakautautoko.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/taramoala/
To connect with Phillipa Holmes and her work and projects: https://www.thegoodfale.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/philippa-holmes/
Amiria's suggested links: https://www.synergypro.nz/projects Onehunga Embracing Families - https://www.facebook.com/groups/817531715309460 Hikoi and Hangi https://form.jotform.com/211581000354845
Wai08 Manukau Report https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/WT/wt_DOC_68495207/The%20Manukau%20Report%201985.pdf
Chloe's contacts and suggestions https://www.thislocalpiggy.com/ https://www.resilience.org/fundamentals/
The kai ecosystem projects that both Rākau Tautoko and The Good Fale are involved with: https://www.facebook.com/KaiCollectiveProject https://www.aotearoakaijourney.com/
Other resources and books mentioned: IDEO food podcast series - https://page.ideo.com/food Hia Kai by Monique Fiso - https://www.hiakai.co.nz/shop Abundant Garden Book by Niva and Yotam Kay - https://www.pakarakafarm.co.nz/shop/product/484446/the-abundant-garden-book-order
During the mid-1800s, over one hundred people (which included 6 Maori and 1 woman) were transported from New Zealand to the penal colony in Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania).
Who were they and where did they originate from? What crimes were they accused of? Were they of ‘good character’ and what did they look like?
In this talk, author and lecturer Kristyn Harman explains how convict records can answer these questions and reveal what life was like for the working classes in early colonial New Zealand.
Recorded on 24 March 2021.
Book available from Auckland Libraries https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3385648
Image: Book cover Cleansing the colony: Transporting convicts from New Zealand to Van Diemen’s Land.
Nau mai haere mai, welcome to this podcast from Te Hura i Tāmaki Makaurau Uncover Auckland, Kai Connection delivered in Onehunga on 12 June 2021.
In this episode we uncover the theme Whenua and Wai - Land and Sustainability - with our panel of experts hosted by Phillipa Holmes.
Featuring Kelly Marie Francis - Whenua Warrior and kai activist; Dr Hans-Dieter Bader - archaeologist researcher of māra kai (Māori gardens) and Brendon Marshall a lead teacher of science and sustainability.
The full panel discussion is available to researchers through Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections.
Explore further resources: Kelly Francis www.whenuawarrior.co.nz www.facebook.com/whenuawarrior www.facebook.com/gardensofsouthauckland
Brendon Marshall Link to the Litter Intelligence data (Sustainable Coastlines): https://litterintelligence.org/ Search for Taumanu Beach and Māngere Boat Club and compare with other sites and dates.
Link to the website for Kāhui Ako: https://www.teitikahurangi.com/media Check out the blogs, photos and videos etc.
Dr Hans-Dieter Bader www.archaeologysolutions.co.nz Book reference: digging-up-the-past-archaeology-for-the-young-and-curious https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2628971
Dedee had a chat to Tessa Forde aka Vanessa Worm, about her first album Vanessa 77 which came out in 2020.
They talk about her approach to writing music, the process of writing the album, and how 2020 and the Covid pandemic affected her as an artist.
All tracks used in this podcast are from the album Vanessa 77, by Vanessa Worm, released on Optimo Music, July 10, 2020 - In Heaven We Are - Cave of Creation - Bones and Blood - Satisfaction
Vanessa 77 album: https://optimomusic.bandcamp.com/album/vanessa-77
Music video: Bones and Blood, 27 September 2020 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZREmKORfWNI&ab_channel=OptimoMusic
Other Interviews: 95bFM Long Player with Jess Fu - https://95bfm.com/bcast/long-player-vanessa-worm-vanessa-77 RadioActive FM, Recharted with Finn Johansson – https://www.radioactive.fm/recharted-130-vanessa-worm-thanks-to-nz-on-air-music/
While ostensibly discussing books about trials, trails and travails, Alison and Ineka also manage to mention litmus tests and Avogadro’s constant at least once during this episode of Literary Lounge.
It’s one of our favourite times of year: Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa - Samoa Language Week 2021. This year’s theme is Poupou le lotoifale. Ola manuia le anofale - which means “strengthen the posts of your house, for all to thrive.” The Ministry of Pacific Peoples states that language and reading are important for the foundations of our overall wellbeing, and we couldn’t agree more. In this special Samoa Language Week episode of Books and Beyond, Alison and Ineka discuss the intersections of culture and identity and discover that Samoan writing and storytelling is thriving, thanks to some great community initiatives.
Take the M-train with Alison & Ineka on this instalment of Books & Beyond Literary Lounge as we talk Manga, memoir and make-believe. Believe us when we tell you it’s been all big hair and heartbreak around here recently.
Join Alison and Ineka in the Literary Lounge for an Auckland Writers’ Festival special. The books we highlight are all heartbreaking works of staggering genius. Listen along for some great quips and quotes from our featured authors.
Alison chats with retired judge Rosemary Riddell about her book To be fair: confessions of a district court judge. Rosemary says that, in writing the book “I wanted people to see that judges are not high and mighty or unreachable. We are just ordinary people doing a rather demanding and difficult job, and it is a job that keeps our feet on the ground.” Listen and find out what a day on the bench in our court system looks like. Our verdict on Rosemary’s book? Fabulous. Discover the book here: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3904061
In this episode we hear Haunui Royal talking with Cristina Sanders about her recently published novel Jerningham.
Jerningham refers to Jerningham Wakefield the only son of NZ Company founder Edward Gibbon Wakefield . He was described by various commentators as a wastrel, a failure, talented and intelligent but reckless, weak-willed, contentious, promiscuous, and generally unstable. Governor Fitzroy described him as ‘the devil's missionary'!
Cristina explores the character of her novel and tells us about the research journey in writing a historical fiction.
Book available here: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3780091
Catalogue search on Jerningham: https://tinyurl.com/vte2txbk
Image: Book Cover
Alison talks with author Danielle Hawkins about the release of her new book Two shakes of a lamb’s tail: the diary of a country vet. Danielle is a Waikato vet, mother, farmer, wife, family member and gardener, with four best-selling novels to her name. This book is a diary through the four seasons of 2020 – and what a year it was, with a pandemic and a drought. Combine this with a drunken literary festival, rampant gorse in the back paddock, some successful matchmaking and several intimate examinations of very large and grumpy animals, and you get a ripper of a book. Discover the book here: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3875558
Alison talks with author Danielle Hawkins about the release of her new book Two shakes of a lamb’s tail: the diary of a country vet. Danielle is a Waikato vet, mother, farmer, wife, family member and gardener, with four best-selling novels to her name. This book is a diary through the four seasons of 2020 – and what a year it was, with a pandemic and a drought. Combine this with a drunken literary festival, rampant gorse in the back paddock, some successful matchmaking and several intimate examinations of very large and grumpy animals, and you get a ripper of a book.
Join Alison and Ineka in the Literary Lounge as they pay tribute to the unwanted, unneeded, unseen & lonely. They also discover who rides upon sticks and who makes the best coffee and brioche on the planet.
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond.
Listen and read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Books%20and%20Beyond
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 4 April 2021.
Auckland Libraries has just celebrated the publication of its first te reo Māori children’s book: Māma, e hiakai ana mātou - Mum, we’re hungry. The book has also been translated into Samoan as Tinā, ua mātou fia'a'ai! This is a universal story that has been written with aroha and alofa. Everyone will relate to its warmth and wit.
Alison is joined in the studio by two wonderful wāhine: Teri Ta’ala (author) and Veronica Ligaliga (translator) to talk through the process of writing and launching this book.
Discover the books here: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3900203 https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3900204
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond.
Listen and read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Books%20and%20Beyond
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 18 April 2021.
On this week's Books and Beyond, Alison talks with the award-winning author Paul Cleave about the release of his new thriller 'The Quiet People'. Master of both the pen and the Frisbee, Paul is one of our most internationally successful authors.
Listen to the show and find out if a crime writer really can get away with murder.
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond.
Listen and read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Books%20and%20Beyond
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 11 April 2021.
Kia ora listeners you have tuned into Auckland Libraries Heritage Podcast - Panmure Stories!
In this track Les Allen recalls the market gardens that covered Panmure when he was a child, and tells a story about a day that Chinese grower Jimmy Hong took his produce to the city by truck.
Reference Les Allen interview, 1982 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/2300/rec/2
Original interviews were recorded by Richard Baker, commissioned by Mt Wellington Public Library in 1982. The project captured recollections of life, work and play from the early 1900s across the changing landscapes of the decades that followed. They offer us a unique and personal insight into Panmure of the past. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/2874/rec/1
Image: Houses in Court Crescent under construction, and Chinese market gardens in the background. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, 1031-P245. https://bit.ly/2OJlhS7
Curated by Renee Orr and Zoe Colling from Auckland Libraries Heritage Engagement team, with Sound production by Sue Berman (April 2021)
Kia ora listeners you have tuned into Auckland Libraries Heritage Podcast - Panmure Stories!
In this track Les Allen remembers his grandparents time working as toll keepers for the first Panmure draw bridge, and how the archaeological remains of Mokoia Pā were still visible before houses were built there.
Reference Les Allen interview, 1982 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/2300/rec/2
Original interviews were recorded by Richard Baker, commissioned by Mt Wellington Public Library in 1982. The project captured recollections of life, work and play from the early 1900s across the changing landscapes of the decades that followed. They offer us a unique and personal insight into Panmure of the past. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/2874/rec/1
Image: Oliver and Walker, NZ Graphic. The Panmure bridge and toll keepers house, 1912. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, NZG-19120703-26-1. https://bit.ly/2QksI2B
Curated by Renee Orr and Zoe Colling from Auckland Libraries Heritage Engagement team, with Sound production by Sue Berman (April 2021)
Kia ora listeners you have tuned into Auckland Libraries Heritage Podcast - Panmure Stories!
In this track Les Allen describes delivering plants to shops in the city in the Allen Nurseries’ Model T truck. Les Allen was involved in the family business 'Allens Nurseries' in Panmure his whole working life. He recalls his father starting Allen’s Nurseries in the early twentieth century and how the family kept it going through the depression, as well as what the landscape was like in the area at that time.
Reference Les Allen interview, 1982 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/2300/rec/2
Original interviews were recorded by Richard Baker, commissioned by Mt Wellington Public Library in 1982. The project captured recollections of life, work and play from the early 1900s across the changing landscapes of the decades that followed. They offer us a unique and personal insight into Panmure of the past. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/2874/rec/1
Image: Showing (from left to right) James and Herbert Allen and Ray Pennell standing next to glass houses at Allen's Nurseries in Panmure Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 1031-P084, https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/92227/rec/1
Curated by Renee Orr and Zoe Colling from Auckland Libraries Heritage Engagement team, with Sound production by Sue Berman (April 2021)
Kia ora listeners, you have tuned into Auckland Libraries Heritage Podcast - Panmure Stories!
Miss Annie Finnerty attended secondary school at Auckland Girls Grammar off Karangahape Road. In this track Annie and her brother Michael describe the different forms of transport needed to get there.
Bill Durbridge recalls the large crowds who attended boat races and swimming competitions held on the Tāmaki River.
Reference Annie and Michael Finnerty interview, 1982 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/2707/rec/2
Reference Bill Durbridge interview, 1982 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/2616/rec/2
Original interviews were recorded by Richard Baker, commissioned by Mt Wellington Public Library in 1982. The project captured recollections of life, work and play from the early 1900s across the changing landscapes of the decades that followed. They offer us a unique and personal insight into Panmure of the past. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/2874/rec/1
Image: NZ Graphic. Dinghy racing at Cowes Bay Waiheke, 1908. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, NZG-19080111-9-5. https://bit.ly/327Ujqq
Curated by Renee Orr and Zoe Colling from Auckland Libraries Heritage Engagement team, with Sound production by Sue Berman (April 2021)
Kia ora listeners you have tuned into Auckland Libraries Heritage Podcast - Panmure Stories!
Mrs Harwood and her husband Eric were volunteers with the Mt Wellington volunteer Fire Brigade. In this track Mrs Harwood recalls how the volunteers fought the frequent gorse fires in the area.
Reference Mrs Harwood, 1982 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/2361/rec/2
Original interviews were recorded by Richard Baker, commissioned by Mt Wellington Public Library in 1982. The project captured recollections of life, work and play from the early 1900s across the changing landscapes of the decades that followed. They offer us a unique and personal insight into Panmure of the past. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/2874/rec/1
Image: Crichton d'Ora. The Mount Wellington Fire Brigade and their engine outside the fire station on the corner of Harding Avenue and the Ellerslie-Panmure Highway, 1933. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, 1031-P439. https://bit.ly/3dUTV3X
Curated by Renee Orr and Zoe Colling from Auckland Libraries Heritage Engagement team, with Sound production by Sue Berman (April 2021)
Kia ora listeners, you have tuned into Auckland Libraries Heritage Podcast - Panmure Stories!
In this track Mr Keith Simpson talks about the types of footpaths and roads in Panmure and about being approached by a land agent regarding his property. Playing tennis in his leisure time and cycling to a hardware store in Otahuhu.
Reference Mr and Mrs Simpson, 1982 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/2375/rec/2
Original interviews were recorded by Richard Baker, commissioned by Mt Wellington Public Library in 1982. The project captured recollections of life, work and play from the early 1900s across the changing landscapes of the decades that followed. They offer us a unique and personal insight into Panmure of the past. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/2874/rec/1
Unknown photographer. Aerial photograph of Panmure, showing Panmure Basin (centre distance), the ferro-concrete bridge (left), St Matthias's church and graveyard (centre left), St Patrick's graveyard (centre) and Allen's Nurseries (foreground). Queen's Road runs from the left foreground to the Panmure Hotel in the centre left, 1948. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, 1031-P238. https://bit.ly/2RmXxUE
Curated by Renee Orr and Zoe Colling from Auckland Libraries Heritage Engagement team, with Sound production by Sue Berman (April 2021)
Kia ora listeners, you have tuned into Auckland Libraries Heritage Podcast - Panmure Stories!
In this track, Mt Wellington Borough Council Mayor Harry Bean, talks about transport routes, proposed motorways, and investing in the railroad system.
Reference Harry Bean, 1982 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/2407/rec/2
Original interviews were recorded by Richard Baker, commissioned by Mt Wellington Public Library in 1982. The project captured recollections of life, work and play from the early 1900s across the changing landscapes of the decades that followed. They offer us a unique and personal insight into Panmure of the past. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/2874/rec/1
Image: James D. Richardson. Looking south east from Maungarei / Mount Wellington showing part of the Ellerslie-Panmure Highway (right) and the Panmure Basin and Tāmaki River (distance), 3 September 1921. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, 4-4062. https://bit.ly/3dhtKpb
Curated by Renee Orr and Zoe Colling from Auckland Libraries Heritage Engagement team, with Sound production by Sue Berman (April 2021)
Kia ora listeners, you have tuned into Auckland Libraries Heritage Podcast - Panmure Stories!
In this track, Mrs. Price talks about her time milking cows, including her special cow named Betty, and the physical labour involved.
Reference Mrs Price interview, 1982 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/2610/rec/3
Original interviews were recorded by Richard Baker, commissioned by Mt Wellington Public Library in 1982. The project captured recollections of life, work and play from the early 1900s across the changing landscapes of the decades that followed. They offer us a unique and personal insight into Panmure of the past. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/2874/rec/1
Image: James Richardson. Looking south south east from Mount Wellington towards Otahuhu, 1920 Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 4-04055 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/67899/rec/21
Curated by Renee Orr and Zoe Colling from Auckland Libraries Heritage Engagement team, with Sound production by Sue Berman (April 2021)
Kia ora listeners, you have tuned into Auckland Libraries Heritage Podcast - Panmure Stories!
Mr Ryan bought his service station in Panmure in 1935 off his friend Reginald Collins. In this track he describes Reg Collins’ livestock transportation business on a scow called the Jane Gifford, and how livestock would come from the gulf islands down the Tāmaki river to Panmure on their way to the Westfield Freezing Works.
Reference Mr Ryan interview, 1982 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/2419/rec/2
Original interviews were recorded by Richard Baker, commissioned by Mt Wellington Public Library in 1982. The project captured recollections of life, work and play from the early 1900s across the changing landscapes of the decades that followed. They offer us a unique and personal insight into Panmure of the past. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/2874/rec/1
Image: The scow Jane Gifford moored near Ōrere Point, 1936. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, Footprints 00006. https://bit.ly/32bqyVr
Curated by Renee Orr and Zoe Colling from Auckland Libraries Heritage Engagement team, with Sound production by Sue Berman (April 2021)
Kia ora listeners, you have tuned into Auckland Libraries Heritage Podcast - Panmure Stories!
Hilda McGregor’s father was a mechanic during the 1930s and 40s. A large part of his business was servicing the trucks owned by Chinese market gardeners in the area. In this track Hilda and Durham remember the growers and how they supported the local community with excess produce during the depression.
Reference Hilda McGregor and Durham Strauchan, 1982 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/2241/rec/2
Original interviews were recorded by Richard Baker, commissioned by Mt Wellington Public Library in 1982. The project captured recollections of life, work and play from the early 1900s across the changing landscapes of the decades that followed. They offer us a unique and personal insight into Panmure of the past. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/2874/rec/1
Image: Auckland Weekly News. Gathering the potato crop in New Zealand: busy scene at Panmure. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, 1919. AWNS-19190102-34-5. https://bit.ly/326bit0
Curated by Renee Orr and Zoe Colling from Auckland Libraries Heritage Engagement team, with Sound production by Sue Berman (April 2021)
In this episode of Books & Beyond, Alison chats with author, educator and personal finance journalist Mary Holm, whose latest book is 'A richer you: how to make the most of your money'.
Listen along for a fun and frank discussion of Financial Literacy 101, and discover the book here: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3820928
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2021/03/financial-literacy-101.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 28 March 2021.
On 15 March 2021 Aotearoa marked the second anniversary of the Christchurch mosque attacks, remembering those tragically killed and their loved ones.
In the Literary Lounge, Alison and Ineka recommend a selection of books by Muslim authors and other recent reads, all exploring how far we travel in our search for identity, belonging and forgiveness.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 21 March 2021.
In this guest track we hear from colleagues at Hui Te Ananui a Tangaroa - New Zealand Maritime Museum talking about the current exhibition.
Lightly Skimming Over the Surface: 150 Years of the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron coincides with the 36th America’s Cup match on the Waitematā Harbour.
This audio track outlines what visitors can expect to see in the exhibition. Recordings were made from conversations with Liz Gordon, Frances Walsh and Robert Brooke.
Image: Anne Wiseman [far right] with two friends in the 1950s, aboard the K-Class yacht Jenanne, commissioned by Anne’s father Murray, designed by Bill Couldrey and built by the Low Brothers in Whangarei. K-Class yachts emerged from a 1944 Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron design competition; the club wanted to encourage returned servicemen to get out on Tīkapa Moana—on a boat that could race, but also accommodate family cruising. Squadron member 96-year-old Piri Neary crewed on the elegant, comfortable yacht, in the process falling hard for Anne. ‘She was a very good yachtswoman,’ says Neary of his wife, who died in 2017.
Photograph courtesy Piri Neary
Lightly Skimming Over the Surface: 150 Years of the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron Until June 2021 New Zealand Maritime Museum Hui Te Ananui a Tangaroa Blue Water Black Magic Gallery, mezzanine Monday to Sunday: 10am - 5pm, last entry 4pm
International Women’s Day (8 March) is a global day where we celebrate the achievements of women, raise awareness of bias and take action for equality. Tune in and hear Alison and Ineka celebrate women who are gutsy and feisty, shapers and makers. #ChooseToChallenge
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 7 March 2021.
In this International Women’s Day special, we bring you a clip from an upcoming series "Meet a Rare Book" presented by Heritage Collections Rare Book specialist Georgia Prince.
In this snippet Georgia talks of the work of early feminist and philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft - best known for her advocacy for the education of girls and women and her political essay - A Vindication of the Rights of Woman published in book form in 1792.
Explore this text and more through our Auckland Libraries collections: Search Feminist https://tinyurl.com/1n9e7un7 Search Mary Wollstonecraft https://tinyurl.com/gqxnko9y
About International Women's Day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Women%27s_Day
References: Mary Wollstonecraft. A vindication of the rights of woman. 1792 https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1973396
Mary Wollstonecraft. Letters written during a short residence in Sweden, Norway and Denmark. 1796 https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2495132
William Godwin. Memoirs of the author of A vindication of the rights of woman. 1798 https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2238529
Biographies Mary Wollstonecraft https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/wollstonecraft/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Wollstonecraft
Further reading Lyndall Gordon. Vindication: a life of Mary Wollstonecraft, 2005 https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1982855
This special Pride edition of Books & Beyond sees Alison joined by Queerleaders Lil and Tanya who talk about their recent and all-time fave queer reads.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 28 February 2021.
In this track, recently recorded for the 2020 Waiheke Walking Festival, we hear the voice of archaeologist and historian Paul Monin talk about his and others work of surveying Te Pūtiki o Kahumatamoemoe – commonly referred to as Te Pūtiki o Kahu pa site.
Image: View of launches and yachts anchored in Cowes Bay, c1930s, Please acknowledge Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections FMO-0175- https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/46548/rec/60
Like or Follow this track to hear more and visit the exhibition in person: Islands of the Hauraki Gulf – Ngā pōito-o-te kupenga o Taramainuku March – June 2021 Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero | Central City Library Gallery space, Level 2 Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm Saturday and Sunday, 10am – 4pm
In this track we hear from life long Waiheke resident Colin Gordon talking with Waiheke based librarian Julia Mount.
Originally recorded for the 2020 Waiheke Walking Festival, Colin shares the story of how he built 'Gordon's Road' in the 1950s in order to get his kids to school, thereby bringing road access to the otherwise remote Whakanewha Rocky Bay area.
Image: Wharfe at Matiatai Bay, Waiheke, 1950s, Please acknowledge Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 1334-4-29
Like or Follow this track to hear more and visit the exhibition in person: Ngā pōito-o-te kupenga o Taramainuku - Islands of the Hauraki Gulf March – June 2021 Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero | Central City Library Gallery space, Level 2 Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm Saturday and Sunday, 10am – 4pm
In this track, Haunui Royal introduces us to what we can expect to hear in the podcast and see in the exhibition: Ngā pōito-o-te kupenga o Taramainuku - Islands of the Hauraki Gulf.
Haere mai ki Hauraki, he aute tē awhea Come to Hauraki where the aute plant is undisturbed.
Nau mai haere mai welcome to this podcast series Ngā pōito-o-te kupenga o Taramainuku - Islands of the Hauraki Gulf.
Polynesian voyagers to Aotearoa bought with them the aute or mulberry plant from the Islands. The only place it ended up thriving was in Hauraki and subsequently is celebrated in Māori oral history as a symbol of the fertility and desirability of Tikapa Moana, the Hauraki Gulf.
It’s this desirability that has attracted many peoples over the years to its shores, since the earliest days of the explorations of voyagers like Kupe and Toi through to Auckland’s most recent immigrants.
The gulf is many things to many peoples. It’s a place of work a place to relax Generations of people have visited and indeed lived on the many wonderful islands of the Hauraki Gulf. They were fishing for kai moana, farming, hunting. picnicking, and enjoying the water sports the region is famous for.
Unfortunately these activities had a devastating effect on the environment but impressive progress has been made to alleviate this damage. Armies of volunteers and workers have transformed Tiritiri Matangi, Motutapu, Motuihe and Rotoroa islands from degraded, pest-ridden pasturelands to lush indigenous forest areas where endangered birds and other species are now flourishing.
In this podcast series we will hear voices from the collection that tell some these stories.
Like or Follow this track to hear more and visit the exhibition in person.
Ngā pōito-o-te kupenga o Taramainuku - Islands of the Hauraki Gulf March – June 2021 Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero | Central City Library Gallery space, Level 2 Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm Saturday and Sunday, 10am – 4pm
In 2007 Anne Rimmer gave a lively talk to a meeting of the Northshore Historical Society sharing her knowledge of Tiritiri Matangi Island.
In this clip we hear her introduction to the island including some of the details of the history and conservation work of the island with a focus on the growing diversity of bird life.
Sound: Talk by Anne Rimmer to Northshore Historical Society, 2007. Please acknowledge Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections NOH-AAA-0580 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/1740/rec/1
Image: Takahe, Tiritiri Matangi Island, Please acknowledge Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 1385-0757 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/64253/rec/2
Like or Follow this track to hear more and visit the exhibition in person: Islands of the Hauraki Gulf – Ngā pōito-o-te kupenga o Taramainuku March – June 2021 Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero | Central City Library Gallery space, Level 2 Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm Saturday and Sunday, 10am – 4pm
Rangitoto is a striking and iconic feature of the Hauraki Gulf.
In this track we hear the story from Rangitoto family bach owner Leni Sullivan and her daughter Katherine Wagner. In an interview with Susan Yoffee they recall the history of the family bach and the life lived and loved on the island.
The interview was recorded in 1989 and is drawn from a larger set of recordings for the Rangitoto Historic Conservation Trust Bach Histories Collection.
Image: Rangitoto Bach, by Brian Cairns. 2010, 1477-2251 Please acknowledge Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections
Sound reference: https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/2544/rec/8OH_1392_049
Like or Follow this track to hear more and visit the exhibition in person: Islands of the Hauraki Gulf – Ngā pōito-o-te kupenga o Taramainuku March – June 2021 Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero | Central City Library Gallery space, Level 2 Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm Saturday and Sunday, 10am – 4pm
In this episode of Books & Beyond, we present to you the Sisters Gay, who joined us direct from their 2020 smash hit at the samesame but different LGBTQI+ Literary Festival, where they presented their show called Classics (an after-hours storytime for grown-ups and other family members).
The Sisters chatted about the show and read some excerpts from Lorde (Audre, that is) et al.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 21 February 2021.
On Thursday 21st January 2021 the Leiermann Trio performed Schubert's magnificant Piano Trio no. 2 in Eb major at the Central City Library as part of the Thursday Heritage Concerts programme. Featuring Harris Leung on violin, Hyen Kim on cello and Jonathon Dunlop on piano, the Trio gave their inaugural performance as an ensemble. This podcast features the first allegro movement followed by a brief interview with the musicians.
Schubert's trio was completed in November 1827, and first performed on the 26th March 1828, in a private concert of works entirely by Schubert, including a string quartet (possibly The Death and the Maiden quartet, D. 810) and songs for choir and solo voices. It was a successful premiere, and resulted in the publication of the work later that year – shortly before Schubert’s untimely death at the age of 32 on the 19th November 1828.
Unlike the B-flat major Piano Trio D. 898, this trio is much more expansive and is one of the longest trios of its time.
Music librarian in Heritage Engagement, Marilyn Portman offers this two minute review of Piano forte : stories and soundscapes from colonial New Zealand by Kirstine Moffat.
Piano Forte focuses on the era in which the piano became of central significance in the private, social and cultural lives of many New Zealanders. It is a book composed of many voices, being based on memoirs, diaries, letters, concert programmes, company records and other accounts.
Find this book in the Library catalogue here: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2660776
Recorded from Lockdown - 17 February 2021.
Join Alison and Ineka in the Literary Lounge as they discuss books about love, Pride and teen angst.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 14 February 2021.
In commemoration of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Poukokiri Whakatapoko Tapaenga Maureen introduces Ngā Tohu o te Tiriti: making a mark by Mīria Simpson. This unique book focuses on the signatories of the treaty, uncovering the people behind the signature.
Auckland Libraries will be acknowledging Te Tiriti o Waitangi throughout February 2021 to honour and uplift its kaupapa and share ways that you and your whānau can also acknowledge Te Tiriti.
Find this book on the libraries' catalogue here: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1931149
This episode of Books and Beyond is a window on Waitangi weekend. Join Alison, Ineka and Sue as they discuss the rich resources relating to our founding document Te Tiriti o Waitangi that are available from Auckland Libraries and further afield.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 7 February 2021.
Join Alison and Ineka in the Literary Lounge as they discuss books about post-modern relationships and white picket fences.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 1 February 2021.
In the late 1860s Tamihana, the son of Te Rauparaha the Ngati Toa chief, wrote a 50,000-word account of his legendary father’s life. The original manuscript is held in the Sir George Grey Special Collection, part of the Heritage Collections at Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero the Central City Library.
In this track Haunui Royal talks with Ross Calman who has recently released a new, and much needed translation of this biography. discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/enc…3807693
Ross Calman (Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Raukawa-ki-te-tonga, Ngāi Tahu) is a Wellington-based writer, editor and translator, and a descendant of Te Rauparaha.
In 2015 Ross was the recipient of an Auckland Library Heritage Trust Scholarship, which enabled him to undertake research visits to Auckland to view the original manuscript.
The original manuscript can be viewed by visiting the reading room Level 2 Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero the Central City Library.
Also available as a digital copy here: https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/manuscripts/id/14244/rec/2
Image reference: Te Rauparaha and Tamihana and Ruta Te Rauparaha, p.2 of manuscript, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections GNZMMS 27
Music credit: He Mihi ki Nga Tupuna by Aotearoa from album Tihei Mauriora
Buy your ticket and board the train if you dare with library assistant Karina as she reviews Sylvia Plath's Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom. This atmospheric, allegorical short story was written in 1952 and published for the first time in 2019 for the Faber Stories collection.
Discover the book here: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3669053
Alison has been on a mission over the summer to re-read her favourite books by the classic American author John Steinbeck. In this episode, she’s joined by fellow Steinbeck fan, and high school teacher Daniel, and together they discuss the author’s enduring popularity, particularly amongst young readers.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 24 January 2021.
Alison and Ineka have been reading up a storm over summer and have some great suggestions for those of you who want to break out of your literary bubble and try books that are a bit different. So, tune in for recommendations and then relax, reset and reflect and get your summer reading sorted!
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 10 January 2021.
This month we hear an interview by heritage collections specialist Jane Wild, who last year caught up with Alexa Johnston for a chat about the history and hero's of the Edmonds Cookery Book through the ages.
Check out this 1910 edition on Kura Heritage Collections https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/rarebooks/id/7164/rec/1
Items can be viewed in the Heritage Collections reading room, Level 2 of Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero | Central City Library.
Also see Kura Heritage Collections Online kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz and search for rare books and printed material using the Auckland Libraries general catalogue www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/
You can visit the Food for Thought exhibition at Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero, the Central City Library from 28 September 2020 – 14 February 2021 www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/pages/even…ntId=10242
This exhibition celebrates the role food plays in family, belonging and culture with stories of Auckland life from kitchen table to restaurant banquet.
It includes a feast of material from Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections’ rare books, manuscripts, menus, posters and oral histories.
Alison and Ineka talk elegies, eulogies and the euphoria of lives well lived. We promise you at least one Eureka moment. (Hint: it’s to do with dogs who drive cars).
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 13 December 2020.
In this recording Laura Frost talks with George Hawkins who started at Rosehill College in 1985.
In this track George recalls some memorable moments and explains his choice of subjects including in later years studying Japanese and the relationship with sister city Ichihara in Japan. Later he recalls the businesses and shops of Papakura in the late 1980s.
Have you got a story to add to the Voices of Rosehill College project? We'd love to add your story to this collection. Register your interest at Papakura Library reception or email papakura.library@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
You can enjoy the Rosehill College jubilee exhibition by vising the Museum and Library in Papakura until the end of January.
A collaborative project by Papakura Museum, Sir Edmund Hillary Library & Auckland Libraries Heritage and Research.
Reference: Voices of Rosehill College Oral History OH_1435_01 George Hawkins
In this recording Laura Frost talked with Kevin Obern who was a foundation pupil of 1970. In this clip he talks about a memorable moment when he was head boy, shares recollections of afterschool and weekend work, and reflects on the musical influences of the 1970s including local country singer Brendan Dugan and an encounter with John Rowles.
Have you got a story to add to the Voices of Rosehill College project? We'd love to add your story to this collection. Register your interest at Papakura Library reception or email papakura.library@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
You can enjoy the Rosehill College jubilee exhibition by vising the Museum and Library in Papakura until the end of January.
A collaborative project by Papakura Museum, Sir Edmund Hillary Library & Auckland Libraries Heritage and Research.
Reference: Voices of Rosehill College Oral History OH_1435_03 Kevin Obern
In this recording Alicia Griffin talks with Anne Martin who began teaching at Rosehill college in 1978. In this track she talks about the school uniform….and reflects on changes in Papakura.
Have you got a story to add to the Voices of Rosehill College project? We'd love to add your story to this collection. Register your interest at Papakura Library reception or email papakura.library@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
You can enjoy the Rosehill College jubilee exhibition by vising the Museum and Library in Papakura until the end of January.
A collaborative project by Papakura Museum, Sir Edmund Hillary Library & Auckland Libraries Heritage and Research.
Reference: Voices of Rosehill College Oral History Project - OH_1435_02 Anne Martin
Alison is joined in the studio by the artist, researcher, videographer and teacher Dr Bobby Hung aka Berst. Bobby has just released an anthology of his recent work called 'Berst draws'. You'll find Berst’s art where graffiti intersects with social activism.
Check out 'Berst draws' on the Auckland Libraries catalogue: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3875390
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 6 December 2020.
Alison is joined in the studio by acclaimed author Amy McDaid. Amy has recently released her novel Fake baby, a deeply satirical and comic tragedy set in present-day Auckland.
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 29 November 2020.
Books and Beyond revisits Alison's conversation with local author Lil O’Brien, who recently released her memoir Not that I’d kiss a girl: a Kiwi girl’s tale of coming out and coming of age.
Find out how Lil’s sadness and subtext became motorbikes, main text and happy endings.
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 22 November 2020.
What happens when the biography you are writing is secretly a memoir and your emotional support animal has gone rogue? Will you ever find the wisdom to live in harmony with the planet?
Find out on this Literary Lounge episode of Books & Beyond with Alison and Ineka.
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 15 November 2020.
Sue Berman talks with Bridget Simpson and Zoe Colling about the vibrant illustrated weekly serials and magazines on display in the Kura Tūturu | Real Gold case.
Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero | Central City Library’s reference-only serials collection contains magazines from Aotearoa New Zealand, the Pacific, Australia, Great Britain, Europe and the United States. It is a varied and broad collection which spans the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
Subject matter coverage is wide. Some of the topics Heritage Collections magazines cover include: te ao Māori, sport, farming, arts, crafts, building, design, photography, dance, literature, theatre, music, science, postage stamps, birds, cars, the environment, gardening, feminism, gay rights, climate change, lifestyle, current affairs, and women’s interests.
Serials also include government publications, community newsletters, and school yearbooks.
https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz https://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/
Visit us at 44-46 Lorne Street, Auckland
On Thursday 29 October Brazilian pianist Camila de Oliveira performed a programme called "When the serious finds the rock 'n' roll". Her programmed featured New Zealand Composer Jenny McLeod's dynamic Rock Sonata no. 2. This was written in 1987 and commissioned for pianist Rae De Lisle. The composer has generously authorised Auckland Libraries to podcast this work.
To conclude our Thursday Heritage Concert series for 2020 The Kotuku Quintet presented a programme called "Master of Czech Folk Music" on the 19 November where they performed the wonderful Dvorak Piano Quintet in A major op. 81. It is written in four movements: Andante; Dumka: Andante con moto; Scherzo-furiant. Molto vivace; Finale. Allegro. The Kotuku Quintet are: Simon Ansell (violin), John Seagar (violin), Judith Gust (viola), Sally-Anne Brown (cello), Louise Webster (piano)
Programme notes:
Dvořák’s Quintet was written 1887 while the composer was living on his brother-in-law's estate at Vysoká, a country village not far from Prague. Written during a period of contentment, this popular work shows a composer at the height of his creative powers and it is regarded as one of the finest works in the piano quintet genre, alongside the quintets of Schumann, Brahms and Shostakovich. The quintet in A Op. 5. began life as a revision of an earlier work, Dvořák had not been happy with this work and destroyed the manuscript not long after its premiere. Fifteen years later he decided to revise it from a score retrieved from a friend. Instead, he created a new work which has proved a popular masterpiece ever since its first performance in 1888. The work brings together an expressive lyricism, brilliant use of instrumental colour and inventive textures. A successful fusion of Czech nationalism & Austro-German tradition, the influence of Brahms, a lifelong friend and advocate of Dvořák, is felt in its musical construction and clarity of design. Czech folk music elements and song and dance forms underly the character of the piece. No direct quotations are used, but Dvořák uses original melodies in the authentic folk style. Although the music has sudden mood shifts with contrasting slow and fast sections and changes back and forth between major and minor, this is essentially a happy work full of colour and life.
On Thursday October 29, pianist Camila de Oliveira presented a programme called "When the serious finds the rock "n" roll". She performed a selection from Scriabin’s set of Etudes opus 8 (no's 2,5,8) which was written in 1894, two years after he graduated from the Moscow Conservatory. The set of etudes is composed with a very romantic style which demonstrated Scriabin’s devotion to Chopin. This is contrasted with a work by New Zealander composer Jenny McLeod.. Rock Sonata no. 2 was commissioned for Rae de Lisle by the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council (now Creative New Zealand) with the assistance of the New Zealand Composers' Foundation (now APRA). The composer has generously authorised Auckland Libraries to podcast this work.
On November 12, the Francis-Lee Duo presented a programme called Legacy to acknowledge the legacy of two major composers, the mighty Beethoven and the American composer Korngold. They performed Beethoven's Sonata for violin & piano No. 5 in F major ("Spring"), Op. 24 - Beethoven’s first violin sonata to have four movements, breaking away from the Classical three-movement sonata format. The “extra” movement is extremely short, but it perfectly bridges the sublime simplicity of the second movement and the gracious lyricism of the finale. Korngold's Much Ado About Nothing Suite arranged for violin & piano was produced and arranged for a production of Shakespeare's play at the Burgtheater in Vienna. It was originally scored for chamber orchestra but when orchestra members were not available to perform for an extended run of the play, Korngold quickly adapted the music for violin and piano and played the piano part himself at the later performances. To conclude the Francis-Lee Duo perform Beethoven's Sonata for violin & piano No. 8 in G major, Op. 30/3 (1801-1802) The Op. 30 sonatas (A major, C minor and G major) were developed during a traumatic period in Beethoven's life. Only four months after completing the Op. 30 set, Beethoven wrote what is now called the Heiligenstadt Testament, in which he attempts to admit to his brothers, and indeed to all people, that he is going deaf. In this amazing document, which appears never to have been sent, the composer discloses that he had seriously considered suicide. Despite, or possibly because of this psychological suffering, Beethoven completed his Second Symphony, the Bagatelles Op. 33, the Op. 31 Piano Sonatas and the Op. 30 Violin Sonatas during the spring, summer and fall of 1802.
(Programme notes courtesy of AllMusic and Vancouver Recital Society)
Sue Berman talks with heritage music librarian Marilyn Portman about this month's Kura Tūturu | Real Gold case.
This extraordinary collection of illustrated sheet music 19th and early 20th centuries is the result of a lifetime of collecting by Mr John Bellingham. It lies within the context of a much larger collection of music and theatre related material donated to Auckland Libraries in 1999, Songs in the parlour - The Bellingham Papers NZMS 1141
The illustrated sheet music sheds light on musical development since the mid 1800’s to the 1960’s but also reveals much about the external factors that were going on in society at the time.
The small selection of items displayed here give a tantilising taste of what lies within the collection NZMS 1141 Bellingham papers: series 5.
You can read more here: http://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2020/11/songs-in-parlour-victorian-illustrated.html
Andrew Henry - Principal NZ Collections Heritage - shares his enjoyment of the book Range : why generalists triumph in a specialized world. Noted as a 'ground-breaking and exhilarating exploration into how to be successful in the 21st century' it is written by David Epstein the acclaimed author of The sports Gene.
You can find this book on our catalogue here: discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/enc…3079603 Also available as an e-book and audio book on the Auckland Libraries catalogue.
This Thursday Heritage concert on 15 October 2020 was presented at the Auckland Central Library by Ensemble East in celebration of Beethoven’s 250th birth year. Spanning from the beginning of Beethoven’s development into a revolutionary composer to his connection with the transcendental in his later years, they called this programme Struggle and Hope. Violinist Yid-Ee Goh and pianist Lisa Chou present his Violin Sonata No. 7 in c minor and then are joined by fellow musicians Dickson Fung and Vanessa Tam for the 3rd movement of String Quartet op. 132.
In this episode Sue Berman talks to map librarian Katrina Laan about a taonga from the heritage collection - Chart of the entrance to Kaipara Harbour, drawn by Captain Thomas Wing, January, 1836.
https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/maps/id/1896/rec/1
Thomas Wing (1810-1888), master mariner, cartographer, harbourmaster and pilot, was a notable figure in New Zealand’s early European history.
Wing acquired his maritime knowledge during his youth in Essex, England. He arrived in New Zealand in August 1832 as a crew member on the Fortitude, which was part owned by his cousin Samuel Stephenson, and by J. R. Clendon, who had a trading base at Okiato. From 1832 to 1834 he journeyed around the northern coast of New Zealand, and to Port Jackson as mate of the Fortitude, acquiring a good knowledge of New Zealand waters.
In 1834, Stephenson and Clendon appointed Wing master of their new schooner, the Fanny, which had been built at Hokianga. The Fanny was chartered in January 1836 by Rev. William White of the Wesleyan mission at Mangungu to take a group and establish further missions.
At White’s request, Wing sailed the Fanny into Kaipara Harbour on 6 January 1836 - possibly the first European to do so - and drew the first known survey sketch chart of its complicated entrance way, which is on display in this case.
References: https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/maps/id/1211/rec/1 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/maps/id/1751/rec/1 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/maps/id/1182/rec/1
Our Thursday Heritage Concerts for 2020 began on 6 August where Trio Eclectica presented a vivacious and contrasting programme of two oft-cited piano trios both in D minor, which represent the finest examples of the genre. The first by the Romantic German master himself, Mendelssohn, with his acclaimed Piano Trio No. 1 (1839) and the second by the influential Russian composer, Arensky, with his lyrical Piano Trio No. 1 (1894).
Molto Allegro agitato Andante con molto tranquillo Scherzo. Leggiero e vivace Finale. Allegro assai appassionato
Composed in 1839 at age 30, this piece is universally recognised as one of Mendelssohn’s greatest works. Written in the backdrop of Romantic angst, Mendelssohn employs a Schumannesque style and broad melodies to enrapture the audience. The first movement dives straight in with a dark cello melody followed by the violin’s counter-melody. All throughout, the piano’s syncopation and flying arpeggios creates the atmosphere of agitation. The second movement then expresses a peaceful and beautiful theme taken from one of Mendelssohn’s own Songs Without Words. The spirited scherzo ricochets the melody between the musicians whilst also reminiscing the thematic material from the first movement. The finale mirrors the first movement with its lyrical contrast between the dark and cheerful moods underpinned by the busy and complex piano part with whirling arpeggios and chromatic octaves. The trio finishes with a modulation to the dominant major culminating in a charming and definitive ending.
In this episode of Books and Beyond, Alison and Ineka chat with writer, filmmaker, and Fulbright Scholar Ghazaleh Golbakhsh who has just released a book of essays called The girl from Revolution Road, based on her experience as an Iranian immigrant growing up in New Zealand. The essays cover topics like being different and living between two worlds, micro-aggressions, racial harassment and the events of 15 March 2019. This is a book full of pain, tenderness and surprising amounts of humour.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 27 September 2020.
This episode of Books and Beyond features Alison in conversation with local author Lil O’Brien, who has recently released her memoir Not that I’d kiss a girl: a Kiwi girl’s tale of coming out and coming of age. Tune in and find out how Lil’s sadness and subtext became motorbikes, main text and happy endings.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 6 September 2020.
Discover a fascinating and informative read with Māngere East Library manager Amelia Antonio's review in te gagana Tokelau and English of Tokelau: people, atolls and history by New Zealand-born Tokelauan author, Peter McQuarrie.
Te vaiaho o te gagana Tokelau Tokalau Language Week is Sunday 25 October - Saturday 31 October 2020 Apoapo tau foe, i nā tāfea i te galutau. Ke mau mai, ke mau mai - Never give up hope, even amidst chaos and much uncertainty. Stay united, stay strong
You can find this book on the library catalogue here: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2253704
From out of the housing crisis towards the end of the Second World War, Auckland City's mayor John Allum came up with the idea of turning former military camps into transit housing, filling the gap between inadequate slum areas and better homes provided by the government schemes, amongst others. The idea took hold nationwide for a time, until the crisis eventually eased. Today, hardly anything remains.
Join Lisa Truttman as she talks about the stories and the lives at Auckland's five transit housing camps, at Mt Victoria in Devonport, Western Springs, Victoria Park, the Auckland Domain, and Camp Bunn near Panmure.
Click on the link to view this talk on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8GOLCJHNvQ
Image: Baby pictured at Titoki street camp, courtesy Tony Brunt
Recorded at Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero - Auckland Central Library on September 27 2020
Enjoy Pacific Heritage Advisor Daren Kamali's review of Josefa and the Vu by Fijian/Tongan/Kaivalagi author Tulia Thompson, available as a book and eBook in our catalogue.
A must-read for adventure-loving kids aged 7-12, tradition and high-stakes action collide when Josefa must recover a precious whaletooth tabua stolen by the school bully with the help of a giant ancestral warrior spirit or Vu and his friend Ming.
Macawa ni vosa Vakaviti Fiji Language Week runs from Sunday 4 October/Okotova – Saturday 10 October/ Okotova 2020.
This year's theme is "Noqu Vosa, Noqu isema bula” – My language, my living link
Find this book in our library catalogue here: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2259831
This talk is part of the Auckland Heritage Festival 2020.
On this site overlooking Windmill Park and Mt Eden Road, a well-known landmark once stood proud. Even after it was ravaged by time, the remains of William Mason's windmill caught the imagination of photographers, poets, and visitors to the St Andrews Road ridge in the first half of last century.
Join local historian Lisa Truttman as she uncovers the history of this early windmill, which produced some of the city’s first flour "when the winds were blowing". Also, she shares stories of the later owners up to its demolition.
Image: A view of the remains of Bycroft's Windmill in St Andrews Road, Epsom, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 4-1528
This talk was originally scheduled to take place at the Avondale Library as part of Auckland Heritage Fesitval 2020.
Join local historian Lisa Truttman as she goes back in time to when Avondale and its racecourse had a brief place in early aviation history.
As Auckland experienced 'aeroplane fever' in 1913, young adventurers Frederick Esk Sandford and William Stanley Miller worked at perfecting their re-modelled biplane Manurewa No. 1 on the Avondale Racecourse.
This is the 107-year anniversary of these incredible flights.
Image: Showing Frederick Sandford and William Miller with their biplane at Avondale Racecourse, Auckland, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 1370-8-1
Kia ora koutou – welcome to this Auckland Libraries podcast.
The talks in this series were originally to be delivered as live events as part of the Auckland Heritage festival. The following talk was originally to be presented at New Lynn library.
Today’s speaker is Historian Lisa Truttman. Lisa is a regular speaker for Auckland Libraries, generously sharing her research and knowledge especially during the Auckland Heritage Festival every year. She is currently the President of the NZ History Federation and belongs to several history and heritage societies. She is an author, writing and editing for several journals and newsletters. Lisa also shares her research on her blog Timespanner.
Please note that this talk contains depictions of violence that some people may find disturbing.
A brutal 1928 crime and murder on New Lynn’s Cardwell Street made headlines around the country and the infamy of it all stained the name of the street so much that residents petitioned to have it changed a year later.
It was to have been the happiest day of her life - her wedding day, but instead the young bride Mavis would be told the tragic news of her mother Ernestina's death at the hands of her uncle.
Lisa Truttman examines the murder, the life of Ernestina Norgrove née Henderson, and the legal aftermath that saw the murderer Alan George Norgrove walk away a free man after less than 14 years in prison.
Recorded at Tamaki Pataka Korero on September 22 2020
Image: Police Gazette, 1928, https://timespanner.blogspot.com/
Sue Berman caught up with exhibition curators Elspeth Orwin and Harriet Rogers for a walk around the Food for Thought exhibition,
In this track they describe some of the collection items on view in the exhibition. https://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/pages/event.aspx?EventId=10242
You can visit the Food for Thought exhibition at Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero, the Central City Library from 28 September 2020 – 31 January 2021
This exhibition celebrates the role food plays in family, belonging and culture with stories of Auckland life from kitchen table to restaurant banquet.
It includes a feast of material from Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections’ rare books, manuscripts, menus, posters and oral histories.
No reservation required.
Rare books specialist Jane Wild, caught up with Alexa Johnston for a chat about the history and hero's of the Edmonds Cookery Book through the ages.
You can see a variety of Heritage Collection's cook books, including the famous Edmonds cookery book in the Food for Thought exhibition.
Check out this 1910 edition on Kura Heritage Collections https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/rarebooks/id/7164/rec/1
Interview with Alexa Johnston, September 2020 for the Food for Thought exhibition.
You can visit the Food for Thought exhibition at Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero, the Central City Library from 28 September 2020 – 31 January 2021 www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/pages/even…ntId=10242
This exhibition celebrates the role food plays in family, belonging and culture with stories of Auckland life from kitchen table to restaurant banquet.
It includes a feast of material from Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections’ rare books, manuscripts, menus, posters and oral histories.
No reservation required.
This talk was originally scheduled to take place at the Blockhouse Bay Library as part of Auckland Heritage Fesitval 2020.
Long before George Wilder became a New Zealand legend with his prison escapes and the manhunts to apprehend him, there was Isaac Robinson, ex-soldier and serial-escapee from the Mt Eden stockade.
Taking place over 150 years ago, his story spans from Ngāruawāhia to the Waitākeres, with at least one incident taking place in Blockhouse Bay. He captured the public imagination for several months in 1866, then six years later vanished without a trace.
Lisa relates the lost tale of Isaac Robinson, the man no prison could hold for very long.
Image: 'General view of Mount Eden Gaol', Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 7-A14496
In this track Sue Berman shares voices from Auckland Libraries oral history and sound archive which tell a fishy tale.
We begin with the voice of Mabel Kewene who in 1983 delivered a talk to the Māngere Bridge Historical Society that included reflections of growing up in Māngere and gathering shell fish in the Manukau Harbour along the coast. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/2382/rec/17
Najib Corban recall his childhood fishing in the Henderson Creek and the plentiful nature of a catch of sprats. Born in 1909, this interview was conducted in his 94th year. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/785/rec/2
This next track is the voice of Beverly Reed, she also describes fishing on the Manukau Harbour and the plentiful nature of fish prior to pollution in the waterways. She also recalls Mrs Gossleman’s fish van outside Lopdell House in Titirangi. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/1062/rec/1
Image: Fish at Henderson Fish and Poultry plant, 1962, Olaf Peterson, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections JTD-14G-01968 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/48016/rec/13
The track includes voices from the Auckland Libraries Oral History Collection.
In the first track we hear the voice of Helene Ataya [Nee Corban] Helena was born in 1911, the youngest daughter of Henderson's pioneer winemakers Assid and Najibie Corban. Here she recalls the list of fresh produce grown by her mother including some of the special ingredients needed for Lebanese cooking. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/761/rec/3
In the next track we hear Alice Palmer recall her family Christmas dinner food and mention of a very special addition to the Christmas pudding.
In 2014 Sue Gee interviewed Connie Kum for an oral history project from Guangdong to Aotearoa. In this final track we hear Connie talk about celebration Chinese food and the meaning the different foods represent. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/1646/rec/2
Image: Roadside fruit stall, Henderson, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, JTD-14A-03476 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/53456/rec/11
You can visit the Food for Thought exhibition at Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero, the Central City Library from 28 September 2020 – 31 January 2021 https://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/pages/event.aspx?EventId=10242
This exhibition celebrates the role food plays in family, belonging and culture with stories of Auckland life from kitchen table to restaurant banquet.
It includes a feast of material from Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections’ rare books, manuscripts, menus, posters and oral histories.
No reservation required.
Sue Berman talks with Teri Taukoriri about growing up in Kiribati and her favourite fish and cooking methods here in Aotearoa New Zealand.
In the first part Teri recalls everyday meals and then shares memories of special celebrations and associated cooking in Kiribati. Fish is everyday, chicken every now and then but pigs are for special occasions.
Teri goes on to talk about how important fish is to the family here in Aotearoa nd her favourite way to cook and prepare fish. This track includes a surprising use for Kina!
References: Teri Taukoriri, 2019, interview with Sue Berman, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, OH_1297_002
Preparing a pig for a feast, 1928, photographer Milton Vickery, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collection, 1467-ALB274-095-5
You can visit the Food for Thought exhibition at Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero, the Central City Library from 28 September 2020 – 31 January 2021 https://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/pages/event.aspx?EventId=10242
This exhibition celebrates the role food plays in family, belonging and culture with stories of Auckland life from kitchen table to restaurant banquet.
It includes a feast of material from Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections’ rare books, manuscripts, menus, posters and oral histories.
No reservation required.
Sue Berman caught up with Sue Gee for a chat about the family food story and ingredients that culminated in her father, Jack Chong's recipe book being produced to compliment his special marinades.
You can see 'Jack Chong's new look cook book : exciting new ways to cook Chinese and Kiwi food" in the Food for Thought exhibition.
https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3805635
Interview with Sue Gee, September 2020 for the Food for Thought exhibition. Image: Sue Gee with the book, 2020, by Sue Berman
You can visit the Food for Thought exhibition at Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero, the Central City Library from 28 September 2020 – 31 January 2021 https://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/pages/event.aspx?EventId=10242
This exhibition celebrates the role food plays in family, belonging and culture with stories of Auckland life from kitchen table to restaurant banquet.
It includes a feast of material from Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections’ rare books, manuscripts, menus, posters and oral histories.
No reservation required.
Talofa! Take a trip to Tuvalu with twelve-year-old Ielemia from Rānui. Iele reviews Fun on the Runway by Jill MacGregor in te' gana Tuvalu. He loved reading about how the runway in Funafuti Tuvalu connects everyone on the island. Oi tou fai, Iele - you're awesome!
Vaiaso o te 'Gana Tuvalu Tuvalu Language Week 2020 is Sunday 27 September to Saturday 3 October.
You can find this book on the libraries catalogue here: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3489444
Kickstart your comic obsession with James' review of graphic novel series Saga by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples. Lovers Alana and Marko are from two opposing worlds enmeshed in intergalactic war - with daughter Hazel, they are a dangerous symbol of life as it could be.
Comic Book Take 3 runs from September 21 to October 11 - borrow any three graphic novels, comics or manga in our libraries or on OverDrive/Libby to be automatically in the draw to win passes to Auckland Armageddon or a Beyond Reality Media graphic novel pack! See our blog: bit.ly/2ZWK0EN for details and Ts & Cs.
You can find the first in the Saga series in our catalogue here: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2700097
This episode looks at Queen Street’s landforms and its role as a gathering place for Aucklanders. The landform of Queen Street has been shaped by both natural and man-made forces.
Join Rebecca Freeman (Senior Specialist Historic Heritage, Auckland Council) and Marguerite Hill (Heritage Researcher, Auckland Council) as we explore the impacts of the Waihorotiu Stream, the Albert Park volcano and early land reclamations on the Queen Street we know today.
Queen Street teams with intangible heritage: events that have happened there but have left no physical mark. It is a gathering place for people, and it has become the place for Aucklanders to parade, protest and celebrate. Queen Street has seen two riots and dozens of Santa parades, as well as numerous peaceful protests. Tune in to hear about a few of these events.
Sources: Landforms Auckland City Heritage Walks – The Original Foreshore Best, Simon. (1989). The Queen Street Gaol: Auckland’s First Courthouse, Common Gaol and House of Correction (site R11/1559): Final Archaeological Report. Clough, R, C Judge, and S Macready (2012). City rail link project: Archaeological assessment Hayward, BW (2019). Volcanoes of Auckland: A field guide. University of Auckland Hayward, B W, G Murdoch, and G Maitland (2011). Volcanoes of Auckland: The essential guide. University of Auckland IPENZ (n.d.). Heritage walks: The engineering heritage of Auckland Parades, protests, and celebrations ‘Queen Street riot’, NZ History https://nzhistory.govt.nz/queen-st-riot-auckland Ben Schrader, ‘Parades and protest marches’, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand https://teara.govt.nz/en/parades-and-protest-marches Auckland Libraries, ‘The 1932 Queen Street unemployment riot’, Heritage et al http://heritageetal.blogspot.com/ Russell Brown, ‘Riot going on’, AudioCulture https://www.audioculture.co.nz/scenes/riot-going-on
Reference for image: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 1337-46, photograph by Stephen Fleay.
Tom the elephant arrived in Auckland with his owner Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, in December 1870. Despite his visit to Auckland only lasting five weeks, he left an impression on Aucklanders, especially local children.
Join Rebecca Freeman, (Senior Specialist Historic Heritage Auckland Council) and Marguerite Hill, (Heritage Researcher Auckland Council) to find out about Tom’s time here in Auckland.
Source: Timespanner https://timespanner.blogspot.com/2009/07/princes-elephant.html
Reference for image: Excerpt from New Zealand Herald, 9 December 1870, https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18701209.2.22
Simone Nathan was a visionary leader in causes affecting both women and children, both in New Zealand and abroad. Despite her many significant successes, she is often remembered more for her marriage to wealthy merchant David Nathan, than her own work and contributions.
Join Rebecca Freeman, (Senior Specialist Historic Heritage Auckland Council) and Marguerite Hill, (Heritage Researcher Auckland Council) for this interview on the life and work of Simone Nathan, with a particular focus on her efforts to extend Plunket-style infant welfare centers to Palestine through her involvement with the Women’s International Zionist Organisation.
Sources: Matthews & Matthews Architects Ltd. (2019). David Nathan Park and Homestead, Manurewa Auckland: Conservation Plan.
Trotter, S.A. (2019). Zionism ‘at the uttermost ends of the earth’: A New Zealand social history c.1900-1948 (Doctoral thesis). University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Women’s International Zionist Organisation website. http://www.Wizo.org
Reference for image: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, AWNS-19371124-46-2
Join Rebecca Freeman (Senior Specialist Historic Heritage, Auckland Council) and Marguerite Hill (Heritage Researcher, Auckland Council) to hear about Queen Street’s cinemas and department stores.
If you really wanted to go shopping in the days before suburban malls, you needed to head to Queen Street and Karangahape Road. There were five major department stores in central Auckland during the twentieth century. Three of these were on Queen Street: Smith and Caughey's and Milne and Choyce were an upmarket, luxury shopping experience, while John Court was a family-friendly alternative.
Since the first films were screened in Auckland in the 1890s, cinema became an entertainment sensation, rivaling and eventually surpassing live theatre, vaudeville and opera as the most popular form of recreation and entertainment.
Listen in to find out where Queen Street’s cinemas were located, and how the technology and theatre experience developed and changed from 1910 to 1990.
Sources: Cinemas Ben Schrader, 'Theatres, cinemas and halls - Theatre rises, cinema declines', Te Ara - the Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/42391/demolishing-the-majestic-theatre Hayward, B.W, and Selwyn P. Hayward (1979). Cinemas of Auckland 1896-1979. Lodestar Press, Auckland. Department stores New Zealand Fashion Museum http://nzfashionmuseum.org.nz/ Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga, Milne and Choyce Department Store (Former) https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/2620 Each of the department stores mentioned have their own company histories, which are available from Auckland Libraries.
Image: John Court Limited on the corner of Victoria Street East and Queen Street, 1961, photographer Vera Jane Ellis, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, 958-112
Tūāpapatia te āpōpō – laying the foundations for tomorrow Te Wiki o te reo Māori 14-20 Mahuru 2020 Māori Language Week – 14-20 September 2020
Explore te ao Māori with Poukōkiri Whakatapoko Tapaenga Maureen Ned's review of Tikanga Whakaaro: Key concepts in Māori culture by Cleve Barlow. Beautifully written in both te reo Māori and English, this pukapuka provides the perfect foundation for those beginning their journey in understanding Māori culture.
With the Heritage Fesitval upon us, archaeologists from Auckland Council's Heritage team discuss the varied work that goes into preserving our city's built and cultural heritage.
The panelists are: Rebecca Ramsay - Specialist Archaeology Myfanwy Eaves - Senior Specialist Archaeology Edward Ashby - Māori Heritage Robert Brassey - Principal Specialist Cultural Heritage Daniel Windwood - Built Heritage Joe Mills - Specialist Historic Heritage
Originally recorded at Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero on May 1 2019 as part the New Zealand Archaeological Association's Archaeology Week.
Image: View of site of Clark's old brickworks, looking to Carder's site, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections JTD-0521-T
Allegro moderato Scherzo – Allegro molto Elegia – Adagio Finale – Allegro non troppo
Anton Arensky was an influential Russian composer, pianist, and professor at the Moscow Conservatory where some of his more notable students included Scriabin, Rachmaninoff, and Gretchaninov. Arensky was himself taught by Rimsky-Korsakov and mentored by Tchaikovsky from whom he drew much inspiration and subsequently is evident in his works. The D minor piano trio starts the first movement in the tradition of late German Romanticism with a grand sonata form wielding impressive, sweeping melodies underlied by tremulous, destabilising, syncopated accompaniment reminiscent of the Mendelssohn D minor trio’s first movement. The second movement “Scherzo” is a whimsical concoction of good humour and delightful cheer presenting the light-hearted spirit of the dance. The third movement “Eegia” presents an unrelenting sombre mood with muted strings and tender themes to really emphasise the grieving character of music as this trio was dedicated to the memory of Karl Davydov, a renowned Russian cellist and Arensky’s friend. The Finale begins with an explosive theme but soon recalls motifs from the previous movements giving the piano trio a cyclic structure before insistently driving the work to a fantastical end. (Programme notes written by Joseph Chen)
Alison and Ineka are still in Literary Lockdown on tonight’s episode of Books & Beyond. This feast of fun and fabric includes discussion about repurposed beer crates, flotation tanks and side hustles – with a side of reading thrown in for good measure.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2020/08/books-and-beyond-literary-lockdown-2.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 30 August 2020.
It’s a frenzy of soft furnishing tonight because Alison and Ineka are in Literary Lockdown. Find out who has the best pouffe, and what these two have been reading during Level 3.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2020/08/books-and-beyond-literary-lockdown-5.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 23 August 2020.
This episode was so beaut that we thought we’d repeat it. Alison and Karen take a virtual trip across the ditch and discover the best of Oz Lit. First Australians, Immigrants, Mateship and RuRo. It’s all there, so where the bloody hell are ya?
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2020/08/books-and-beyond-lust-in-dust.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond.
This episode aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 16 August 2020.
Alison and Ineka discover the power imbalances and pressures still experienced by so many – even though we’ve been “closing the gaps” for years. Join them as they read about normal families, nearly normal families and uncanny valleys.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2020/08/books-and-beyond-literary-lounge-4.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 9 August 2020.
Discover the delights and insights of Italian author Elena Ferrante with Library Assistant Jean's review of her essay collection, Incidental Inventions. Best known for global bestseller My Brilliant Friend, Ferrante has been called "one of the great novelists of our time."
Listen to expert advice on a variety of popular titles rounded into two minutes of contemplation, curiosity and fun!
You can find this book on our catalogue here:
Forgotten Melodies No. 2 - Meditazione Introductione Quasi Cadenza - Medtner by Auckland Libraries
Les Heures Dolentes - Une Amie Est Venue Avec Des Fleurs - Dupont by Auckland Libraries
During a sabbatical visit to rural Bugry in 1919, Medtner rediscovered some of his melodic sketches written much earlier in his life. He then composed three cycles of Forgotten Melodies: sets of character pieces unified by common musical themes derived from these melodies, elaborated with his mature compositional technique and inspiration drawn from the rural surroundings.
Dupont contracted tuberculosis during his military service in 1901, which lasted until his death 13 years later. Les Heures Dolentes (The Sorrowful Hours, 1903-1905), featuring a set of fourteen movements connected via reminiscence motifs, evokes his suffering during his solitary confinement and self-exile, juxtaposed with occasional bittersweet brief visits by his doctor, his acquaintances, and his mother.
Nau mai haere mai – welcome to this Auckland Heritage Festival 2020 podcast series curated by Auckland Libraries.
We invite you to spend time with us from the comfort of home or tune in while out and about on your commute or walk... where ever you are you can enjoy selected tracks from our popular Heritage Talks series. There is some Real Gold to explore with talks on the taonga held in Heritage Collections and we’ve included a special Heritage Concert track as well as a sampling of voices from previous Auckland Libraries themed exhibitions.
And there is so much more for you to discover. You can acccess all our published podcasts with just a click on the Ngā Pātaka Kōrero Auckland Libraries link above this playlist.
Don’t forget to share or like this content with others.
Nga mihi nui kia koutou katoa – warm greetings to you all and best wishes for the Heritage Festival 2020. For more detail on what's happening across the region go to: http://www.heritagefestival.co.nz/
Historian Judith Bassett discusses how you can flesh out your family tree and find clues to the stories that will bring your ancestors back to life!
Originally presented as part of the webinar "Democracy 2020" and recorded on June 25 2020. See the playlist "Democracy in Aotearoa/New Zealand" for more podcasts from this series.
Family historian and genealogist Christine Clement shares the story of Francis Job Gane, a Taranaki farmer who became a vocal supporter of the petition for universal suffrage in 1893.
Visit Christine's website: https://www.sooty.nz/
Co hosted by Seonaid Lewis on behalf of Auckland Libraries and Michelle Patient who appears courtesy of Ancestry ProGenealogists.
Originally presented as a webinar and recorded on June 24 2020.
Historian Judith Bassett discusses how you can flesh out your family tree and find clues to the stories that will bring your ancestors back to life!
Co hosted by Seonaid Lewis on behalf of Auckland Libraries and Michelle Patient who appears courtesy of Ancestry ProGenealogists.
Originally presented as a webinar and recorded on June 25 2020
Dr. Michael Bassett looks at the role of Prime Minister and those who in his opinion have best utilised the office of this prized but pressured political position.
Co hosted by Seonaid Lewis on behalf of Auckland Libraries and Michelle Patient who appears courtesy of Ancestry ProGenealogists.
Originally presented as a webinar and recorded on June 25 2020
Escape to the English coast with library assistant Judy and her review of Benjamin Myer's The Offing.
Listen to expert advice on a variety of popular titles rounded into two minutes of contemplation, curiosity and fun!
You can find this book on our catalogue here: discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3655104
This month Sue Berman chats with James Armstrong about a new collection item on display in the Real Gold case. We feature a one in a kind volume of an annotated Burgess Roll for the City of Auckland for 1887 to 1888.
To learn more you can read James' blog here: http://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2020/08/early-record-of-auckland-democracy.html
The Heritage Collection reading room is open 7 days a week on Level two Tamaki Pataka Korero - The Central City Library. https://tinyurl.com/y2fr7o5x
Author and lecturer Dr Robert E. Bartholomew presents his book No Maori Allowed, which tells the untold story of Māori racial segregation.
Using records from the National Archives and firsthand interviews, No Maori Allowed looks at what happened at Pukekohe and the extent of racial intolerance across the country at this time.
In Hamilton, stores refused to let them try on pants On K Road in Auckland, shops signs read ‘No Credit for Māori’ Councils jacked up prices for state houses to keep them out of ‘white’ neighbourhoods Hospitals had segregated maternity wards and gave them less expensive cutlery Banks and shops had official policies of not hiring ‘coloureds’
Image: Multicultural classroom, Pukekohe Hill School, ca 1987, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections Footprints 07979. https://bit.ly/2EIvZCP
Recorded at Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero on July 22 2020
Kia pūavai to tātou Reo Māori Kūki 'Āirani I Aotearoa. May our Cook Islands Māori language blossom in Aotearoa.
Te Epetoma o te reo Māori Kūki ‘Āirani | Tapati 2 o ‘Āukute – Ma’anakai 8 o ‘Āukute 2020 |Sunday 2 August – Saturday 9 August 2020
Listen to librarian Melissa's review of Nelson Wattie's biography of celebrated poet Alistair Te Ariki Campbell.
Te Ariki Campbell is an award-winning author of Cook Island and European descent. "Scribbling in the Dark" gives a great introduction to his life and work.
The book can be found in Auckland Libraries' collections. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2606158
Kia pūavai to tātou Reo Māori Kūki 'Āirani I Aotearoa May our Cook Islands Māori language blossom in Aotearoa.
Te Epetoma o te reo Māori Kūki ‘Āirani | Tapati 2 o ‘Āukute – Ma’anakai 8 o ‘Āukute 2020 |Sunday 2 August – Saturday 9 August 2020
Enjoy Mati’s review in te reo Māori Kūki 'Āirani of the compelling memoir ‘My Life Journey’ by Tuaivi Mose, a Cook Islander who served in WW1. This raw account tells one man's story of soldiers from small island nations who traveled across the world to fight in a war they knew very little about. The book explores also the lives they returned to after service.
Available to borrow at Auckland Libraries: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3730539
Alison and Ineka have been reading about recovery, resilience and revenge. Join us and make literature subversive fun again.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2020/08/books-and-beyond-literary-lounge-3.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 2 August 2020.
In this episode of Books and Beyond, Alison talks to Dan Fitzpatrick (Ngā Ruahine) about the poetry of colonialism in Aotearoa.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2020/08/books-and-beyond-poetry-of-colonialism.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 26 July 2020.
Dr Maria Bargh, Associate Professor, Victoria University of Wellington talks about factors impacting on the interaction between Māori and the electoral system in New Zealand.
Co hosted by Seonaid Lewis on behalf of Auckland Libraries and Michelle Patient who appears courtesy of Ancestry ProGenealogists.
"The future of the Māori seats matters a lot for our country, Pākehā and Māori alike. But if we are going to debate that future, we need to do so with a clear understanding of how Māori really view these seats and what else Māori might want from political representation." - thespinoff.co.nz
Professor Andrew Geddis outlines the history of the Māori seats alongside the various arguments for and against their inclusion in our electoral system.
Co hosted by Seonaid Lewis on behalf of Auckland Libraries and Michelle Patient who appears courtesy of Ancestry ProGenealogists.
Originally presented as a webinar and recorded on June 22 2020.
Oral historian and author Megan Hutching traces the political history of women's suffrage in New Zealand.
Co hosted by Seonaid Lewis on behalf of Auckland Libraries and Michelle Patient who appears courtesy of Ancestry ProGenealogists.
Images: Lady voters going up to polling-booth, election day, Auckland, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 7-A12353, https://bit.ly/39DEdI4
Recorded on June 24 2020.
'All that separates, whether of race, class, creed, or sex, is inhuman, and must be overcome' - Kate Sheppard
Dr Jim McAloon, Professor of History, Victoria University of Wellington examines the inter-relationship between institutions and voting in this talk which follows New Zealand's development from a relative restrictive entitlement to vote to the more egalitarian 'one man one vote'.
Co hosted by Seonaid Lewis on behalf of Auckland Libraries and Michelle Patient who appears courtesy of Ancestry ProGenealogists.
Recorded on 23 June 2020
Dr Toby Boraman is a lecturer in politics at Massey University. In this presentation he discusses economic inequality and its impact on voter behaviour and engagement with the electoral system.
Co hosted by Seonaid Lewis on behalf of Auckland Libraries and Michelle Patient who appears courtesy of Ancestry ProGenealogists.
Recorded on June 26 2020.
Grant Duncan, Associate Professor, Massey University, puts forward his thesis explaining how New Zealand's system of government may not be as democratic as we would like to think it is.
Co hosted by Seonaid Lewis on behalf of Auckland Libraries and Michelle Patient who appears courtesy of Ancestry ProGenealogists.
Recorded as part of a webinar series on June 26 2020.
Michael Giacon of LGBTQI+literary festival samesame but different is inspired and humbled by Finding Nevo by Nevo Zisin - an affirming and candid autobiography about coming out as "me."
On Friday 24 to Sunday 26 July 2020, Nevo and other fascinating queer writers appear in Two to the Power of Five: The Power of Queer Words - five fantastic, free online conversations presented by samesame but different with support from Creative New Zealand.
Listen to expert advice on a variety of popular titles rounded into two minutes of contemplation, curiosity and fun!
You can find this book on our catalogue here: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3363250
Alison and Ineka have been reading books about adulting in a world of weirdness and wellness influencers.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: http://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2020/07/books-and-beyond-literary-lounge-2.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 19 July 2020.
Take a coastal adventure with oral historian Sue Berman, and her review of David Grange's The Frayed Atlantic Edge: A Historian's Journey from Shetland to the Channel - a poetic and well-researched social and natural history born of a year-long kayaking journey.
Listen to expert advice on a variety of popular titles rounded into two minutes of contemplation, curiosity and fun!
You can find this book on our catalogue here: discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3710729
In this episode, Alison and Ineka talk with Cathy Casey and Kees Lodder, two of the authors of Opening Little Boxes, written during the COVID-19 lockdown.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: http://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2020/07/books-and-beyond-opening-little-boxes.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 12 July 2020.
In this episode, librarians Alison and Karen talk about their recent reads and their TBR lists and discuss how these relate to the current state of the world. Art really does imitate life.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: http://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2020/07/books-and-beyond-literary-lounge.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 5 July 2020.
Plunge with Kezia into the political intrigue and murky machinations of the Tudor court as she reviews Hilary Mantel's 'The Mirror and the Light', the highly anticipated conclusion of the Thomas Cromwell trilogy.
Listen to expert advice on a variety of popular titles rounded into two minutes of contemplation, curiosity and fun!
You can find this book on our catalogue here: discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3630407
Library assistant Mark Gosper introduces the playlist Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland: Stories of Change. Let the journey begin!
Music: Neil McLeod - Trems
Dr. Ian McGibbon recounts New Zealand's involvement in the Vietnam War.
Image: 'Showing respect', Auckland, 1991, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections Footprints 03498
The whetū (stars) guide us in this special Matariki episode of Books & Beyond. Alison and Ineka join fellow librarians Jenny Barnett, who is the Poutuitui Ahunga Māori (Māori Service Coach) and Teri Ta’ala who is the Poukōkiri Tapoko Tāpaenga (Senior Librarian – Māori Collections)for a kōrero covering everything from augmented reality to hearty vegetables as we celebrate this special time of year in Aotearoa.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2020/06/books-and-beyond-matariki-2020.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 21 June 2020.
Listen to this fascinating commentary by Robert Eruera, Poukokiri Taonga Tuku Iho Maori, who delved into the Auckland Libraries Heritage Collection and selected a letter that was written by a Tainui rangatira, Rewi Maniapoto to the government of the day.
Robert talks about how in these letters, Rewi uses the symbols of Matariki to assert rangatiratanga (self-determination) and mana by way of the written word from one “tihi maunga” (chief) Rewi to another “tihi maunga” (chief) government.
Rewi Manga Maniapoto, c1870, Letter to the Government, GNZMA 715
https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/manuscripts/id/5031/rec/2
Listen to this fascinating commentary in te reo Māori by Robert Eruera, Poukokiri Taonga Tuku Iho Māori, who delved into the Auckland Libraries Heritage Collection and selected a letter that was written by a Tainui rangatira, Rewi Maniapoto to the government of the day.
Robert talks about how in these letters, Rewi uses the symbols of Matariki to assert rangatiratanga (self- and mana by way of written word from one “tihi maunga” (chief) Rewi to another “tihi maunga” (chief) government.
Rewi Manga Maniapoto, c1870, Letter to the Government, GNZMA 715
https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/manuscripts/id/5031/rec/2
In this track Daren Kamali gives a post Lockdown update on the reopening of the exhibition and shares a warm invitation to the community to visit. The dates of the exhibition have been extended until September 11th 2020.
Interested in bringing in a group for a tour of the exhibition. Feel free to contact Daren to arrange a time. Daren.Kamali@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
You can visit the exhibition from 17 March - 13 September 2020 at Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero Central City Library, Level 2, Mon-Fri 9am-5pm and Sat-Sun 10am -4pm.
Waitui Ātea highlights the people of the Saltwater Realm, defined as the Pacific region. The exhibition conveys their rich culture embellished with custom and costume; their language articulated in stories and relayed in chants, songs, dance and music; and their saltwater homelands portrayed in images and brought alive by the saltwater communities that call Aotearoa home.
Visitors to the exhibition will be able to experience rare and unique items from Auckland Libraries’ Heritage Collections, as well as treasures loaned from other cultural heritage institutions. The exhibition will also showcase the work of contemporary artists such as Michel Tuffery, Fatu Feu’u and Steve Hikaiti.
Significant items on display will include a sample book of eighteenth-century bark cloth collected on the voyages of James Cook, as well as early alphabets and religious texts that are some of the first examples of language materials ever printed in the region, plus photographs, sketches and portraits documenting historic events, places, and personalities.
This episode comes to you on a somewhat sombre note, as we mark the worldwide protests in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Alison and Ineka talk about being an ally to the cause and the rich resources available at libraries to help you lean in, listen and learn.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: http://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2020/06/books-and-beyond-being-uncomfortable.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 14 June 2020.
As part of the archive 'A Snapshot in Time Covid-19' Sue Berman, oral historian, talked with colleague Brent Giblin from Research West on the last day of Level 3 Lockdown.
In this track Brent shares what it has been like to work from home in his bubble of four; two working adults and two school aged teenagers.
If you have any items you would like to contribute to the archive please contact us via email; Sharon.smith@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
Recorded using the internet video tool ZOOM on 13 May 2020. Image: Brent Giblin at his workstation, May 2020.
Jo's dipping her toes into the wine-dark sea with Madeline Miller's Circe - a century-spanning tale of an immortal woman exiled from two worlds, drawing on the power of magic and myth in the midst of loneliness.
Listen to expert advice on a variety of popular titles rounded into two minutes of contemplation, curiosity and fun!
You can find this book on our catalogue here: discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3434367
Alison and Ineka talk about their TBR lists, recent literary prize winners, love and logarithms.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: http://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2020/05/books-and-beyond-literary-lounge.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 31 May 2020.
Calling all passionate readers, book lovers, bookworms and book nerds. This is the show for you. Alison and Karen unleash their inner bookishness and talk books about books. It’s all very meta.
Read about it on the Auckland Libraries blog: http://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2020/06/books-and-beyond-fully-booked.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 24 May 2020.
Librarian Ginny is in lockdown with 80 Scilly Islanders, as DI Ben Kitto investigates a fiery Bonfire Night murder in 'Burnt Island' - the third instalment of the gripping Hell Bay series by Kate Rhodes.
Listen to expert advice on a variety of popular titles rounded into two minutes of contemplation, curiosity and fun!
You can find this book on our catalogue here: discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3722722
Historian Christine Clement shares her search for "George", a New Zealander who served during the Liberation of Trieste on May 2 1945, and befriended by a local family.
Visit Christine's website here: https://www.sooty.nz/
Sources: Paul Froggatt - http://22battalion.org.nz/index.php The Official History of NZ in the Second World War 1939-1945 - http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/ Online Cenotaph Wikipedia Ancestry Papers Past NZ History - nzhistory.govt.nz
Historian Rory Sweetman discusses the research for his book connecting New Zealand soldiers and the Easter Week Irish Rising.
"The Central Otago based writer says five New Zealanders, acting as the core of a small squad of colonial troops, shielded Trinity from capture after rebels launched a surprise attack. In his book Defending Trinity College Dublin, Easter 1916: Anzacs and the Rising, Rory quotes from letters the Kiwi soldiers wrote home." - rnz.co.nz
Michelle Patient appears courtesy of AncestryProGeneologists.
Michael Belgrave joined Massey University in 1993 on the opening of the university’s Albany campus. A historian and previously a research manager at the Waitangi Tribunal, he taught in the social policy and social work programme until 2014, as well as Māori studies and history. More recently, he has been heavily involved in assisting iwi in negotiating the historical aspects of Treaty settlements. He has published widely on Treaty and Māori history, including being lead editor of Waitangi Revisited: Perspectives on the Treaty of Waitangi (Oxford University Press). He received a Marsden Fund award in 2015 for study into the re-examination of the causes of the New Zealand wars of the 1860s. - masseypress.ac.nz
Image: Christ Church at Russell; Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 1021-1289
Charlotte Macdonald is a Professor in History at Victoria University of Wellington. She is Principle Investigator of the Soldiers of Empire Project supported by the Marsden Fund which led the creation of a comprehensive database of 12,000 British soldiers and sailors who served in the New Zealand Wars in the 1860's.
http://www.soldiersofempire.nz/
Kia ora koutou,
This presentation by historian Vincent O'Malley was delivered as part of a series of talks looking at 19th century conflicts and is the subject of his recently published book: The New Zealand Wars : Nga Pakanga O Aotearoa: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3612400
"The New Zealand Wars were a series of conflicts that profoundly shaped the course and direction of our nation’s history... Fought between the Crown and various groups of Māori between 1845 and 1872, the wars touched many aspects of life in nineteenth century New Zealand, even in those regions spared actual fighting. Physical remnants or reminders from these conflicts and their aftermath can be found all over the country, whether in central Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin, or in more rural locations such as Te Pōrere or Te Awamutu." - bwb.co.nz
Michelle Patient puts listeners questions to Vincent following his talk. Michelle appears courtesy of Ancestry ProGenealogists.
In this episode, Alison and Ineka look back on the Lockdown and talk about what they’ve been reading during this time.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: http://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2020/05/books-and-beyond-literary-lounge-lockdown-special.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 17 May 2020.
Dive down a dark Victorian alley with reviewer, Aidan, and female detective extraordinaire, Bridie Devine, to discover 'Things in Jars' by Jess Kidd.
Listen to expert advice on a variety of popular titles rounded into two minutes of contemplation, curiosity and fun!
You can find this book on our catalogue here: discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3633042
Delve with Daisy into contemporary retellings of Greek myths, and hear the voices of the women caught up in the siege of Troy, in The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker.
Listen to expert advice on a variety of popular titles rounded into two minutes of contemplation, curiosity and fun!
You can find this book on our catalogue here: discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3577139
Voyage with librarian Janne to the world of the uplifting debut novel, When We Were Vikings. Zelda, living with the effects of Foetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder, grows to become the hero of her own legend.
Listen to expert advice on a variety of popular titles rounded into two minutes of contemplation, curiosity and fun!
You can find this book on our catalogue here: discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3739381
Kia ora koutou!
Historian Megan Hutching looks at the development of Auckland suburb Glen Innes by revisiting interviews with residents recorded as part of an oral history project conducted in 1990.
Please see the links below if you wish to view the images mentioned in Megan’s talk.
William Innes Taylor's residence 'Glen Innes' https://bit.ly/3f2hCXK Looking north east from Mount Wellington towards Tāmaki River, 1920 https://bit.ly/2xhpi7o An aerial photograph of part of Auckland city from above Tāmaki https://bit.ly/3aLY6LL Glen Innes 1953 (map) https://bit.ly/35hU2lf Architectural model of the planned Glen Innes library, Auckland https://bit.ly/2yThycf Glen Innes library 1965 https://bit.ly/2WexSwj Looking east over Glen Innes state housing with horses in a paddock in the foreground https://bit.ly/2Yj72Wz State housing, Kestrel Place, Glen Innes, 1960 (Title image) https://bit.ly/2VQzCgo Cleared sections in Sunnymead Road, Glen Innes https://bit.ly/2xl4b49 Tāmaki Regeneration Project, corner of Taniwha Street and Kestrel Place, 2017 https://bit.ly/3f43bT1 New houses in Sunnymead Road, Glen Innes https://bit.ly/35jY38J View from Maungarei Mount Wellington looking north east, 2019 https://bit.ly/2VPxlSE
Thanks to the Auckland Library Heritage Trust and Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board for your support.
Salutes to Seven Poets by NZ composer Douglas Lilburn was performed by Yid-Ee Goh, violin, and Lisa Chou, piano, of Ensemble East on 18th April 2019 as part of the Thursday Heritage Concert Autumn Series.
The poet Allen Curnow requested this work from Lilburn in 1952 for a poetry reading at Auckland University College. The event took place on the evening of 9 August that year, and involved a substantial amount of poetry (twenty-two poems in total) read by the poets involved.
Lilburn's music was premiered by Antonia Braidwood (violin) and Donald Bowick (piano). One movement was supposed to precede each reading, providing the audience with the composer's musical impressions of the work and personality of each poet.
In the event, however, the order was reversed, which led to some confusion for the audience and some displeasure for the composer. At the second performance of this work some time later, Lilburn determined that he would write a narration to go along with the music in lieu of the twenty-two poems.
I Salute to A.R.D. Fairburn II Salute to Keith Sinclair III Salute to Allen Curnow IV Salute to M.K.Joseph V Salute to James K. Baxter VI Salute to Kendrick Smithyman (Not performed in this concert ) VII Salute to R.A.K.Mason VIII Epilogue
The musical copyright of Douglas Lilburn is held by the Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust, for the benefit of the Lilburn Trust. It is administered by Songbroker Music Publishing.
Join Dan (and his trusted side-kicks Alfonso and Felipe), as he delves into the true-crime account, Lost Girls. It explores the unsolved murders of five American women and their lives before the tragedy.
Listen to expert advice on a variety of popular titles rounded into two minutes of contemplation, curiosity and fun!
You can find this book on our catalogue here: discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3077191
Andrea transports listeners into the magical world of witchcraft and wizardry, including a few tips and tricks along the way! If you weren't already a Potterhead, this may just convince you.
Listen to expert advice on a variety of popular titles rounded into two minutes of contemplation, curiosity and fun!
You can find this book on our catalogue here: discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2708498
Our lovely Librarian Ineka takes us into the world of Sweetgirl, where life is as harsh as a winter's night, and people aren't always what they seem.
Listen to expert advice on a variety of popular titles rounded into two minutes of contemplation, curiosity and fun!
You can find this book on our catalogue here: discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3289875
In the author's own words, this is a funny book about horrible things. But Catherine is here to tell you why even amongst the madness and the sadness - it's still well worth the read.
Listen to expert advice on a variety of popular titles rounded into two minutes of contemplation, curiosity and fun!
You can find this book on our catalogue here: discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3079603
Teri talks us through the gripping memoir, Educated, which tells the astonishing story of a young girl growing up in a radical survivalist family.
Listen to expert advice on a variety of popular titles rounded into two minutes of contemplation, curiosity and fun!
You can find this book on our catalogue here: discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3441606
Welcome back to HeritageTalks.
Today’s talk is presented by Auckland Libraries’ family historian Seonaid Lewis.
The presentation focuses on researching ancestry across the Scandinavian countries including Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Norway. While the talk provides some searching sources specific to this area, others can be used for family history research generally.
If the talk inspires to go further with your research, you can visit Research Central at the Central Library or book a time to speak one to one with a librarian. You can do this through Auckland libraries website.
Image from book cover: The Family Tree Scandinavian genealogy guide : how to trace your ancestors in Denmark, Sweden, and Norway / David A. Fryxell Fryxell, David A., 1956- author. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3738747
Our friendly librarian Alison, and her trusted advisor Luna, would like to introduce you to the new two-minute book review series on our podcast, Book Bites!
Listen to expert advice on a variety of popular titles rounded into two minutes of contemplation, curiosity and fun!
You can find this book on our catalogue here: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3557107
Kia ora koutou!
This podcast is part of series following the work of student researchers awarded Summer Research Scholarships from the University of Auckland.
Hanna Lu is currently in the final stages of a Bachelor of Arts with a double major in history and politics. Her project looks at the perceptions, experiences and realities of Chinese immigrants in Auckland through the oral histories of the children of early Chinese settlers.
Students have spent 12 weeks researching an aspect of Auckland’s history through the support of the Auckland History Initiative, under the co-supervision of Professor Linda Bryder and Dr. Jessica Parr.
Image credit: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 580-10826 Recorded live at the Auckland Central Library on 19 February 2020.
Kia ora koutou! This podcast is part of series following the work of student researchers awarded Summer Research Scholarships from the University of Auckland.
Isabella Wensley is starting her third year of a Bachelor of Arts and Law in 2020. Her project examines the intersection between Maungakiekie/One Tree Hill and the surrounding Cornwall Park area and the different meanings and uses that have been applied to this iconic green space throughout the twentieth century.
They have spent 12 weeks researching an aspect of Auckland’s history through the support of the Auckland History Initiative, under the co-supervision of Professor Linda Bryder and Dr. Jessica Parr.
Image credit: "Memorial to John Logan Campbell"; Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 7-A4237 Recorded live at the Auckland Central Library on 19 February 2020. https://soundcloud.com/auckland-libraries/sets/heritage-talks-2020
Kia ora koutou! This podcast is part of series following the work of student researchers awarded Summer Research Scholarships from the University of Auckland. They have spent 12 weeks researching an aspect of Auckland’s history through the support of the Auckland History Initiative, under the co-supervision of Professor Linda Bryder and Dr. Jessica Parr.
Brooke Stevens was the recipient of a Jonathan and Mary Mason Scholarship in Auckland history at the University of Auckland. Her project considers the role and contribution of women to Auckland’s political scene from the late 1930s and 1940s. Through the analysis of two influential female politicians, Brooke explores the intersection of politics, gender and sociocultural relations.
Image credit: Mary Manson Dreaver. Ref: 1/4-020149-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22780014 Recorded live at the Auckland Central Library on 19 February 2020.
Kia ora koutou! This podcast is part of series following the work of student researchers awarded Summer Research Scholarships from the University of Auckland. They have spent 12 weeks researching an aspect of Auckland’s history through the support of the Auckland History Initiative, under the co-supervision of Professor Linda Bryder and Dr. Jessica Parr.
Tom Wilkinson graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) from the University of Auckland and will commence a Master's degree in 2020. His project examines the many faces of Parnell, one of Auckland’s oldest suburbs and how larger social and political changes in Auckland have been reflected in the development of Parnell after the Second World War.
Image: 'Swimmers at Parnell Baths'; Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 580-620
Recorded live at the Auckland Central Library on 19 February 2020.
This music track is courtesy of the University of Auckland Archive of Māori and Pacific Sounds.
Lau Islands - Vakamalolo performed by Lau Islands group on 17 November 1975 in Tubou, Lau, Fiji. Collector: Garth Rogers. Ref: 76/270.01
Image: Fijian dance performance at the 2015 ASB Polyfest, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections POLY-D-2015-239
This music track is courtesy of the University of Auckland Archive of Māori and Pacific Sounds.
Tongan ‘Otuhaka performed by massed choirs at the 1973 Secondary Schools Music Festival on 16 August 1973 in Teu Faiva, Tongatapu, Tonga. Collector: Richard Moyle Ref: 74/019.04
Image: Aorere College students performing Taufakaniua at the 2015 ASB Polyfest, Photographer Smita Biswas, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collection, POLY-D-2015-334
This music track is courtesy of the University of Auckland Archive of Māori and Pacific Sounds.
Niue - Tangaloa is performed by the Niue team, led by Togia Viviani, at the South Pacific Arts Festival in Rotorua, New Zealand, 1976. Ref: 76/217.09
Image: Niue dance performance Onehunga High School students, ASB Polyfest, 2015. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections POLY-D-2015-308
This music track is courtesy of the University of Auckland Archive of Māori and Pacific Sounds.
Bonotau dance performed by the Gilbert Islands team, led by Tion Otang, at the 1976 South Pacific Arts Festival in Rotorua, New Zealand. Ref: 76/154.10
Image: Kiribati hand crafts on display at Pasifika Festival, 2016. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collection, PASF-D-2016-020
This music track is courtesy of the University of Auckland Archive of Māori and Pacific Sounds.
Vanuatu Sawagoro dance performed in Lovuimataboe, Penama, Vanuatu on 4 January 1972. Collector: Peter Crowe. Ref: 76/130.01
Image: Drummers Pentecost Island, Vanuatu, Commonwealth Drum Festival, 1990. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, Footprint 03369
This music track is courtesy of the University of Auckland Archive of Māori and Pacific Sounds.
Tongan Tau’olunga performed by Mapu’a Vaea on 5 July 1973 in Houma, Tongatapu, Tonga. Collector: Richard Moyle. Ref: 74/008.10
Image: Aorere College performing Taufakaniua 2015 ASB Polyfest, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collection, POLY-D-2015-334
This music track is courtesy of the University of Auckland Archive of Māori and Pacific Sounds.
American Samoa men’s choir performs at the South Pacific Festival of Arts in Suva, Viti Levu, Fiji in 1972. Collector: Christine Cashmore. Ref: 72/216.08
Image: Wesley College Samoa performance ASB Polyfest, 2015, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collection, POLY-D-2015-057
This music track is courtesy of the University of Auckland Archive of Maori and Pacific Sounds.
New Caledonia women’s dance performed at the South Pacific Festival of Arts in Suva, Viti Levu, Fiji in 1972. Collector: Christine Cashmore. Ref: 72/216.05
Image: Aerial view of New Caledonia , c1960, by Stapley Farmer, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collection Record ID 1056-327
This music track is courtesy of the University of Auckland Archive of Māori and Pacific Sounds.
Hawaiian prayer chant presented by Hoakalei Kamau’u at the 1976 South Pacific Arts Festival in Rotorua, New Zealand. Ref: 76/214.07
Image: Hawaii Village, Pasifika Festival, 2016, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collection, PASF-D-2016-309
This music track is courtesy of the University of Auckland Archive of Māori and Pacific Sounds.
Rotuma women’s fishing dance performed at the South Pacific Festival of Arts in Suva, Viti Levu, Fiji in 1972. Collector: Christine Cashmore. Ref: 72/216.02
Image: Rako Pasefika via https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/359442/rotumans-perform-at-pacific-dance-festival
This music track is courtesy of the University of Auckland Archive of Māori and Pacific Sounds.
Tongan Ula performed by Mapu’a Vaea on 5 July 1973 in Houma, Tongatapu, Tonga. Collector: Richard Moyle. Ref: 74/008.02
Image: Aorere College students performing Taufakaniua, 2015 ASB Polyfest, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collection, POLY-D-2015-334
This music track is courtesy of the University of Auckland Archive of Māori and Pacific Sounds.
New Caledonia action dance performed at the South Pacific Festival of Arts in Suva, Viti Levu, Fiji in 1972. Collector: Christine Cashmore, Ref: 72/216.04
Image: Aerial view of New Caledonia, c1960, by Stapley Farmer, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collection Record ID 1056-327
This music track is courtesy of the University of Auckland Archive of Māori and Pacific Sounds.
From the Rabi-Banaba Islands, a Banaban action dance performed at the South Pacific Festival of Arts in Suva, Viti Levu, Fiji, 1972. Collector: Christine Cashmore, Item: 72/216.01
Image: Banaban dancing of Rabi 1993, used with permission of R. K. Sigrah & S. M. King. See https://www.banaban.com/banaban-dance-music-videos
In this track we hear from Dakai Bolatagici, a direct descendant of one of the first iTaukei (Fijian) missionaries in Fiji spreading the gospel of Noah in 1887.
My name is Dakai Bolatagici hailing from the village of Rukua, Beqa Island, Fiji. I now live in Auckland, New Zealand.
I am taking this time to tell you ladies and gentlemen and children about the time of Noah; when God said for Noah to make a boat or ark so that him and his family may ride and be safe in. This is the story of Noah
Scripture written by Jemesa Bolatagici; Recited by Dakai Bolatagici – 10 March 2020
Noa vatakei na Waqa: Noah and the Ark Sa qai kaya na Kalou kivei Noa me sa taya mada edua na waqa ko Noa, me vodo kina ko koya kei na veimataqali manumanu, me ya rua (2) e na veimataqali kecega. Sa rairai ga me vaka edua na valekau ka ciri voli tu. Ia ka sa sega ni ta vaka na waqa dina. Sa tavaka boto raraba qo. Sa sega ni vakaivana se vakalaca se vakaivoce se vakai na waqa ni siwa. Sa raiai ga me vaka na vale kau sa ciri tu. Sa ciri wale ga. Sa kavetani ko na Kalou. Sa vakatubaleka Talega.
Listen to other tracks from this series: soundcloud.com/auckland-libraries/sets/waitui-atea
You can visit the exhibition from 17 March - 13 September 2020 at Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero Central City Library, Level 2, Mon-Fri 9am-5pm and Sat-Sun 10am -4pm.
Monty Lakatani talks with Sue Berman about the fascinating content on view in the Niue case.
He shares his own family story and how he has came to be fluent in Niuean which has enabled him to help to translate and understand the content.
You can visit the exhibition from 17 March - 13 September 2020 at Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero Central City Library, Level 2, Mon-Fri 9am-5pm and Sat-Sun 10am -4pm.
Listen to other tracks from this series: soundcloud.com/auckland-libraries/sets/waitui-atea
Sue Berman talked with Veronica Ligaliga Senior Librarian Pacific Content and member of the curatorial team selecting content for Samoa.
Veronica shared what it has meant for her to be part of this exhibition including choosing for the Samoa case from the William Herbert Goldie manuscript titled Polynesian medical researches, 1899 NZMS 5.
You can visit the exhibition from 17 March - 13 September 2020 at Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero Central City Library, Level 2, Mon-Fri 9am-5pm and Sat-Sun 10am -4pm.
Listen to other tracks from this series: soundcloud.com/auckland-libraries/sets/waitui-atea
Mati Ngari is the Senior Library Assistant Inclusion and Diversity at the Central City Library in the Communities team.
In this track Mati talks with Sue Berman about the items selected to be in the Cook Island case. She discusses the weaving together of the items chosen and concludes with a beautiful reading of the poem Moana by Kauraka Kauraka.
The book is titled: Dreams of the Rainbow = Moemoea a te anuanua: poems by Kauraka Kauraka. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1323963
Listen to other tracks from this series: soundcloud.com/auckland-libraries/sets/waitui-atea
You can visit the exhibition from 17 March - 13 September 2020 at Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero Central City Library, Level 2, Mon-Fri 9am-5pm and Sat-Sun 10am -4pm.
Ena Manuireva is an invited guest to the Auckland Libraries curatorial team offering advice on Tahitian content.
In this interview he talks with Sue Berman about the research he is doing on a poem featured in the Tahiti case and give us a bit of a background on his home island of Manguirevai.
You can visit the exhibition from 17 March - 13 September 2020 at Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero Central City Library, Level 2, Mon-Fri 9am-5pm and Sat-Sun 10am -4pm.
Listen to other tracks from this series: soundcloud.com/auckland-libraries/sets/waitui-atea
Melissa Manapori is the Senior Librarian Pacific Collections and is of Cook Island decent.
In this track Melissa shares with Sue Berman something of the process for selecting the cases for the Cook Islands, she discusses the taonga selected and makes reference to the tapa story as part of the content selected for the Tahiti case.
Listen to other tracks from this series: soundcloud.com/auckland-libraries/sets/waitui-atea
You can visit the exhibition from 17 March - 13 September 2020 at Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero Central City Library, Level 2, Mon-Fri 9am-5pm and Sat-Sun 10am -4pm.
In this track Sue Berman talks with Sela Tupou Moon and Janelle Augsburg about their shared excitement in the discovery of Heritage Collection content for the Tongan case.
You can visit the exhibition from 17 March - 13 September at Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero Central City Library, Level 2, Mon-Fri 9am-5pm and Sat-Sun 10am -4pm.
Listen to other tracks from this series: https://soundcloud.com/auckland-libraries/sets/waitui-atea
In this track Daren Kamali and Sue Berman talk with Francis Nawaia in his current home town of Warkworth.
Francis reflects and shares his memories of growing up in Kiribati including memories of the building of a traditional waririk [seafaring boat] and home.
You can visit the exhibition from 17 March - 13 September at Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero Central City Library, Level 2, Mon-Fri 9am-5pm and Sat-Sun 10am -4pm.
Listen to other tracks from this series: soundcloud.com/auckland-libraries/sets/waitui-atea
Image: Francis Nawaia, November 2019, photograph by Sue Berman
Dena Jacob and Jacqueline Snee, Poukokiri Rangahau Māori for West and Central Research, talk with Sue Berman about their role in selecting content for the Aotearoa case, as well as mention of Tahiti and Hawaii.
They also tell us about the activation taking place in the atrium area of Level 2 called Te Wa that lends a puka puka support to the exhibition.
This podcast closes with a new to be released karakia for Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero the Central City Library.
You can visit the exhibition from 17 March - 13 September 2020 at Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero Central City Library, Level 2, Mon-Fri 9am-5pm and Sat-Sun 10am -4pm.
Listen to other tracks from this series: soundcloud.com/auckland-libraries/sets/waitui-atea
Sue Berman talked with Veronica Ligaliga Senior Librarian Pacific Content and member of the curatorial team selecting content for Samoa.
Veronica reads in Samoan her case information relating to the correspondence between King Malaysia Pepa and Sir George Grey. She talks about the meaning gained from the selection of material in the Samoan case.
You can visit the exhibition from 17 March - 13 September 2020 at Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero Central City Library, Level 2, Mon-Fri 9am-5pm and Sat-Sun 10am -4pm.
Listen to other tracks from this series: soundcloud.com/auckland-libraries/sets/waitui-atea
In this track Sue Berman talks with Rob Eruera about his thoughts on the exhibition. Rob has worked closely with Daren Kamali and the team on selection and support for bringing the many parts of the exhibition together.
You can visit the exhibition from 17 March - 13 September 2020 at Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero Central City Library, Level 2, Mon-Fri 9am-5pm and Sat-Sun 10am -4pm.
Listen to other tracks from this series: soundcloud.com/auckland-libraries/sets/waitui-atea
This track features a poem written and performed by Daren Kamali with the support of the curatorial team. March 2020
WĀ WĀ Waitui Ātea Saltwater Realm
WĀ Moana Nui-a-Kiwa Saltwater highway
WĀ Magimagi Lashing saltwater nations
WĀ Drua Carrier of saltwater ancestors
WĀ Tapa Cloth of saltwater people
WĀ Yaqona Brew of saltwater gods
WĀ Tangaroa Way finding saltwater routes
All the way back to WĀ Waitui Ātea
Saltwater Realm
Listen to other tracks from this series: soundcloud.com/auckland-libraries/sets/waitui-atea
In this track Sue Berman talks with lead curator Daren Kamali who gives a pre exhibition 'behind the scenes' reflection on putting together Waitui Ātea Saltwater Realm. He offers listeners an account of what they can expect to see when they come to visit the exhibition.
You can visit the exhibition from 17 March - 13 September 2020 at Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero Central City Library, Level 2, Mon-Fri 9am-5pm and Sat-Sun 10am -4pm.
Listen to other tracks from this series: soundcloud.com/auckland-libraries/sets/waitui-atea
In this episode, librarians Alison and Karen celebrate women who work to challenge stereotypes, fight bias, broaden perceptions, improve situations and celebrate achievements.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2020/03/books-and-beyond-international-womens-day-2020.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 8 March 2020.
In the Real Gold case this month we feature a manuscript to coincide with the Jewish holiday of Purim.
Sue Berman tells us about how Senior Curator Archives & Manuscripts Dr Natasha Barrett has worked to describe the manuscript - Megillat Esther - which had otherwise been largely undescribed for over a hundred years.
The track includes a clip from a conversation with visiting scholar Sharon Lieberman Mintz, curator of Jewish Art at the Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary and Senior Consultant Judaica to Sotheby's New York, who gave her generous assistance for describing and dating this scroll. (recorded in August 2019)
Digital images of the scroll can be found with the record here: https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/manuscripts/id/14194/rec/1 Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections MS 324
Henry Keesing biography - https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/1k5/keesing-henry
See also - http://braginskycollection.com/esther-scrolls/
Kia ora koutou - welcome back!
Ever been curious about the history of your house? Who might have lived there before you? Today's speakers will help you find out the answer to these questions and more.
You can listen to the complete presentation over four episodes or jump to whatever interests you the most.
In this part we hear from Eoin Lynch. Eoin is an archivist for the Libraries and Information Team at Auckland Council. He is based in the Auckland Council North Office in Takapuna. He has experience in working with archival records created by previous local authorities in North, West and South Auckland.
Auckland Council Archives: http://bit.ly/2Tb2rCK
Image Credit: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 1142-D122 Recorded live at Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero on 12 February 2020.
For Part two of our series we hear from Joanne Graves. Joanne is a local history librarian with the Research Central team based on the second floor of Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero - Auckland Central Library, where she has worked since 2011.
Research Central: http://bit.ly/2VARNH6
Image Credit: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 1142-D122
In part three we are joined by Antony Phillips, outreach advisor for Heritage New Zealand. He is of Ngāti Kahungunu and Te Arawa affiliation. Antony works with heritage owners, local authorities, community stakeholders and heritage practitioners across the sector. He has a particular interest in rural colonial built heritage and New Zealand modern heritage.
Heritage New Zealand: https://www.heritage.org.nz/
Image Credit: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 1142-D122
For part four we hear from Marguerite Hill, Heritage Researcher with Auckland Council's Heritage Unit. She has previously worked as Curator Human History at Canterbury Museum and Project Curator History at Auckland War Memorial Museum. She was Resources Researcher for Te Ara – Encyclopedia of New Zealand for over seven years, working on encyclopedia entries about everything from pets to business cycles.
Auckland Council Heritage: http://bit.ly/2x4lmqp Archives NZ - Searching land records: https://archives.govt.nz/search-the-archive/researching/research-guides/land/searching-land-records Guide to using Deeds Indexes: https://www.genealogy.org.nz/data/media/documents/Resources/Finding%20Deeds%20Registers%20at%20Archives%20NZ.pdf
Marguerite has spoken previously in the Heritage Talks series on the topic of fancy dress in New Zealand. You can find her presentation on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mhb_2xlI8GU
Image Credit: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 1142-D122 https://soundcloud.com/auckland-libraries/sets/heritage-talks-2020
In this episode, librarians Alison and Morgan discuss the classic 'coming-of-age' narrative in queer literature.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2020/02/books-and-beyond-pride.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 23 February 2020.
Kia ora ano - Welcome back to this Fun and Games series.
In this track you can hear highlights of an interview with NZ’s premier Pinball players Danielle and David Peck where they explain some key techniques of game play while also sharing their experiences of pinball here and overseas.
This was recorded during an event at the Central City Library on 1 February 2020. Thanks to Brent Gilbin for facilitating.
Xavier Forsman - Poukōkiri Rangahau Māori at Research North reviews the 1931 Hawke’s Bay earthquake from a Te Ao Māori perspective. He breaks down the Maori concept of mana as an illustration of the unique way in which the Maori community were impacted by this disaster and the ways in which recovery was intimately tied to the restoration of mana.
His work in this area led Xavier to the story of the Whakatu Freezing works and the further impact its closure had on a close knit community. In the following talk, both events are discussed in terms of disaster, environmental and economic, offering a deeper understanding of their wider impact and ways in which we might better embrace new opportunities moving forward with a shared understanding.
Haramai tētahi ahua! Enjoy the journey!
Images from Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections:
Refugee camp, Nelson Park, Napier, 1931: https://bit.ly/3co6Fhr Napier after the earthquake, 1931: https://bit.ly/3dzDAzI Te Aute College bell lying among wreckage after the Napier earthquake: http://bit.ly/38CYtbk Lord Bledisloe at the combined church service held in Napier following the earthquake: http://bit.ly/2V225Qm Badly damaged Wairoa traffic bridge at Wairoa: http://bit.ly/2uIhlqN Auckland Weekly News: Hastings from the air, 1934: http://bit.ly/37yCRvd Whakatū Freezing Works, Hawkes Bay, 1949 (Title image): https://bit.ly/3fzCuWx
Whakatu community plan: 2015-2020: http://bit.ly/38GuMWQ
Recorded live at the Auckland Central Library on 5 February 2020.
Kia ora koutou and welcome back to our series for 2020!
Our first talk will find an audience with family historians however our speaker’s suggestions and insights for getting the most out of your research can also be applied more widely.
Michelle Patient is an experienced family history researcher and genealogist and here reveals some of the things you may be missing in the course of your research and how taking a closer look can be the key to unlocking some of your family mysteries.
Further information from this talk: Reviewing your research help sheet: http://bit.ly/2SQkmNK New Zealand Society of Genealogy book catalogue: http://bit.ly/3bHnmV3 Family Research Wiki: http://bit.ly/39Elivd Down Under Checklist: http://bit.ly/DownUnderCheck
To hear more from Michelle, especially in the field of DNA and its implications for your research, see our HeritageTalks 2019 playlist: http://bit.ly/2SOSDwN
Enjoy the talk and we look forward to bringing you another year of informative and entertaining content.
Haramai tētahi ahua! Enjoy the journey!
Recorded live at the Auckland Central Library on 29 January 2020. Image courtesy Ancestry.com.au; available to you free at any Auckland Library
In this episode, librarians Alison and Karen pay homage to some true literary power couples.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2020/02/books-and-beyond-literary-power-couples.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 16 February 2020.
In this track Sue Berman talks with Curator Manuscripts and Archives Dr Natasha Barrett.
Natasha gives a background to the collections, selecting particular highlights from within each. Listed in order of appearance....
Mentioned in this track are the Auckland Lesbian Archive (NZMS 1184). It comprises individual collections of lesbian archives, papers relating to the formation of the Lesbe-Friends of the Archives Trust, publications and posters, and spans the period from 1985-1995. https://tinyurl.com/uxlrjwd
The second archive featured in this post is the Fifth Season Garden Group (NZMS 2097). The group is a network of LGBT gardeners who have gardening or horticultural interests and arrange social events, including visits to gardens around Auckland. https://tinyurl.com/vu3577r
The final collection is the Broadsheet Collective (NZMS 596). This large collection covers 1971 to 1999 and consists of administrative records, posters, magazines, newspaper clippings, photographs and correspondence. https://tinyurl.com/qpjq374
Read more about these collections on Heritage et AL http://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2020/02/an-archival-celebration-for-auckland.html
In this episode, Alison drinks water and meditates on this precious, almost mystical commodity H20.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2020/02/books-and-beyond-drink-more-water.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 9 February 2020.
Sue Berman caught up with Dena Jacob - Poukōkiri Rangahau Māori in Waitākere, to talk about the current exhibition Wai 262 The Flora and Fauna Claim.
The exhibition runs till 29 February 2020 on level 2 of the Waitakere Central Library.
The exhibition brings awareness to Te Tīriti o Waitangi by exploring images of native flora and fauna drawn from manuscripts that date back to 1845.
Dena explains the Wa1 262 claim was a Waitangi Tribunal claim lodged in 1991. It was one of the largest and most complex in the Tribunal's history. It was a contemporary claim and focused mainly on the Crown's existing laws, policies and practices.
A video and book resources support this exhibition. Wai 262 : the indigenous flora and fauna claim - DVD https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2652755
Ko Aotearoa tēnei. Te taumata tuarua : a report into claims concerning New Zealand law and policy affecting Māori culture and identity https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2625910
References to exhibition content: Illustrations to "Adventure in New Zealand" by Edward Jerningham Wakefield, 1845 https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1965359
The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror in the years 1839-1843, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross / by Joseph Dalton Hooker https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1943567
In this episode Sue Berman talks with the Heritage Collections Principal Archives and Manuscripts Kirsty Webb about the Real Gold case for February 2020.
It features the amazing weather journals and story of early missionary the Rev. Richard Davis.
Richard Davis was a thirty-four year old Dorsetshire farmer, and in 1824 he arrived in New Zealand with his family and settled at the Church Missionary Society mission in Paihia. Nine years later, he was sent inland to Waimate North to establish a model farm for the CMS on land bought from Ngāpuhi, and to continue his work as a missionary and teacher.
Farming depends on understanding the climate, and this in turn relies on accurate weather observation over time. In these two diaries, Davis recorded rainfall, temperature and pressure, and noted wind and weather patterns.
In 2008, NIWA climate scientists Dr Drew Lorrey and Ms Petra Pearce identified these two volumes as the earliest continuous land-based records currently known in New Zealand. The precision, consistency and length of time over which these measurements were made by Davis gives them a baseline for contemporary climate research.
These journals have been successfully nominated for inclusion as a listing in the UNESCO Memory of World register.
Reference and Digital Resource available: https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/manuscripts/id/13117/rec/1 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/manuscripts/id/13413/rec/2
Here’s a link to the article about their discovery by NIWA https://niwa.co.nz/news/scientists-rediscover-new-zealand%E2%80%99s-first-weather-diaries
Image: Register of thermometer and barometric measurements 1839 [to 1849] Rev. Richard Davis, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections NZMS 378
This edition of Books & Beyond pays tribute to the city of Auckland by choosing books of historical recollections, novelistic descriptions and poetic odes.
In an unscripted and unruly gameshow-style edition of Books and Beyond, Alison and Karen test each other on some of the best opening lines in literature. Feel free to play along. How many can you guess?
Review Review was a collaborative event between Auckland Libraries and Alternative Bindings Collective.
On 10 February 2016 Review Review was recorded and we are pleased to bring you retrospective highlights from this event.
The MC for the evening was Alternative Bindings member Michael Giacon. He introduces each of the reviewers who speak for 7 minutes reviewing a book of their choose.
Reviewers in this series include Local writers and readers Jade du Preez, Christopher Dempsey, Richard Galloway, Morgan Borthwick and Carole Beu.
In this last track we hear Carole Beu talk about Amy Bloom's novel Lucy us.
https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2853456
Review Review was a collaborative event between Auckland Libraries and Alternative Bindings Collective.
On 10 February 2016 Review Review was recorded and we are pleased to bring you retrospective highlights from this event.
The MC for the evening was Alternative Bindings member Michael Giacon. He introduces each of the reviewers who speak for 7 minutes reviewing a book of their choose.
Reviewers in this series include local writers and readers Jade du Preez, Christopher Dempsey, Richard Galloway, Morgan Borthwick and Carole Beu.
In this track we hear from Christopher Dempsey. He talks about the book Hear Us Out: Conversations with Gay Novelists by Richard Canning.
https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2833924
Review Review was a collaborative event between Auckland Libraries and Alternative Bindings Collective.
On 10 February 2016 Review Review was recorded and we are pleased to bring you retrospective highlights from this event.
The MC for the evening was Alternative Bindings member Michael Giacon. He introduces each of the reviewers who speak for 7 minutes reviewing a book of their choice.
Reviewers in this series include local writers and readers Jade du Preez, Christopher Dempsey, Richard Galloway, Morgan Borthwick and Carole Beu.
In this track we hear from Morgan Borthwick who talks about his chosen book Cinnamon Toast and the End of the World by Janet E Cameron.
https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2731221
Review Review was a collaborative event between Auckland Libraries and Alternative Bindings Collective.
On 10 February 2016 Review Review was recorded and we are pleased to bring you retrospective highlights from this event.
The MC for the evening was Alternative Bindings member Michael Giacon. He introduces each of the reviewers who speak for 7 minutes reviewing a book of their choose.
Reviewers in this series include Local writers and readers Jade du Preez, Christopher Dempsey, Richard Galloway, Morgan Borthwick and Carole Beu.
This next track we hear Richard Galloway talk about lesbian author Eileen Mary Challans who took the pen name Renault. Her sympathetic treatment of love between men won her a wide gay readership. Her historical novels are all set in ancient Greece.
https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2833941
Review Review was a collaborative event between Auckland Libraries and Alternative Bindings Collective.
On 10 February 2016 Review Review was recorded and we are pleased to bring you retrospective highlights from this event.
The MC for the evening was Alternative Bindings member Michael Giacon. He introduces each of the reviewers who speak for 7 minutes reviewing a book of their choose.
Reviewers in this series include Local writers and readers Jade du Preez, Christopher Dempsey, Richard Galloway, Morgan Borthwick and Carole Beu.
This first track features Jade du Preez talking about the book How to be Both by Ali Smith.
https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2925467
To celebrate Pride 2020 the Heritage Collection team bring out some special collections that celebrate and reflect LGBTQI communities.
In this track Sue Berman talks with Serials Librarian Bridget Simpson about the magazines that sit within Heritage Collections.
Mentioned in the podcast are:
Bitches, witches & dykes : a women's liberation newspaper v.1:no.1 (Aug. 1980) - v.2:no.1 (June 1982)issue 6 (Aug. 1982) 305.42 B62 O/S Pub.Feminist Publication Collective (Auckland, N.Z.)
The circle: A lesbian-feminist publication Issue no.1 (Dec.1973)-issue no.44, December 1985.301.42 C59 S.H.E. -Pub.Sisters for Homophile Equality (NZ). Continued by Lesbian Feminist Circle (see attached extract from it)
Devotion 1996 NZP305.90664 D49 Sir George Grey Special Collections copy 1996; Pub.Sprung (NZ). donation; Rex Pilgrim
Express 06 July 1995 to current 305.906 E96 O/S
Gay lib news Nov. 1972 - Aug. 1973 Gay Liberation Front 306.766 G28 Continued by Gay liberator
The gay liberator Sept./Oct. 1973 - Apr./May 1975 306.766 G28 Gay Liberation Auck Continued by NZ gay news
New Zealand gay news no.2 (July/Aug. 1975) - no.14 (July/Aug. 1977) 306.766 N5. Continued by Out
Gay Auckland . 1, no. 2 (Mar. 1989)-v. 1, no. 3 (June/July) 306.766 G28 Gay Auckland Associates
Gay times Began in 1984. We keep for two years. Great Britain. GLO (GLOSPIEL) issue no.0 (1991) - issue no.2 (1991)1001 Summer 1992/1993 305.906 G56 Gay/Lesbian Auckland pub. John Draper ed.
Hero 1992-1999, 2001,2002 NZP 305.90664 H56 donation; Rex Pilgrim. Hero Project. Hero festival programme. Hero parade & party guide '98.
Jack : a magazine for men no. 1 (Feb./Mar. 2005)-no. 7 (2007) (complete run) 306.766 J13. Subtitles vary: no. 1 Hi Jack collectors edition; no. 2 A military homo-zine; no. 3 A gay rugby digest; no. 4 The boys of summer; no. 5 Future proof; no. 6 Milk it; no. 7 Best in show. Editor, David Herkt. Sir George Grey Special Collections copies; donation; Rex Pilgrim. Goode Press (NZ)
Lesbian feminist circle [Issue 24] (Spring 1976)-issue 44 (Dec. 1985) 301.42 C59 Circle Collective
Man to man no.14:1991:11:15 - no.15:1991:11:29no.23:1992:04:15no.27:1992:06:10 - no.56:1993:08:0519 Aug. 1993 - 22 June 1995 305.906 M27 "NZ's nationwide gay news." Continued by Express
Out no.15 (Sept./Oct. 1977) - no.209 (Feb./Mar. 2009) 306.766 094 "The alternative lifestyle." Lawrence Publishing Co. of N.Z.
Outrage no.95 (Apr. 1991)- no.208 (Sept. 2000) 306.7662 O94 Australian
Passport Began in 1987.We keep for two years. San Francisco
Pink triangle no.1 (May 1979) no.18 (Dec. 1980) - no.85 (Sept./Oct. 1990) 306.766 P65 National Gay Rights Coalition of New Zealand.
When Sarah Mathew, wife of the surveyor Felton Mathew, arrived at the Waitemata Harbour in 1840, it was to assist her husband select a site for the capital of Aotearoa, New Zealand. The couple soon moved into a tent in the area we now call Britomart. In a box beside the tent was what Sarah refers to in her diary as, “my devoted piano”. Once their house was finished, the piano moved in with her and it became indispensable as an entertainment in the home. Playing the piano well was considered an essential accomplishment for a young woman in society.
In this concert, Dr Polly Sussex gave us a glimpse of recreational music in pioneering life in early Auckland using examples from the musical scrapbooks of the family of early missionary Henry Williams. Now held at Auckland Libraries, these scrapbooks of hand copied music contain fine examples of the sort of music played. Not many families had grand pianos at that time, so the practical second-best was the square pianoforte on which Dr. Sussex performed to conclude our Spring series for 2019.
https://soundcloud.com/auckland-libraries/sets/thursday-heritage-concerts-3
In this concert, top string, wind, brass, vocal and piano soloists and chamber musicians from St Kentigern College presented poetical and gorgeous repertoire selected from continental European composers of the Romantic and contemporary periods. The technical mastery these students have on their instruments impressed along with their musicality.
The performers are all regional and national representatives as well as finalists and winners of the College Solo Music Competition, an annual highlight for the College community that firmly believes in the intrinsic value of the arts.
The Kotuku Quintet returned to the stage this year with a programme that featured two little-known works for piano quintet from the Romantic era. Frank Bridge’s Quintet in D minor, and Enrique Granados’ Quintet in G minor.
The English composer Frank Bridge (1879-1941) was widely respected as a teacher, composer, violist and conductor. His Quintet has been described as ‘a high-point of post-romantic English music’. Today it is hardly known but this fresh, enjoyable, moving work is well deserving of greater popularity.
Spanish composer Enrique Granados (1867-1916), dubbed by some as the ‘Spanish Grieg’, wrote his Piano Quintet in G minor fairly early in his career and is one of only a handful of chamber works that he wrote. His distinctly Spanish style of classical music can be heard in the second movement, Allegretto, with the suggested strumming of a guitar, accompanying a melancholy song beautifully evocative of a lazy afternoon in the sun.
The Francis-Lee Duo presented a programme featuring the works of two powerful women composers from the 19th century who were dedicated to their craft and to overcoming the challenges they experienced as women in a male dominated industry.
After moving to Düsseldorf in early 1853, Clara produced several works, among them the Three Romances for violin and piano, Op. 22.for violin and piano. She dedicated this work to violinist Joseph Joachim, which was later performed for King George V of Hanover.
Perhaps the earliest and most prominent American woman composer, Amy Beach was a leading representative of the late 19th-century Romantic style and her works were characterized by technical mastery, spontaneity, and originality. The Francis-Lee Duo performed her richly lyrical and emotional Sonata for violin and piano, Op. 34 - one of her most important works.
Portamento started our Spring series of concerts with a delightful programme where the flame and exhilaration of romance meets the anguish of unrequited love as reflected in Schubert’s magnificent Fantasie in F minor D940. Being one of his most important piano works for 4 hands and dedicated to his student Karoline Esterhazy, it was written just a few months before he died. This dramatic work is contrasted with Debussy’s evocative Petite Suite, then Rachmaninoff’s Valse from Moments Musicaux Op. 11, and concludes with Grieg’s bright and joyous lyric piece Wedding Day at Troldhaugen Op. 65 no. 6 – the ultimate culmination of courting and romance having been written as a memorial of the 25th wedding anniversary of Grieg and his wife Nina.
On 6 November 2019 Dr. Polly Sussex presented her research on the experiences of some early women settlers in Auckland, focusing on Sarah Mathew and her attempt to transpose her piano to the wild shores of the colonial city.
You can find Polly's talk on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSGWdSYYpH8
Here we present a question and answer session by piano restorer Paul Downie which followed the talk. Haramai tētahi ahua!
Image: 'The British flag first hoisted on the shore of the Waitemata, September 18th, 1840' - a watercolour painted after Dr John Johnson's original by Elizabeth Hocken.
Recorded live at the Auckland Central Library on 6 November 2019.
Today we present a talk by writer, director and actor Dr. Murrary Edmond based on material from his forthcoming book: Time to make a song and dance: cultural revolt in Auckland 1960-1970. The talk was hosted in conjunction with the Curtain Up! exhibition staged at Tamaki Pataka Korero and which explored the rise of professional drama in Auckland. You can find further material from the exhibition in our playlist on Auckland Libraries' podcast page.
Here Dr. Edmond concentrates on the rise and fall of the Community Arts Service or CAS Theatre. His research provides an interesting insight into attempts to diversify the dramatic offerings being staged in culturally conservative mid-twentieth century New Zealand. Haramai tētahi ahua! Enjoy the journey!
This talk was recorded live at the Auckland Central Library on 13 November 2019.
Additional audio: Weekly Review No. 435 (1950) National Film Unit, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga Image: Auckland Libraries Heritage Ephemera collection: www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/pages/heritage-ephemera.aspx
Riddle me this...What do Jo March, Lisbeth Salander, Paikea and the Cat in the Hat have in common? And how does this tie in with our New Year’s Resolutions? Alison and Karen explain all...
This month the Real Gold case makes a connection with the current exhibition Fun and Games! at Tamaki Pataka Korero – the Central City Library.
American book artist Julie Chen is noted for her sophisticated and beautiful constructions, often based on the idea of a game.
To tell us more about the artist and her work is rare books specialist Georgia Prince in conversation with Sue Berman.
Reference: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3316417
Julie Chen. Personal paradigms: a game of life. Berkeley: Flying Fish Press, 2003.
Ted Dickens worked for Farmers Trading Company for nearly 4 decades. He shares the highs and lows of his career with the New Zealand retailing icon including everything from a controversial winking Santa Clause to racing to replicate a famous royal wedding dress.
Sit back and enjoy a summer stroll down memory lane - Haramai tētahi ahua! Recorded live at the Auckland Central Library on 8 May 2019.
Image credit: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 9-1 Explore your heritage collections for more content like this here: https://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Pages/heritage-collections.aspx
Music credit: Childhood by Frank Kölling
In this episode, our BFFs Alison and Karen talk about that great literary sub-genre, the BFB (Big Fat Book). Just perfect for holiday reading and guaranteed to keep you amused for weeks.
Welcome back to this Fun and Games series! In this track we hear a number of voices drawn from the Birkenhead City Council Oral History Project recorded in the early 1980s.
Margaret Armitage recalls the annual school picnic and games on the beach; Alice O'Callahan describes playing on the Maypole; and Lloyd Mumme talks of fishing in the local waterways and the fun of bird nesting.
Margaret Armitage NOH-AAA-0219 https://tinyurl.com/ts5lc5z Alice O'Callahan NOH-AAA-0382 https://tinyurl.com/v3yu8jq Lloyd Mumme - NOH-AAA-0227 https://tinyurl.com/ws3vbuf
Image: Perry family picnic, Te Henga, c1930s, photgrapher unkown, JTD-02K-05655-2, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collection.
Music: Happy Whistling Ukulele by Rafael Krux, https://freepd.com/upbeat.ph
Welcome back to the Fun and Games podcast series!
In this track we hear voices from interviews conducted in the early 1990s for a project Auckland in the 30's. The interviews talked with people about their lived memories of growing up in the early part of the 20th century.
First up we hear from Brian Stevenson, interviewed by Sarah Dalton. Brian was born in 1900 and grew up in the Parnell and Remuera areas. Lindsay Slater born in 1919 in the Newton area, interviewed by Megan Hutching, recalls a game played with all the neighborhood children. Born in 1913 in Te Aroha, Eunice Ball-Guymer tells interviewer Sarah Dalton about the kind of fun that rural kids had with home made slides and eeling. Elva Shepherd, born in 1909 recalls learning to sew and making her dolls clothes and lastly Edna Mortensen born in 1917 describes a commonly played school game called Fives .
Brian Stevenson: https://tinyurl.com/vyyezg5 Lindsay Slater: https://tinyurl.com/sevjkkz Eunice Ball-Guymer: https://tinyurl.com/sadnugu Elva Shepherd: https://tinyurl.com/tvk72ef Edna Mortensen: https://tinyurl.com/uccmlky
Image: Elva Hobbs with her toys, Elva Shepherd Collection, photographer unknown, 783-A16118, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collection, https://tinyurl.com/tmlxcoa
Music: Happy Whistling Ukulele by Rafael Krux, https://freepd.com/upbeat.php
Kia ora welcome back to the Fun and Games podcast series.
In this track we talk with world pinball champs Dave and Danielle Peck about some key pinball facts and on being a pinball wizard. We also discuss the up coming Game On! event featuring on the Ground Floor of the Central City Library as part of the Fun and Games exhibition,
Game On! - Ground Floor Central City Library Step into the golden age of arcade games and test your skills against the 80s best! You're free to play 6 of the best arcade games, plus Pinball!
Event: 1 February 2020, 1-2pm Central City Library Ground Floor Come see Auckland’s own World #1 Ranked Woman’s Pinball Player Danielle Peck demonstrate her skills at this one off exclusive Auckland Libraries event! Danni and three times NZ Pinball Champ David Peck will talk all things Pinball.
Thanks for tuning into this Fun and Games series produced by Ngā Pātaka Kōrero - Auckland Libraries for your listening pleasure.
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Image: Poster design by Marcus Joyce, Auckland Libraries 2019. Music: Happy Whistling Ukulele by Rafael Krux, freepd.com/upbeat.php
Kia ora welcome to the first track in this Fun and Games podcast series.
In this track Sue Berman meets with Harriet Rogers in the gallery level 2 Tamaki Pataka Korero – the Central City Library for a walk and talk through the Fun and Games exhibition!
Harriet explains what we can expect to see and experience in the Fun and Games exhibition and tell us about some of her favourite items on display.
Image: Fun and Games exhibition poster, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections.
Alison and Karen plan their holiday reading and recommend some great beach reads. At last, time to read!
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2019/12/books-and-beyond-beached-as.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 15 December 2019.
In this episode, Alison and Karen take a literary journey to Cornwall and discover why this rugged and mysterious place continues to provide inspiration for so many writers.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2019/12/books-and-beyond-cornish-pastiche.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 12 December 2019.
Welcome back to this Fun and Games series!
In this track we hear from Joanne Graves who has put together a series of exhibition cases on the Fun and Games theme. She shares her research and describes the selected items from Heritage and Research Collections.
This content is available for viewing on Level 2 Atrium all the hours that the Central City Library is open. Mon - Fri 10am - 8pm and Sat - Sun 10am - 5pm.
Image: John Williamson Morris with his teddy bear, c1940, Frank Morris Collection, FMO-0729-00034-G https://tinyurl.com/w8hvsu4
Music: Happy Whistling Ukulele by Rafael Krux, freepd.com/upbeat.php
In 1719 the journalist Daniel Defoe published an unusual survivor story that became a runaway best seller commonly known as Robinson Crusoe.
In this episode we talk with rare books specialist Georgia Prince about the book and the story behind the 300 year old publication - The life and strange surprizing adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1955844
Such was the book’s success that Defoe speedily published a sequel in the same year, The farther adventures of Robinson Crusoe. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1955843
The most likely model for Robinson Crusoe was the real-life adventure story of the Scottish seaman Alexander Selkirk. He spent over four years surviving on an island until he was rescued by the privateer Woodes Rogers. An account can be read in, A cruising voyage round the world. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1968736
Plate engravings digitised here: https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/rarebooks/id/1242/rec/2
All three books are on display and can be viewed in the ‘Real Gold Case’ in the Heritage Collections reading room, Level 2 of Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero | Central City Library.
Image: The first editions of Robinson Crusoe had no illustrations. This image comes from the engravings contained in the sixteenth edition of 1784.
In this episode, librarians Alison and Karen discuss books by some celebrated Black authors who write about communities divided along racial lines.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2019/12/books-and-beyond-young-gifted-and-black.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 1 December 2019.
For people making the journey to a new life in New Zealand in the 19th century, it was often a perilous journey across the Pacific. For those who did make it here, the welcome was also far from warm.
NZ legislation was particularly severe on Chinese immigrants, as we heard in the previous talk with the introduction of a poll tax in various forms. The Immigration Restriction Act introduced in 1899 prohibited the entry of immigrants who were not of British or Irish parentage and who could not fill out an application form ‘in any European language’.
In today’s talk David Wong-Hop and Lisa Truttman illustrate what this journey would have been like. After David’s introduction Lisa looks at the broader Asian immigrant experience particularly Indian and Syrian including some well known Auckland names.
Haramai tētahi ahua!
Image credit: 'Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, NZG-19090721-31-2 Caption reads: THE TIDE OF IMMIGRATION - Arrival of the Athenic at Wellington on Tuesday, with a further batch of immigrants on board. On being told that the state of the labour market in New Zealand was somewhat depressed, one of the immigrants cheerfully remarked it could not be worse than what they had left behind them (21 July 1909).
Recorded at Auckland Central Library on October 13 2019
In this episode, librarians Louisa and Karen talk about books that celebrate the human-animal bond.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2019/11/books-and-beyond-for-love-of-animals.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 24 November 2019.
Today we're listening to historians David Wong-Hop and Lisa Truttman discuss the implementation of a poll tax on early Chinese immigrants to New Zealand. An important part of their research was the discovery of a register transcribed by a customs official which helped provide a more complete picture of this policy's impact, particularly in Auckland.
You can read more about David and Lisa's research in their book: Looking for a better life: the Chinese poll tax certificate records in Auckland. http://bit.ly/35nUehX
Image: Hand written register of Chinese who arrived in Auckland between 1882-1930 and paid Poll tax on entry to NZ (Archives NZ - Auckland).
Recorded at the Auckland Central Library on 7 October 2018
Peter Bland, prize-winning poet, playwright, charismatic actor and recipient of the Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievement talks with Karen about his life and his work. Hear him read some of his gorgeous poetry and tell some wonderful anecdotes.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2019/11/books-and-beyond-peter-bland.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 18 November 2019.
In this Real Gold episode we talk with rare book specialist Georgia Prince about a selection of items from Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections related to the expeditions of Captain James Cook on the sailing boat Endeavour.
Georgia discusses the illustrated map of Mercury Bay and mentions the process related to cartography of this time. The map is from the Hawkesworth account described below.
The official British account of the Endeavour voyage was written up from officers' journals by a professional writer and editor called John Hawkesworth. The first volume contained accounts of the British exploratory voyages which had proceeded Cook's into the South Pacific. Cook's voyage is contained in volumes two and three. The illustration were engraved from sketches by the expedition's artists. The engraving on display depicts an encounter between the British and Māori while the Endeavour was anchored in Mercury Bay. Cook and his party visited Ngāti Hei Wharetāwere Pā on 12 November 1769. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1971900
Also discussed is the hand written letter by James Cook. Letter, 30 November 1768, Rio de Janeiro, to the Commissioners of the Victualling, His Majesty's Navy. Reference: GMS 184
Online digital copy: https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/manuscripts/id/10662/rec/1
In this episode, librarians Alison and Karen get into the Joan-zone as they discuss this celebrated essayist and style-icon.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2019/11/books-and-beyond-joan-didion.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 10 November 2019.
In this episode, librarians Alison and Karen talk about trains. Travel, romance, elegance, intrigue and crime. It’s always better on the tracks.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2019/11/books-and-beyond-travelling-by-train.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 3 November 2019.
In this episode, librarians Alison and Karen talk about Paris – the city of light, love and literature.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2019/10/books-and-beyond-we-will-always-have-paris.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 20 October 2019.
Alison talks to beloved children’s author, Stacy Gregg, about her new book Prince of Ponies and finds out why horses have such a strong place in our imaginative and literary worlds.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2019/10/books-and-beyond-stacy-gregg.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 13 October 2019.
Alison talks about cats in literature and finds out what makes them so alluring to readers and writers.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2019/10/books-and-beyond-literary-cats.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 6 October 2019.
Yid-Ee Goh, Violin and Lisa Chou, piano of Ensemble East launch our Autumn series with a salutation to seven New Zealand poets composed by the father of New Zealand music, Douglas Lilburn. To follow, Ensemble East perform Beethoven’s violin sonata Op. 30 no.1. This is the most serene of the three violin sonatas that he wrote during this time in the beautiful environs of Heilingenstadt in the Vienna Woods.
Seung Yeon and Hae Jin bring an exciting programme for flute solo with piano accompaniment, to take you on a musical journey back in time. Starting in the 20th century with American composer Robert Muczynski’s arresting flute sonata we travel back to the late Romantic period with a gorgeous suite for flute and piano by Charles-Marie Widor. The refined Classical period follows with Mozart’s sparkling flute concerto in G major. We arrive at our destination in the baroque period, where Seung Yeon and Hae Jin conclude with an arrangement of the Chaconne in G minor written by Italian composer Tomaso Antonio Vitali.
Epsom Music presents a programme of choral and chamber music which takes the listener on a musical adventure. This concert features Paradisum, Epsom Girls’ auditioned choir, and chamber music groups, who are preparing for nation-wide competitions. Paradisum represents a long tradition of choral music at Epsom Girls Grammar School. With a focus on contemporary New Zealand works, the programme celebrates New Zealand’s musical heritage by conceptualising journeys through musical style, genre and form.
As Auckland Grammar School celebrates its sesquicentenary this year, we take the opportunity to look back at music and poetry that has inspired students over the last 150 years and look forward to the future with our current students. This concert will feature a selection of music, including by Ludwig Beethoven, Arcangelo Corelli, Auckland composer David Hamilton, and Pyotr Tchaikovsky, showcasing the diverse talent in ensembles from Auckland Grammar School, including chamber groups, the chamber orchestra, Grammar Virtuosi and, the chamber choir, Grammarphonics.
Toru o Te Motu – Waiheke String Trio are Dr Joe Harrop (violin), David Rawsthorne (Viola) and Sally-Anne Brown (cello)
Here, Toru o Te Motu present tMozarts grandiose Divertimento in E flat, K.563, for string trio. Consisting of 6 movements, including 2 minuet and trios, the work features one of Mozart's most endearing set of variations. Here we listen to the Andante variations and the final Allegro.
Historian Hugh Dickey presents fascinating new insights about the development of our towns and cities, including a focus on our "primate city" - Auckland.
One of the motivations behind this research was a determination that official statistics were not revealing a true picture of the actual population of New Zealand's towns and cities, but rather something of a “myth”.
Hugh looks at definitions used to determine how data was collected and defined to question the accuracy of long held claims attributed to it.
Early population statistics were taken by electoral district, a measure which didn’t necessarily correspond with towns as we know them or as they were. Hugh begins by examining Auckland’s reported 1867 population of 11,000.
Haramai tetahi ahua! Enjoy the journey!
The growth of New Zealand towns : a historical and current survey of the development of 64 towns and cities, with a glimpse of future changes - Hugh Dickey, 2017
Recorded live at the Auckland Central Library on 25 September 2019 Image: 35mm colour slide showing sections of the Harbour Bridge being maneuvered into position; Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 998-26 https://soundcloud.com/auckland-libraries/sets/heritage-talks-2019
Bill Daniels was born in Ōtāhuhu. He grew up in Onehunga where his parents lived but spent a lot of time in his early childhood with his mother’s family in Ōtāhuhu.
His grandfather and his uncles worked in the local Ōtāhuhu. area. Bill worked at the Westfield Freezing Works as a university student during the summer breaks of the late 1940s to early 1950s.
In this track he recalls the story of his Nana - "you know you’ve arrived in Ōtāhuhu when you go past the Westfield smell"
Reference: Oral History Interview with Bill Daniels by Sharon Smith, Westfield Freezing Works, 2019, OH_1412_002
Photo credit: Smoke from octagonal chimney at Westfield Freezing works. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections Footprints NZMS 1803
Eunice Te Rangiuaia is the Kaikokiri Ratonga Māori with Auckland Libraries South East. Several generations of her whanau have worked in the meatorks in and around Ōtāhuhu.
In this track she talks about playing cards and stories from the cannery.
Reference: Oral History Interview with Eunice Te Rangiuaia by Sharon Smith, Westfield Freezing Works, 2019, OH_1412_001
Photo Credit: Eunice Te Rangiuaia with whare tipuna, c2019, Private Collection Eunice Te Rangiuaia.
Bill Daniels was born in Ōtāhuhu. He grew up in Onehunga where his parents lived but spent a lot of time in his early childhood with his mother’s family in Ōtāhuhu.
His grandfather and his uncles worked in the local Ōtāhuhu. area. Bill worked at the Westfield Freezing Works as a university student during the summer breaks of the late 1940s to early 1950s.
In this track Bill recalls the role of the Unions and a story about the owner of the Westfield Freezing Company, Lord Vestey.
Reference: Oral History Interview with Bill Daniels by Sharon Smith, Westfield Freezing Works, 2019, OH_1412_002
Photo credit: Smoke from octagonal chimney at Westfield Freezing works. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections Footprints NZMS 1803
Max Beesley spent his working life at the Southdown Freezing Works, also known as Auckland Farmers' Freezing Co-Operative (AFFCO).
In the oral history interview he includes recollections of daily activities, the operations of the railyards at Ōtāhuhu and his working life from the early 1950s to the mid 1970s.
In this selection he describes the working of the railyards and the movement of stock.
Reference: Oral History Interview with Max Beesley by Sharon Smith, 2014, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, MNP_OH_65 https://tinyurl.com/yybrba72
Photo credit: Westfield marshalling yards, Otahuhu, ca 1968, National Publicity Studios, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 895-A76396
Eunice Te Rangiuaia is the Kaikokiri Ratonga Māori with Auckland Libraries South East. Several generations of her whānau have worked in the meatworks in and around Ōtāhuhu.
Eunice describes the process and roles of workers in the lamb cutting room and the cuts that would come her way for processing.
Reference: Oral History Interview with Eunice Te Rangiuaia by Sharon Smith, Westfield Freezing Works, 2019, OH_1412_001
Photo Credit: Eunice Te Rangiuaia with whare tipuna, c2019, Private Collection Eunice Te Rangiuaia.
David Lange, former Prime Minister of New Zealand (1984-1989), entered Parliament as MP for Māngere 1977.
David Lange worked at the Westfield Freezing Works as a student
In this track he recalls how stock was driven through the streets and recounts an incident.
Reference: David Lange talks to the Otahuhu Historical Society, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections MNP_OH_139. By courtesy of the Otahuhu Historical Society. tinyurl.com/y6s4qfnv
Photo credit: Prime Minister David Lange and other dignitaries at the opening of the new Māngere police station, 3 April 1987. Photograph reproduced by courtesy of Stuff Limited. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections Footprints 00598
Eunice Te Rangiuaia is the Kaikokiri Ratonga Māori with Auckland Libraries South East. Several generations of her whānau have worked in the meatworks in and around Ōtāhuhu.
In this track Eunice recalls the ease of getting work and the family connections.
Reference: Oral History Interview with Eunice Te Rangiuaia by Sharon Smith, Westfield Freezing Works, 2019, OH_1412_001
Photo Credit: Eunice Te Rangiuaia with whare tipuna, c2019, Private Collection Eunice Te Rangiuaia.
Bill Daniels was born in Ōtāhuhu. He grew up in Onehunga where his parents lived but spent a lot of time in his early childhood with his mother’s family in Ōtāhuhu.
His grandfather and his uncles worked in the local Ōtāhuhu. area. Bill worked at the Westfield Freezing Works as a university student during the summer breaks of the late 1940s to early 1950s.
In this track he recalls being a student seasonal worker and the relationship with the older permanent workers - "They were like fathers towards us all..."
Reference: Oral History Interview with Bill Daniels by Sharon Smith, Westfield Freezing Works, 2019, OH_1412_002
Photo credit: Smoke from octagonal chimney at Westfield Freezing works. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections Footprints NZMS 1803
Rae Rankin, was the accountant at the Auckland City Abattoir office and stockyards during the mid to late 1940s.
Rae talks about the different methods of slaughter and the various meatworks in the Westfield area.
Reference: Oral History Interview with Malcolm (Rae) Rankin by Sharon Smith, 2014, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections MNP_OH_66 https://tinyurl.com/y542qewz
Photo Credit: Showing stockyards and the exterior of the slaughterhouse at the Auckland Municipal Abattoir at Westfield, Auckland City Council, 1964, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collection, 580-10505
Sammy Saluni pays homage to his grandfather, George Puipui Taoa. His grandfather moved from Samoa to New Zealand in later life, and worked at Hellabys, (R. & W. Hellaby Limited) in the 1970s.
In this track Sammy recalls his grandfather as hard working and describes his role at Hellabys taking care of the workplace uniforms.
Reference: Oral History Interview with Sammy Saluni by Sharon Smith, Westfield Freezing Works, 2019, OH_1412_003
Photo credit: Shortland cannery and freezing works, Otahuhu, 1970, Photographer White's Aviation, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections Footprints 05078. Photograph reproduced by courtesy of Otahuhu Historical Society.
Eunice Te Rangiuaia is the Kaikokiri Ratonga Māori with Auckland Libraries South East. Several generations of her whānau have worked in the meat works in and around Ōtāhuhu.
In this track she talks about her grandmother, Charlotte Harris, who used to work at Hellabys. She goes on to describe her time there also.
Reference: Oral History Interview with Eunice Te Rangiuaia by Sharon Smith, Westfield Freezing Works, 2019, OH_1412_001
Photo Credit: Charlotte Harris, c1950, Private Collection of Eunice Te Rangiuaia
Bill Daniels was born in Ōtāhuhu. He grew up in Onehunga where his parents lived but spent a lot of time in his early childhood with his mother’s family in Ōtāhuhu.
His grandfather and his uncles worked in the local Ōtāhuhu. area. Bill worked at the Westfield Freezing Works as a university student during the summer breaks of the late 1940s to early 1950s.
In this track he recalls life in Ōtāhuhu, working the beef chain and fellmongery - the preparation of animal skins for leather-making.
Reference: Oral History Interview with Bill Daniels by Sharon Smith, Westfield Freezing Works, 2019, OH_1412_002
Photo credit: Smoke from octagonal chimney at Westfield Freezing works. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections Footprints NZMS 1803
In this track we hear from long-time Glen Innes resident Aneta Jean Hart. Aneta grew up in Waihou Valley in the Far North, she describes moving from rural Taranaki to Auckland in search of work in the 1940s, working at Westfield Freezing Works and living at Camp Bunn for a time.
Reference: Aneta Jean Hart, oral history interview with Jennifer Andrews, Glen Innes Oral History Project, 1990. OH_1340_003 https://tinyurl.com/yxcvuxq2
Photo credit: Aneta Jean Hart née Eruera (1927-2017), Private Collection. https://soundcloud.com/auckland-libraries/sets/stepping-back-into-the-shed
David Lange, former Prime Minister of New Zealand (1984-1989), entered Parliament as MP for Māngere 1977.
David Lange worked at the Westfield Freezing Works as a student
In this track he talks to members of the Otahuhu Historical Society about his personal recollections of 'Otahu' and growing up there in the 1940s-1970s.
Reference: David Lange talks to the Otahuhu Historical Society, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections MNP_OH_139. By courtesy of the Otahuhu Historical Society. https://tinyurl.com/y6s4qfnv
Photo credit: Prime Minister David Lange and other dignitaries at the opening of the new Māngere police station, 3 April 1987. Photograph reproduced by courtesy of Stuff Limited. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections Footprints 00598
Sue Berman interviews Helen Stevens and Sharon Smith about the Westfield Freezing Works exhibition - Stepping back into the shed.
In this track they talk about how the Westfield Freezing Works collection came to Auckland Libraries; the richness of the story that sits in the archive; themes explored and the opportunity for the community to participate and share memories.
To hear more tracks from this podcast series: https://soundcloud.com/auckland-libraries/sets/stepping-back-into-the-shed
The exhibition can be seen at Māngere Arts Centre – Ngā Tohu o Uenuku. Corner Bader Drive and Orly Avenue, Māngere
Opens Saturday 12 October at 10:30am Run till Saturday 26 October Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm Saturday, 10am-4pm
Community photo album day - bring your photos and add to the community photo album Saturday 19th October 10am – 4pm
Film Screening - The Hammer and the Anvil - Saturday 23 November, 2pm,
Exhibition curated by: Sharon Smith and Helen Stevens Sound production by Sue Berman Auckland Libraries
Music credit this track: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music
For the month of October, Auckland Libraries is celebrating the festival of Diwali.
Diwali is a festival of lights, and is one of the most popular of festivals in Hinduism. It is celebrated every autumn in the northern hemisphere and in spring here in the southern hemisphere, and symbolises the spiritual victory of light over darkness, good over evil and knowledge over ignorance.
In this Real Gold episode Sue Berman talks with Elspeth Orwin about a selection of travel books from Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections which offer a unique 17th and late 18th/19th century perspective of India and Indian culture.
On the wall in the Reading Room, and illustrated with this episode is a digital copy of one of the many prints by Francois Balthazar Solvyns from his four column Les Hindous - The Hindus. The plate Elephants and Camels is from volume three of Les Hindoûs. Solvyn, a Flemish artist, lived in Calcutta from 1791 to 1803 where he undertook a visual account of Hindu life and customs. It was not until the late 1980s that his prints were recognised as a compelling portrait of India two hundred years ago. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1968996
Book References: Francois Bernier. Travels in the Mogul Empire, A.D. 1656-1688. Archibald Constable, 1891. Rev. and improved ed. based upon Irving Brock's translation / by Archibald Constable. https://tinyurl.com/y2o32n87
William Hodges. Travels in India during the years 1780, 1781, 1782 & 1783. Printed for the author and sold by J. Edwards, Pall-Mall, 1793 https://tinyurl.com/y48lhu8d
Nina Elizabeth Mazuchelli. The Indian Alps and how we crossed them: being a narrative of two years' residence in the eastern Himalaya and two months' tour into the interior / by a lady pioneer, illustrated by herself. Longmans, Green and Co. 1876 https://tinyurl.com/yyhbrfl9
Alison discusses books about migration and finds out what it’s like to try for a new start in a new land.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2019/09/books-and-beyond-in-search-of-a-better-life.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 29 September 2019.
Librarian Alison talks about some exciting new books by emerging writers and discovers that the timeless themes of love, loss and belonging continue to be explored in literature. Writing is in good hands!
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2019/09/books-and-beyond-emerging-writers.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 22 September 2019.
Librarian Alison chats with acclaimed author, Tessa Duder, about her new book, First map: how James Cook charted Aotearoa New Zealand, which has been released in time for the Tuia Encounters 250 commemoration of the first onshore encounters between Māori and Pākehā.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2019/09/books-and-beyond-tessa-duder.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 8 September 2019.
Librarians Alison and Karen consider the phenomenon of the bad boy from a literary standpoint, from Byron to the Beats.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2019/08/books-and-beyond-literary-bad-boys.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 18 August 2019.
Librarian Karen talks with Paula Green about her new book Wild honey: reading New Zealand women’s poetry, in which she celebrates the many ways poems by women deserve a place in Aotearoa's literary canon.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2019/08/books-and-beyond-paula-green.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 11 August 2019.
For Te Epetoma o te reo Māori Kūki ‘Āirani / Cook Islands Language Week your local librarians celebrate the language and culture of the Cook Islands through books, music and conversation.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2019/08/books-and-beyond-cook-islands-language-week-2019.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 4 August 2019.
Ivana Mlinac chats with librarian Karen about her magical book, 'Stardust: we always share the same sky', written to create a sense of safety and love for children with an incarcerated parent.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2019/07/books-and-beyond-ivana-mlinac.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 28 July 2019.
Journalist Margie Thomson talks with librarian Karen about her new book “Whale Oil”, a gripping and disturbing expose’ of one of the worst cases of cyberbullying yet seen in New Zealand.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2019/07/books-and-beyond-margie-thomson.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 21 July 2019.
Kia ora koutou and welcome back!
Today’s talk looks at the weird and wonderful world of wills and probate.
Auckland Libraries’ family historian Marie Hickey discusses the various resources available for locating wills both in New Zealand and Australia and also England, Ireland and Scotland.
Knowing how information was collected and what is available within the jurisdiction you are searching is key to the success of your search.
Listen on to discover the tools you’ll need to unlock some family secrets.
Enjoy the journey! Haramai tētahi ahua!
Resources:
NZ and Australia: Archives New Zealand: https://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ FamilySearch: https://www.familysearch.org/en/home/ CoraWeb: https://coraweb.com.au/
Great Britain & Ireland: National Archives (Discovery) - available through Auckland Libraries Probate jurisdictions : where to look for wills - Jeremy Gibson
Recorded live at the Auckland Central Library on 11 September 2019 Image credit: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-:As I'm not authorised to impose the death penalty, we will settle for pronouncing you man and wife....[ca 11 September 2002].. Ref: DX-019-002. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23251425
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Today we catch up on a talk from our 2018 series: an insiders look at Auckland Museum’s Te Awe project. Associate curator Bethany Matai Edmunds explains the Project which has a mission to enhance the accessibility of the museum’s vast collection of taonga whilst recognising its rightful place within Te Ao Maori.
Bethany is joined by conservator Kate Blair who explains the workflow and conservation methodology the museum is employing to bring this to fruition.
You can find out more about the project here: http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/discover/research/research-projects/te-awe
Enjoy the journey! Haramai tētahi ahua!
Recorded live at Auckland Central Library on 26 September 2018 Photo: Kate Blair with weaver Christina Wirihana, credit - Awhina Kerr
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Today Giuseppe Gallina, who himself immigrated to NZ from Italy in the early 1990s looks back at the intrepid travels to the Pacific of some of his compatriots including Venetian Antonio Ponto who sailed on the Endeavour’s first voyage.
He takes in the broader history of Italian migration and looks at why the country looked so far past its own borders when it came to settlement abroad.
Though immigration to NZ never developed into substantial numbers, Giuseppe argues those who did settle have made an impact, for example in diversification of our palette. He also looks at potential reasons behind an apparent upward trend in numbers since the turn of the century. Nevertheless if you thought your Friday night pizza was still lacking something, our speaker asks us to ponder what a large-scale Italian immigration might have meant for Aotearoa.
Enjoy the journey! Haramai tētahi ahua!
Recorded live at the Auckland Central Library on 28 August 2019.
Curtain Up! the exhibition is a visual snapshot of the Auckland theatre scene from the 1950s to the 1980s.
In this track we feature Georgia Prince from Auckland Libraries, life time actor Elizabeth McRae, esteemed playwrite Roger Hall and the woman who has played every role in theatre... the irrepressible Jocelyn McQuaid!
Auckland Libraries heritage collections specialist Georgia Prince provides us with an overview and background to the exhibition while Elizabeth, Roger and Jocelyn all offer their response to seeing the exhibition and discuss the importance of collecting and archiving.
To hear more tracks from this playlist - https://soundcloud.com/auckland-libraries/sets/curtain-up
Marie Hickey, Research Central, advises on what to do if you or your ancestors are "lost in London".
When did your ancestral place become part of London? Can’t find your ancestor/s in Church of England records - why not? Where do you look? What records are available to help further research of your London connections?
The talk also includes a look at some of the hidden gems available through subscription websites such as Ancestry, Findmypast, The Genealogist and MyHeritage.
Recorded at Auckland Central City Library on Wednesday 21 November 2018. Full talk available on our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R-kleq9jwM
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Today Auckland Libraries’ Heritage Trust scholar Chris Turnbull presents an overview of the New Zealand and British relationship with the Cook Islands.
He details the move from Imperial to localised power and the influence of ariki, or high chiefs, on the development of policy, including two prominent female leaders.
The talk illustrates the intriguing interplay between the local and the geopolitical at a time when countries such as England and France were making bold moves to assert their dominance in the Pacific.
Enjoy the journey! Haramai tētahi ahua!
Find out more on today's topic! The Special Collections housed at Tamaki Pataki Korero - the Auckland Central Library are a rich resource for researching NZ and Pacific history: You can find the following content within our manuscript collection, just type the record ID provided into the search box: http://bit.ly/2ZfywKY
- Correspondence between George Grey and Sydney regarding French occupation of New Caledonia: GNZMS 209
- Letter from Sir George Grey to Queen Ariki Makea: GLNZ G1.M1
You can find images through our Heritage Images collection: http://bit.ly/2riknA8 Mrs. Seddon and Queen Makea in palace grounds, Raratonga: AWNS-19000824-4-1
Image credit: Tapa mask, Rarotonga; Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 8353: https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/record/am_humanhistory-object-575654
Recorded live at the Auckland Central Library on 31 July 2019
To add to the celebration at Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero | Central City Library Fashion Week 2019, we bring to the Real Gold case a wonderfully illustrated fashion magazine for women from the early 1800s.
In this track we hear from Harriet Rogers the Heritage Collections Library Assistant and specialist in costume and fashion textile and history.
The Ladies' Monthly Museum; Or, Polite Repository of Amusement and Instruction, later known as simply The Ladies’ Museum, was an English women's periodical published monthly between 1798 and 1832.
The pages of The Ladies’ Museum contained reviews of recent books, music, theatrical, and artistic shows, reports of notable births, deaths, and marriages, royal news, poems, song lyrics, and serialised stories. The latest fashion news from London and Paris was illustrated by two or three hand-coloured plates each month.
Enjoy a page turning view of the plates via Kura Heritage Collections Online: https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/rarebooks/id/1144/rec/13
Available to view in the Real Gold case on Level 2 Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero | Central City Library for the month of September 2019 or ask at any time to view in the Special Collections Reading Room.
The ladies’ museum, new and improved series. Under the especial patronage of Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. For the year MDCCCXXXI. Vol. I. January to June. Book | Simpkin and Marshall, Stationers' Court | 1831 Available at Central City Special Collections - Printed (052 L14) https://tinyurl.com/yxa3fco5
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Kia ora koutou and welcome back!
Today local historian Lisa Truttman returns with her reliable mixture of thorough research delivered with great entertainment and enthusiasm.
Filling out our family history month offering, Truttman tells the story of Aucklander David Bruce Russell. Russell’s tombstone promised that his “Works will follow him”. These works included an almost life-long obsession with seeing west Auckland's Whau river turned into a canal. While he may have been short on follow-through, Russell was not short on ideas and his dreams and desires took him to places as diverse as Japan and Mexico.
Truttman explains how she managed to track this silver-tongued salesman across continents, careers and well, costumes.
Come along for the ride! Haramai tētahi ahua!
The Canal Promoter: David Bruce Russell and his dream of a Whau River Canal - Lisa Truttman: http://bit.ly/344eEwq
Alternatively you can contact the author here: waitemata@gmail.com
Resources: Trove - Australian archive containing newspapers and more: https://trove.nla.gov.au/ Newspapers.com by Ancestry (NB - subscription required): https://www.newspapers.com/ Mexican newspapers: http://www.hndm.unam.mx/index.php/es/
Auckland Libraries: J. E. Taylor, Manukau: https://bit.ly/2SSQQro Proposed Waitemata-Manukau canal: https://bit.ly/3fBVVhx
Recorded live at the Auckland Central Library on 21 August 2019
The Going West Writers Festival and Auckland Libraries bring you highlights from the 2018 Going West Writers Festival.
It was a Sunday morning festival treat – but an anytime listen for you now – we bring you a replay of On Fragile Wings with Debbie Stewart and Rachel Stewart.
Like so much of our unique and precious natural history, our majestic birds of prey are under threat. Written by conservation pioneer Debbie Stewart, The Hunters – the precious lives of NZ’s Birds of Prey is a significant contribution to our understanding of NZ’s heritage and environment. In this recorded conversation Debbie discusses these extraordinary birds and the challenges they face.
To hear more published tracks from previous years search Going West on this Auckland Libraries podcast channel.
Interested in the history of the festival? Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections houses the full sound and festival archive since its steam train journey beginnings in 1996.
Search Kura Heritage Collections or visit Heritage Collections at the Central City Library or Research West in Henderson for access to the collection.
Going West Writers Festival 2019 opens on the 6th of September till Sunday the 13th – more information available at the Going West website https://www.goingwestfest.co.nz/
Photo Credit: Debbie Steward, 2018 at Going West Writers Festival, photographer Liz March, Going West Festival Collection, Auckland Libraries.
The Going West Writers Festival and Auckland Libraries bring you highlights from the 2018 Going West Writers Festival. https://soundcloud.com/auckland-libraries/sets/going-west-writers-festival-1
This session was titled Ink and the Blood and in it we hear CK Stead and Charlotte Grimshaw two of this country’s leading writers.
Their most recent novels range around Europe, exploring the complexity of modern life. They are father and daughter, with a relationship that can’t help being informed by their shared literary persuasion. Interviewer Steve Braunias talks with Karl and Charlotte about their novels, their writing lives and what it means to be part of a literary family.
To hear more published tracks from previous years search Going West on this Auckland Libraries podcast channel.
Interested in the history of the festival? Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections houses the full sound and festival archive since its steam train journey beginnings in 1996. Search Kura Heritage Collections or visit Heritage Collections at the Central City Library or Research West in Henderson for access to the collection.
Going West Writers Festival 2019 opens on the 6th of September till Sunday the 13th – more information available at the Going West website https://www.goingwestfest.co.nz/
Photo credit: CK Stead and Charlotte Grimshaw, 2018, photographer Liz March, Going West Writers Festival Collection, Auckland Libraries.
The Going West Writers Festival and Auckland Libraries bring you highlights from the 2018 Going West Writers Festival. https://soundcloud.com/auckland-libraries/sets/going-west-writers-festival-1
In this track we hear Dame Fiona Kidman in conversation with Karyn Hay on the session theme: The Life and Death of an Outsider which relates to Kidman’s award winning novel This Mortal Boy.
Prolific writer and national treasure Dame Fiona Kidman has often written about outsiders trying to navigate conformist society. This Mortal Boy mines this same rich vein. It delves into the short life of Albert Black, known as the ‘Jukebox Killer’. Black’s 1955 murder conviction and execution sat at the centre of a widespread moral panic. Fiona discusses the story’s moment in New Zealand social history with broadcaster and novelist Karyn Hay.
To hear more published tracks from previous years search Going West on this Auckland Libraries podcast channel.
Interested in the history of the festival? Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections houses the full sound and festival archive since its steam train journey beginnings in 1996. Search Kura Heritage Collections or visit Heritage Collections at the Central City Library or Research West in Henderson for access to the collection.
Going West Writers Festival 2019 opens on the 6th of September till Sunday the 13th – more information available at the Going West website https://www.goingwestfest.co.nz/
Photo credit: Dame Fiona Kidman, 2018, photographer Liz March, Going West Festival Collection, Auckland Libraries
The Going West Writers Festival and Auckland Libraries bring you highlights from the 2018 Going West Writers Festival.
The Festival wouldn’t be complete without the Going West Poetry Slam! At the Poetry Slam you get to witness the spoken word take flight on the wings of lived experience, street smarts and the sheer rrrreaow of life!
In this clip you’ll hear the three finalists from the 2018 Poetry Slam - Eric, Ria Masae [winner 2018] and Dan!
To hear more published tracks from previous years search Going West on this Auckland Libraries podcast channel. Interested in the history of the festival? Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections houses the full sound and festival archive since its Steam Train journey beginnings in 1996. Search Kura Heritage Collections or visit Heritage Collections at the Central City Library or Research West in Henderson for access to the collection.
Going West Writers Festival 2019 opens on the 6th of September till Sunday the 13th – more information available at the Going West website https://www.goingwestfest.co.nz/
Photo credit: Ria Masae, Poetry Slam Winner, 2018, photographer Liz March, Going West Festival Collection, Auckland Libraries
Alison Quigan QSM is an actress, director and playwright with a long list of achievements and contributions to theatre. Alison trained at Auckland’s Theatre Corporate Actors School in 1978 and is currently the Performing Arts Manager at Mangere Arts Centre - Nga Tohu O Aotearoa. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alison_Quigan
In this track we hear Alison Quigan recall the gruelling nature of Theatre Corporate training and her work and travels with Theatre in Education, who travelled to schools as an outreach Theatre Corporate company.
Recorded in August 2005and January ‘Oral History Project: Women in Auckland who have worked in the acting profession talk about their lives’ Interview between Jean Hyland and Alison Quigan Collection reference OH_1341_008
Kura Heritage Collections Online - https://tinyurl.com/y24z5mrn
Photo Credit: Theatre in Education travelling van and company, Theatre Corporate c1980, NZMS 886 (Threatre Corporate Collection).
Alison Quigan QSM is an actress, director and playwright with a long list of achievements and contributions to theatre. Alison trained at Auckland’s Theatre Corporate Actors School in 1978 and is currently the Performing Arts Manager at Mangere Arts Centre - Nga Tohu O Aotearoa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alison_Quigan
In this track we hear Alison recall her beginnings in theatre life with her move to Auckland and her journey to being selected to train through the Auckland’s Theatre Corporate Actors School in 1978.
Recorded in August 2005and January ‘Oral History Project: Women in Auckland who have worked in the acting profession talk about their lives’ Interview between Jean Hyland and Alison Quigan Collection reference OH_1341_008
Kura Heritage Collections Online - https://tinyurl.com/y24z5mrn
Photo credit: Alison Quigan linked from August 2019 www.playmarket.org.nz/playwrights/alison-quigan/
Elizabeth McRae has been at the heart of Auckland theatre as an actor since the 1960s. Her career has seen her front line in professional theatre, radio, television and film.
In this final track Elizabeth recalls the establishment of Equity the actors Union into professional theatre in the late 1960s.
Recorded in August 2005: An ‘Oral History Project: Women in Auckland who have worked in the acting profession talk about their lives’ Interview between Jean Hyland and Elizabeth McRae Collection reference OH_1341_006
Kura Heritage Collections Online - https://tinyurl.com/yxaevylo
Photo Credit: https://www.facebook.com/EquityNewZealand/ August 2019
Elizabeth McRae has been at the heart of Auckland theatre as an actor since the early 1960s. Her career has seen her front line in professional theatre, radio, television and film.
In this track Elizabeth reflects on the rise and fall of professional theatre in Auckland with particular reference to the sudden close of the Mercury Theatre in the early 1990s.
Recorded in August 2005: An ‘Oral History Project: Women in Auckland who have worked in the acting profession talk about their lives’ Interview between Jean Hyland and Elizabeth McRae Collection reference OH_1341_006 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/2887/rec/2
Photo Credit: Interior of the Mercury Theatre from the Mercury Theatre transparency photographic collection, c1980s, NZMS 813
Elizabeth McRae has been at the heart of Auckland theatre as an actor since the early 1960s. Her career has seen her front line in professional theatre, radio, television and film.
In this first track Elizabeth tells us of her move to Auckland from Wellington and her initial involvement in theatre, juggling parenting and her work reading radio plays. She goes on to talk about the transition into professional theatre and the culture of work and childcare in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Recorded in August 2005: An ‘Oral History Project: Women in Auckland who have worked in the acting profession talk about their lives’ Interview between Jean Hyland and Elizabeth McRae Collection reference OH_1341_006 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/2887/rec/2
Photo Credit: Portrait of Elizabeth McRae c1960s, photographer unknown, from the Mercury Theatre Collection, NZMS 813
Mary Amoore (1920 - 2010) was a key player in the development of amateur theatre across Auckland including The Little Henderson Theatre, Auckland Repertory Theatre, founder of the Central Theatre Company, and teacher and director of youth and children’s theatre.
In this track Mary talks about the changing face of theatre with the arrival of the Mercury Theatre and the growth of professional theatre. She recalls the building of the Central Theatre Company in Remuera.
Recorded on the 9th June, 2006: An Oral History Project: Women in Auckland who worked in the acting profession talk about their lives’. Interview between Jean Hyland and Mary Amoore . Collection reference OH_1341_001 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/2931/rec/1
Photo credit: Rehearsal scene for A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams. Directed by Mary Amoore. Performed at the Central Theatre, Remuera. March 1974. NZMS 1432 (Mary Amoore Collection).
Exhibition can be viewed at Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero | Central City Library 44-46 Lorne Street, City Level 2 - Heritage Collections Wednesday 28 August - Sunday 24 November 2018
Mary Amoore (1920 - 2010)was a key player in the development of amateur theatre across Auckland including The Little Henderson Theatre, Auckland Repertory Theatre, founder of the Central Theatre Company, and teacher and director of youth and children’s theatre.
In this track Mary recalls her involvement in a number of early theatre groups including Auckland Repertory Theatre, The Little Henderson Theatre, and Titirangi Drama. She mentions the annual Drama Festival competitions and the shifting style of theatre production.
Recorded on the 9th June, 2006: An Oral History Project: Women in Auckland who worked in the acting profession talk about their lives’. Interview between Jean Hyland and Mary Amoore . Collection reference OH_1341_001 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/2931/rec/1
Photo credit: Mary Amoore, Photography by John Tudehope. 1960s. NZMS 1432 (Mary Amoore Collection)
Exhibition can be viewed at Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero | Central City Library 44-46 Lorne Street, City Level 2 - Heritage Collections Wednesday 28 August - Sunday 24 November
Elizabeth McRae has been at the heart of Auckland theatre as an actor since the early 1960s. Her career has seen her front line in professional theatre, radio, television and film.
In this track Elizabeth briefly recalls the design of the Mercury Theatre and then details her memories of the demolition of His Majesty’s theatre in 1988.
Recorded in August 2005: An ‘Oral History Project: Women in Auckland who have worked in the acting profession talk about their lives’ Interview between Jean Hyland and Elizabeth McRae Collection reference OH_1341_006 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/2887/rec/2
Photo Credit: His Majesty’s Theatre protest/demolition (1988) The Sun Photographic Collection, Auckland Libraries 1329-23 https://soundcloud.com/auckland-libraries/sets/curtain-up
Kia ora koutou!
As part of our family history month offering, today’s korero features historian turned television genealogist Dr Nick Barratt who shares his behind-the-scenes experience working on the popular “Who do you think you are?” series.
Barratt explains that while the series has done a lot to popularise researching family history it has also created myths around how this research can be done, especially in the internet era which was just coming into its own when the show began.
He shares some of the stories behind the celebrities who have appeared on the show and the leg-work that actually goes on to make those apparently effortless leaps and connections that flesh out a person’s family tree.
Alongside the apparent ease of internet research has grown the expectation that the information we seek will also be right at our fingertips. It may well be, advises Barratt, but to get the real rewards we need to be an active participant in our own journey of discovery.
Haramai tētahi ahua!
Recorded at the Auckland Central Library on 7 August 2019
Listen to genealogist Michelle Patient reveal how your DNA can help unlock not only your own family history but your larger ethnic background stretching backing thousands of years.
DNA testing has progressed markedly in recent years however it is still a developing technology and Patient explains why results can often differ significantly depending on which companies you test with. Even with the same company, you will often find your results changing as more people test. Different companies also test DNA against different parameters affecting what information you will get.
Keeping this in mind, submitting a DNA test may give you more than you expected including connections to peoples and cultures you never would have imagined.
Listen in, and learn how you too can discover your DNA heritage!
Auckland Libraries is not affiliated with any of the companies mentioned in this talk.
Recorded at the Auckland Central Library on 24 July 2019
In this podcast well known broadcaster and writer Max Cryer tells the story of how verses set down by Irish born Dunedinite Thomas Bracken in the 1 July 1876 edition of the weekly "Saturday Advertiser" newspaper would eventually be officially recognised as New Zealand's national anthem.
Bracken was also a published poet of note with a large number of his poems housed in Auckland library’s Heritage Collection. A selection of these are included in this podcast and read by Haunui Royal, Pouarataki Taonga Tuku Iho Maori at Auckland Libraries.
National Anthem can be found here: https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/manuscripts/id/13536/rec/4 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/manuscripts/id/13529/rec/9
Poems and collections which can be found through the catalogue which will direct you to Heritage Collections at the Central City Library: The haunted vale ; a legend of the Murray, and other poems and lyrics (1867) ‘Dunedin from the bay’ (1890) 'Behind the Tomb' (1871) 'Lyrics to God defend New Zealand, written in Thomas Bracken's hand' (1876) 'Not Understood' (1869) 'Musings in Maoriland' (1890) 'Lays of the land of the Maori and moa' (1884) 'The triumph of woman's rights : a prophetic vision' (1892)
Image credit: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 996-534 - St Clair and St Kilda Beaches, Dunedin, N.Z
This month Real Gold honours the UNESCO Year of the Indigenous Language 2019 with the display and digital publication of two Awabakal language manuscripts.
One is the Gospel according to Luke titled 'Evangelion unni ta Jesu-um-ba Christ-ko-ba Upatoara Louka-umba'. Translated into the language of the indigenous Awabakal people, located in the vicinity of Hunter River and Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia in the year 1829, and further revised by the translator, L E Threlkeld, Minister. The copy on display was the fourth and final revision created in 1957. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/manuscripts/id/13367/rec/1
And the second manuscript is an Awabakal and English lexicon to the Gospel according to Saint Luke. 1859. It provides critical information on pronunciation and meaning. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/manuscripts/id/13511/rec/2
Both documents have played a central role in language revitalization for the Awabakal today.
In this podcast we are joined by Heritage Outreach specialist Renee Orr who shares her research on the story behind the creators of the manuscript and its journey to Auckland Libraries Special Collections.
View the manuscripts at Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero | Central City Library in the Reading Room Level 2 or through Kura Heritage Collections Online https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz
Award-winning novelist, Stephanie Johnson, talks with Karen about her new book West Island, a fascinating biographical investigation of five kiwis who made their homes and reputations across the Tasman during the 'Golden Age', about writing romantic sagas as the young Australian novelist Lily Woodhouse, and shares library appreciation.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2019/07/books-and-beyond-stephanie-johnson.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 14 July 2019.
Kelly Sheehan talks with librarian Karen about co-founding Earth’s End Publishing, with Adrian Kinnaird and Damon Keen. They discuss their mission to bring into print exceptionally designed comics and graphic novels by New Zealand’s finest cartoonists, and about their latest release.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2019/07/books-and-beyond-earths-end-publishing.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 7 July 2019.
Karen and Allison salute literary power couples, from the romantic era’s Percy and Mary Shelley to the beat era's Jane and Paul Bowles, via the lost generation’s Zelda & Scott Fitzgerald and the eternal Gertrude & Alice.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2019/06/books-and-beyond-literary-power-couples.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 19 June 2019.
Librarian Karen talks with author, Des O’Leary, about 'Slice of heaven' - the novel he wrote for his South Auckland students who said they liked ‘stories about people like us’.
He must have gotten it right, as the book’s popularity earned it a spot on the 2018 Auckland Libraries Top 10 for teens.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2019/06/books-and-beyond-des-oleary.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 23 June 2019.
Louisa chats to author Renée Hollis, learning more about her unique book, Keepers of History. In 2017, Renée travelled the length of the country interviewing 120 centenarians to capture their life stories from which she has shared 38 remarkable histories and fascinating personal photographs in the book.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2019/06/books-and-beyond-renee-hollis.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 19 June 2019.
This week on Books & Beyond, Janet McAllister and Tulia Thompson, chat with Karen about Life on volcanoes, the beautiful new book of essays on topics ranging from enduring pain to sex, fantasy and revolution - which Janet commissioned from five contemporary women writers: Tulia Thompson, Tze Ming Mok, Courtney Sina Meredith, Ruth Larsen and Tui Gordon.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2019/06/books-and-beyond-life-on-volcanoes.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 2 June 2019.
This week Karen, Louisa and Alison share their favourite moments from the Auckland Writers Festival 2019.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2019/05/books-and-beyond-auckland-writers-festival-2019.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 26 May 2019.
Hunny Bunny and Pumpkin (aka Alison and Karen) celebrate pulp fiction, the cheap, disreputable paperbacks which became cult classics, from lesbian pulp to paranoid noir to hardboiled fiction - and beyond!
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2019/05/books-and-beyond-pulp-fiction.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 12 May 2019.
Penny Ashton, the force behind the comic tour-de-force 'Austen Found: The Undiscovered Musicals of Jane Austen', chats with Karen about the many reasons to love Jane Austen, and gives us a taste of the show, a mash-up of laughs and literature, jokes and jabs.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2019/05/books-and-beyond-austen-found.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 5 May 2019.
Michele Powles and Renee Liang talk with Karen about capturing the joy, beauty, discomfort and humour of the first years of motherhood as co-authors of the new book, 'When we remember to breathe: mess, magic and mothering', joined by publisher Lisette du Plessis from Magpie Pulp.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2019/04/books-and-beyond-mess-magic-and-mothering.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 28 April 2019.
Margie Thomson chats with Karen about her new book Womankind, in which she tells the stories of 53 amazing Kiwi women of different ages, backgrounds and interests, but all with a passion for helping others and effecting positive change.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2019/04/books-and-beyond-margie-thomson.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 21 April 2019.
Tina Shaw chats with Karen about her new YA novel Ursa, a chilling exploration of totalitarianism set in an alternate world, inspired by her time living in Berlin. Tina’s book Make a hard fist was an Auckland Libraries Top 100 for 2018.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2019/04/books-and-beyond-tina-shaw.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 14 April 2019.
Karen and Alison talk about the joys of reading crime fiction and recommend some favourites, while considering various tropes on the subject, such as the idea that crime novels by women are more brutal than those by men.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2019/04/books-and-beyond-crime-time.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 7 April 2019.
Karen and Louisa celebrate April Fools’ Day with a look at literary hoaxes, from Ossian, an 18th-century Scottish fabrication of a 3rd-century bard, to “Go Ask Alice”, passed off in the 1970s as the true diary of an off-the-rails teen.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2019/03/books-and-beyond-april-fools-day.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 31 March 2019.
What happened to Newton East?
Find out how the inhabitants of one of Auckland's oldest suburbs have been brought back to life by the creators of the children's book "Barkell and Mr Arkell".
When Lynnie Howcroft started researching the history of her neighbourhood she uncovered a whole cast of characters and stories whose contribution to early Auckland is a distant memory if not completely forgotten.
The story in the book is based around Daniel Arkell, a bottler who took a shot at the Auckland mayoralty in 1901 and the various people he meets with his dog Barkell.
Lynnie is joined by co-creator Elianna Gabriel, a secondary school teacher who immediately saw the potential in couching an important piece of local history in a story for children. The authors discuss the motivation behind this as not only an engaging way to present this story but also to inspire and provide the tools for young people to go about their own research. Rounding out the discussion are graphic artist and illustrator S'Wee H'ng and Jade Oskar Harvey.
Recorded live at the Auckland Central Library on 17 July 2019. Image credit: courtesy of authors Music credits: "Missing" - Scott Holmes; "Oceans Eight" - Nathans Haines & Chris Cox
One of the reasons a new library building was needed was a shortage of space. For some time this was also an issue in the new building as it was built in two stages meaning its full capacity wasn't available until the second stage was opened in 1982. In the meantime much of the library's collection was stored in its large basement facility.
Former manager Geoff Chamberlain worked in the old library just before the move to Lorne Street and remembers the process of moving the collection across the road, including the sometimes less than rigourous withdrawing process being employed by some staff members.
Mark also talks to Karel from the Central Library to find out exactly what is kept in the library's mysterious basement.
The two level facility which Karel describes as "magical" and "childlike" is indeed a realm rarely visited by anyone other than library staff, however listen carefully and you may just find a way to unlock the magic for yourself!
This podcast is part of a series looking at the inner-workings and history of the Auckland Central Library. Look out for more episodes soon!
Recorded live in the Central Library basement on 17 December 2018
This month Real Gold focuses on Matariki 2019.
In this session Sue Berman talks with Heritage and Research Outreach coordinator Zoe Colling about the Matariki themed content featured in the Real Gold case in the Heritage Collections reading room Level 2 Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero | Central City Library.
The center of the case shows the Matariki Festival 2019 booklet that displays information about Waikato-Tainui - the iwi manaaki hosts of Te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland Council's 2019 Matariki Festival.
In this podcast Zoe shares a Waikato-Tainui pūrākau related to Karanga-aa-Hape. This ridge site known now as Karangahape Road is captured in the early glass plate photograph on display by Henry Winkelmann.
Also on display is an image of carvings from Kiingitanga master carver Piri Poutapu, sited on a hill known as Pukekaaroa and captured by digital photographer Brian Cairns (2008)
Henry Winkelmann. Views of Rangitoto looking east from Birkenhead towards Bayswater, 20 June 1904. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/34977/rec/5
Henry Winkelmann. Views of Karangahape Road looking south west from Partington's Windmill, 8 October 1923. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, 1-W417. http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll
Brian Cairns. Totara at Pukekaaroa, surrounded by carvings from Piri Poutapu. 6 Mar 2008. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, 1477-233 http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll
Image Credit: www.matarikifestival.org.nz
Eighteen thousand New Zealander's died as a result of their service during the First World War. For their compatriots who survived, their journey of re-integration into the society they had left was a difficult and often lonely path, made even more so by the lack of wider recognition of the ongoing effects these men would suffer from, often for the rest of their lives.
Dr Stephen Clarke opens up this "Great Silence" in this discussion of New Zealand's response to the returning WWI soldiers. The closure of the official department for repatriation in 1922 combined with a struggling Returned Services Association meant that ongoing support for soldiers in the interwar period was limited.
Though many returned servicemen would reintegrate successfully including significant achievements in business and sport, there were those for whom war service took a high toll.
Digitised issues of the Returned Services Association publication "Quick March" are available through Auckland Libraries' website: https://bit.ly/2LnylXL
Recorded at the Auckland Central Library on 3 July 2019 Music credit: Scott Holmes - Missing; Scott Holmes - Together We Stand
In this track you can hear Conservator for photographs Gabrielle Hillebrandt talk about the process and practice of taking care working with glass plate photograph collections.
Gabrielle is part of the Auckland Libraries Preservation team who play an active role in supporting exhibition work. To hear other tracks about the Charlie Dawes exhibition click https://soundcloud.com/auckland-libraries/sets/charlie-dawes
Explore the Dawes Collection on Kura Heritage Collection Online: kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/c…rt/ad/asc
Photo credit - Gabrielle Hillebrandt works with the glass plates. Photo by Georgina Cox, 2019
This talk provides a brief overview of the history of Chinese Laundries in New Zealand and touches on some of the reasons that prompted Chinese immigration to Aotearoa in the 19th century.
Laundries flourished in the early 20th century before declining mid-century when home laundries started to become commonplace.
Connie Kum, a third generation descendant of the Gin family who owned a laundry on Auckland's Pitt Street, shares her memories of growing up amidst starch and irons and irate customers who'd lost their laundry "ticket"!
To see images from this talk go to our YouTube page: http://bit.ly/2XRR46R
Recorded at the Auckland Central Library on 5 June 2019.
Music credits: Mid-Air Machine - Four Corners; Scott Holmes - Missing
Sue Berman chats with Digital Imaging Specialist Joseph Brown about his contribution to the Charlie Dawes exhibition.
We take a look around the digitisation suite while Joseph explains the use of modern photographic technology in bringing to life the glass plate negatives taken by Dawes over a hundred years ago.
Explore the Dawes Collection at Kura Heritage Collections kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/c…rt/ad/asc
Photo credit; In the studio with Joseph Brown, by Sue Berman 2019
Sue Berman visits the exhibition Charlie Dawes: Everybody's Artist Photographer and speaks with Principal Photograph Librarian and exhibition curator Keith Giles.
In this podcast Keith speaks of the work of Charlie Dawes and his passion for photography in the late 19th century. He shares his knowledge of Dawes' extraordinary capture of the social and political landscape of the people of the Hokianga and the use of glass plate exposed photography.
The exhibition includes large format prints, digital projection, ephemera from the Dawes family collection including Dawes camera and spare glass plates.
View collection online here: kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/c…rt/ad/asc
Read more from Keith on Charlie Dawes in the Heritage et AL blog http://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2019/05/charlie-dawes-everybodys-artist.html
Photo credit: Portraits in the exhibition, Sue Berman, 2019
Sue Berman speaks with Dena Jacob, curator of the exhibition Broken Cities - A celebration of Graffiti Writing.
The exhibition is on at Waitakere Library in Henderson as part of the 2019 Festival of Photography.
Dena talks about how the content has come to Auckland Libraries with reference to The Forum, Buff and Burn, the work of photographer Jamie McCready and video and graffiti artist Bobby Hung. She discusses the nature of contemporary documentation, institutions and collections.
Hear other tracks related to the exhibition here: https://soundcloud.com/auckland-libraries/sets/broken-city-a-celebration-of
Music Credit - Shaolin_Dub [Found] vai the Free Music Archive http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Shaolin_Dub/
Photo credit: Sue Berman 2019
Sue Berman talks with photographer Jamie McCready whose work features in the Broken City exhibition.
Jamie recalls his journey documenting graffiti writing in the 1990's and early 2000's. He discusses the cameras he used starting with his mother's disposable camera, then a 35mm before moving to a medium format camera as photographer for Back to Basics magazine.
Music Credit - Shaolin_Dub [Found] vai the Free Music Archive freemusicarchive.org/music/Shaolin_Dub/
Photo credit: Jamie McCready image from the exhibition, Sue Berman 2019
Sue Berman chats with Bobby Hung about this work creating the Real Time video series which features in the exhibition Broken City.
Bobby talks about the process for creating the videos, his current interests in building community with graff writers and his ongoing interest as a creative in art and educational aspect of graffiti writing styles and methods.
https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/3046/rec/1
https://www.youtube.com/user/bobbyhung10
Music Credit - Shaolin_Dub [Found] vai the Free Music Archive freemusicarchive.org/music/Shaolin_Dub/
Photo credit: Bobby Hung, Unitec by Sue Berman 2019
The Going West Festival keynote 2018 Sir Graeme Douglas Orator key note address was by Paula Morris. https://soundcloud.com/auckland-libraries/sets/going-west-writers-festival-1
In this extract Paula shares with the audience her thoughts and recommendations for drawing out the most creative writing practice. She shares the work of coached secondary school students published as Write Here, Write Now!
Photo credit: Paula Morris, 14 Sept 2018, Going West Writers Festival, Photographer Liz March.
From the Going West Writers Festival 2018 Highlights. https://soundcloud.com/auckland-libraries/sets/going-west-writers-festival-1
The open night performance of Tu with artists Moana Maniapoto and Paddy Free sees a mix up of mōteatea/sung poetry with dub, chanting and drum and bass.
In this extract Moana introduced and shares three of the pieces performed in what was a feast of music, poetry and prose that was Opening Night at the Going West Writers Festival 2018.
Photo credit: Moana Maniapoto and Paddy Free, 14 Sept 2018, Going West Writers Festival, Photographer Liz March.
A selection of highlights from the 2018 Going West Writers Festival.
In this track we hear the 2018 Curnow Reader, the poet Serie Barford.
Introduced by Programme Director Nicola Strawbridge, this extract includes Serie recitation of three works: The flying fox and Che Guevara; Every bus stop tells a story and Tapa talk.
Photo credit: Serie Barford, 14 September 2018, Photographer Liz March
To celebrate Eid, the joyous festival that marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, two items from the Eastern Manuscripts collection are being showcased in the Real Gold case. You can view these at Auckland Libraries Heritage Collection reading room Level 2 of the Central City Library.
In this podcast, Sue Berman talks with Dr Natasha Barrett - Senior Curator Archives and Manuscripts about the selection she has made in celebration of Eid.
The Qu’ran (Koran) and work of poetry on display are both from the 1830s and reflect the high level of penmanship and illumination associated with these types of religious and secular manuscripts.
Both manuscripts were collected by bibliophile Henry Shaw (1850-1928) whose interests included items displaying fine calligraphy and illustration. Shaw’s collection contains some of the library’s oldest Middle Eastern and Islamic manuscripts.
Read more at our Heritage et AL http://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2019/06/eid-mubarak-blessed-eid.html
EASTMS S294, Qu’rān. c.1830, Arabic in naskh (or naskhi) script. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/manuscripts/id/11793/rec/1
EASTMS S297, Jāmi, Mawlavī. Yūsuf va Zulaykhā, 1830, Persian in nasta'liq script. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/manuscripts/id/11181/rec/1
Photograph reference: EASTMS S294 - illustrated pages from the Qu’rān. c.1830.
Raymon Naisbitt graduated from the University of Utah with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Minors in History and International Studies. He served on the Board of Directors for the Utah Genealogical Association, and as a commissioner for the International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists (ICAPGen), accredited in England. Raymon has worked as a consultant, instructor, trainer and manager at the Family History Library and currently manages the Professional Services team.
He speaks here with genealogist Jan Gow QSM FSG.
Sue Berman talks with Andrew Henry about the 18th century publication popularly known as Picart's Ceremonies.
Picart’s Ceremonies is a beautifully illustrated seven volume work with over 260 plates of engravings by Bernard Picart who was one of the most famous engravers and book-illustrators of the time. Much of the text that accompanies these images was written by Jean Frederic Bernard, a successful book publisher, although his name never appeared on any of the editions.
What made this such a revolutionary work was that Bernard & Picart try to present as positive a version of other beliefs to their European readers who were largely Christians. To achieve this, they focus on ritual rather than discussions of doctrine. The illustrations depict events familiar to all humanity, rituals for births, deaths, marriages and processions.
The ceremonies and religious customs... was initially written in French and published in Amsterdam by Jean Frederic Bernard between 1723 and 1737. Dutch (1726-1738), English (1733-1739), and German (1746) editions followed.
The Auckland Libraries' copies were donated by Henry Shaw and Norman Spencer. You can view the English edition at Auckland Libraries Heritage Collection reading room Level 2 of the Central City Library.
Read more at our Heritage et AL blog http://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2016/07/bernard-picarts-ceremonies-book-that.html
Catalogue Record: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1963838 The ceremonies and religious customs of the various nations of the known world: together with historical annotations, and several curious discourses are equally instructive and entertaining .Written originally in French, and illustrated with a large Number of folio copper plates, all beautifully designed by Mr. Bernard Picart, And curiously Engraved by most of the best hands in Europe. Faithfully translated into English, by a gentleman, some time since of St. John's College in Oxford. Printed by William Jackson, for Claude du Bosc, Engraver at the Golden Head in Charles-Street, Covent Garden| MDCCXXXIII. [1733]
Mark from Research Central speaks with Special Collections library assistant Harriet Rogers about research resources available at Tamaki Pataka Korero for those wanting to delve further into the subject of dressing up and the history of fancy dress in New Zealand.
In particular Harriet discusses the collection of photographer Herman Schmidt whose extensive collection was rescued by former librarian Patricia French upon the demolition of Schmidt's Shortland Street studios. You can read more about this collection on the Auckland Libraries website here: http://bit.ly/2Hefv49
This introduction precedes Marguerite Hill's talk "Playing Dress Up..." Image: Miss Laking 1911, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 31-68724 Recorded on Thursday 18 April 2019
Revisit our our fancy dress history as we celebrate NZFW 2019!
Marguerite Hill, heritage researcher with Auckland Council, takes us on a journey of fancy; a history of fancy dress in New Zealand. Her talk is illustrated with examples found in New Zealand museum and library collections.
This talk is also available on Auckland Libraries' YouTube channel: http://bit.ly/2XlgHMc
The talk begins with examples of aristocratic dress including both royalty and high class New York society - look out for an electric light dress! Hill then shifts her focus to the New Zealand ball scene including an guide for "What to wear at fancy balls" (1887)This is available in digital form through the Internet Archive. Both formal and informal occasions for donning fancy dress are explored. An Onehunga Congregational Church camp photograph and a Lacrosse team, both from the early 19th century, illustrate popular dress up choices, some revealing trends and tastes of the time, such as black-face, and other more timeless characters such as pirates and clowns. The combination of costume and consumer advertising is explored through the "poster ball" and also in an impressive example of a dress overprinted with newspaper for a Canterbury Cricket Association fundraiser(pictured). Finally Hill looks at the phenomenon of cosplay, a term derived from the words costume play, where costumes are modeled on characters from popular culture. She uses the example of "Flat Man" a home-grown superhero who appeared in the wake of the Christchurch earthquakes and asks whether he might fit this definition. Ultimately the talk concludes that the essential motivation for dressing up hasn't changed, although the means available to people and social fashions have of course moved along.
Recorded at the Auckland Central Library on Wednesday 10 April 2019 Main image: Dress worn by Miss Banks who won first prize in the Human Poster Competition at the Canterbury Cricket Association Floral Fete, 19 December 1908. Red satin overprinted with Canterbury Times newspaper of 16 December 1908, the intended date for the fete. (Canterbury Museum)
Images referred to in this talk are taken from a number of both New Zealand and international collections. Links to these can be found below:
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert at the Bal Costumé of 12 May 1842 (Royal Collection Trust) : http://bit.ly/2Jz2qUQ Fancy dress ensemble, “Electric Light,” worn by Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt at the 1883 Vanderbilt Ball, (Museum of the City of New York) : http://bit.ly/2Jk9tkS Fancy dress ball at the Choral Hall. The Auckland Graphic, c1860 (Alexander Turnbull): http://bit.ly/2Jfoswz Lord Nelson fancy dress costume, WW1 Auckland Queen Carnival Children's Floral Fete (Auckland War Memorial Museum): http://bit.ly/2JftNUr Onehunga Congregational Church camp (Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 743-9333): https://bit.ly/3fwGxDb Elizabethan style fancy dress (Canterbury Museum): http://bit.ly/2VfuxdT CFCA float, Timaru Centenary Parade (South Canterbury Museum): http://bit.ly/2JfOekd Miss Laking 1911 (ALHC 31-68724): https://bit.ly/2YO1xPP Young lady advertising Aulsebrook's products (AT): http://bit.ly/2VTWmwN Representatives at poster ball, Woodville ; Papers Past: http://bit.ly/2HhDka8 Fancy dress, Mangere East(?) ca 1930 ; ALHC Footprints 01114 : https://bit.ly/2yCKHc6 Fancy dress football, Waiuku, 1895 ; ALHC Footprints 04600: https://bit.ly/35OCqxG Fancy dress lacrosse match, North Shore, 6 October 1900 (ALHC AWNS-19001012-8-4): https://bit.ly/3bfi5CU Flatman : http://bit.ly/2VDzYIM
Poets Doug Poole and Ria Masae talk with Louisa about their pride in being able to express their Pasifika identity in writing and performing poetry.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2019/03/books-and-beyond-stars-of-pasifika-poetry.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 3 March 2019.
Bestselling author Catherine Robertson chats with Karen about her new Gabriel's Bay novel 'What you wish for' and about what she wishes for her readers: interested and varied characters, topical themes and lots of laughs.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2019/03/books-and-beyond-catherine-robertson.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 10 March 2019.
Dawn McMillan talks with Louisa about how her picture book 'I need a new bum' came to be known around the world when it was read by the famous Scottish Granny in one of her YouTube videos.
Dawn’s latest book is 'There’s a tui in our teapot'.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2019/03/books-and-beyond-dawn-mcmillan.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 17 March 2019.
Owen Gill talks with Karen about his new book 'Turning Point Auckland: radical policy to prepare Auckland for 2 million people', a change agenda for Auckland in its three roles: productive city, city of the Pacific, and city enjoyed by its population.
Owen is a public policy advocate with experience in urban services and regulation.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2019/03/books-and-beyond-owen-gill.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 24 March 2019.
Jan Gow talks about how submitting a DNA test can greatly enhance your genealogical journey; but, she warns, be ready for a few twists and turns!
To find out more about LivingDNA visit their website; you will find information about testing and interpreting results under the Support tab on the front page: livingdna.com
Recorded at the Auckland Central Library on Wednesday 3 April 2019.
Genealogist Jan Gow gives us her insider's guide to using the website FamilySearch.
Auckland Libraries is an affiliate library to FamilySearch and has special access to some of the digitised records on the site. You will need to access the site from an Auckland Libraries branch to use this feature.
Recorded at the Auckland Central Library on Wednesday 28 March 2018. Image: Citizenship ceremony, Otara, 1964: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections Footprints 06699 Music: Childhood by Frank Kölling
Angelique, Mati, Melissa and Louisa, Auckland Libraries staff from, or with family origins in, Kūki 'Āirani - the Cook Islands - talk about Cook Islands books from our Pacific collections that they particularly treasure, and about what it means to them to be a Cook Islander.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2018/07/books-and-beyond-cook-islands-2018.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 29 July 2018.
Karen and Louisa check out the list of the world’s most expensive books, topped by the Codex Leicester, a collection of manuscript scientific writings by Leonardo da Vinci which Bill Gates bought in 1994 for USD 30,800,000, and consider whether 'most expensive' always equates to most valuable.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2018/08/books-and-beyond-expensive-books.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 5 August 2018.
Karen and Louisa celebrate nonsense literature, the most delightful genre of all, from the works of its grand old men Edward Lear and Lewis Carroll to those of the more contemporary Mervyn Peake and John Lennon.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2018/06/books-and-beyond-nonsense-literature.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 24 June 2018.
Louisa chats with Peter Dragicevich, author of dozens of Lonely Planet travel guides, including those for London, Venice and the Veneto region, Montenegro, Croatia and New Zealand.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2018/07/books-and-beyond-Peter-Dragicevich-Lonely-Planet.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 1 July 2018.
Karen talks with Dominic Hoey, whose novel 'Iceland' was an Auckland Libraries Top 100 and longlisted for the Ockham NZ Book Awards. Under the Tourettes moniker, he has also released five acclaimed studio albums, two books of poetry, four short films, and performed spoken-word poetry.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2018/06/books-and-beyond-dominic-hoey.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 3 June 2018.
Louisa hosts Esther Paddon, traveller, adventurer and author of Exciting Eighties: A time of high expectations, who shares some tales of adventure and talks about what led her into writing.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2018/06/books-and-beyond-esther-paddon.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 10 June 2018.
Leanne Radojkovich, author of the short-story collection 'First fox' (The Emma Press, 2017) and winner of the 2018 Graeme Lay Short Story Competition, chats with Karen about her work, including her forays in flash fiction, an exciting form of highly compressed short fiction.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2018/06/books-and-beyond-Leanne-Radojkovich.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 17 June 2018.
Karen and Louisa share some of the books which have given them plenty of laughs and much-appreciated endorphin boosts!
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 18 April 2018.
Karen chats with acclaimed literary biographer Joanne Drayton, whose works include the NY Times bestseller 'The Search for Anne Perry', about the Christchurch schoolgirl killer who forged a new life as a writer of popular historical crime novels.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2018/06/books-and-beyond-joanne-drayton.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 29 April 2018.
Poet Serie Barford talks with Karen about her work and the influence of her mixed Samoan and European descent. Serie reads from her latest book 'Entangled Islands' and the recently released anthology of political poetry 'Manifesto Aotearoa'.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2018/04/books-and-beyond-serie-barford.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 8 April 2018.
For fans of the genre and even more for readers who think they are not fans, Karen and Louisa recommend some of their favourite short story writers and read 'the perfect short story' aloud.
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 15 April 2018.
For International Women’s Month, Karen and Louisa share books by or about women they admire, including Helen Clark, Rebecca Solnit, Roxane Gay, plus the inspiring if fictional Rosie Revere Engineer.
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 18 March 2018.
Inspired by Easter-themed story times at our libraries featuring Peter Rabbits old and new, Karen and Louisa reminisce about some of their favourite childhood stories and poems.
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 1 April 2018.
Anton Blank talks with Karen about his short story collection 'Global roaming', launched at the samesame but different LGBTQI Writers Festival 2018. The stories speak in diverse voices from diverse locations around the world.
Anton is the editor and founder of the Māori literary journal Ora Nui.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2018/02/books-and-beyond-anton-blank.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 18 February 2018.
Former All Black Keven Mealamu shares his unexpected journey from rugby to children's illustration with Louisa.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2018/03/books-and-beyond-keven-mealamu.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 4 March 2018.
Sue Berman talks with rare book specialist Georgia Prince about the book Polychromatic Ornament by Auguste Racinet.
Auguste Racinet compiled this book full of examples of pattern and decoration as a practical tool for the new profession of designers emerging in the 19th century.
There are 100 lithographic plates, all printed with exceptional technical skill in vibrant colour, some including gold and silver highlights. The specimens come from many different cultures and historical periods, and from a wide variety of decorative arts.
This English edition followed the first French edition of 1869, with the plates printed in France. It is part of the collection donated to Auckland by 19th century entrepreneur and art collector James Tannock Mackelvie.
Auguste Racinet. Polychromatic Ornament. London: Henry Sotheran, 1873. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3612972
Poet and novelist Anne Kennedy chats with Karen about her new book 'The Ice Shelf', a wicked and hilarious satire on life and literati as experienced in the course of a wild night in Wellington by a modern-day Moll Flanders.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2018/11/books-and-beyond-anne-kennedy.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 25 November 2018.
Karen and Louisa talk about some intriguing examples of library books and resources which teach new skills, from learning a new language to learning Salvador Dali's technique for lucid dreaming.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2018/08/books-and-beyond-the-things-you-will-learn.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 19 August 2018.
Karen and Louisa share some of their favourite recordings from the celebrated 'New Zealand Poets in Performance' series (AUP), including many NZ Poet Laureates, with a cameo from Janet Frame and a driving finale from current NZ Poet Laureate Selina Tusitala Marsh.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2018/08/books-and-beyond-national-poetry-day.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 26 August 2018.
Karen talks with playwright Roger Hall, the driving force behind New Zealand Theatre Month, the new nationwide celebration highlighting how diverse and thriving the stage scene is in New Zealand.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2018/09/books-and-beyond-nz-theatre-month.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 2 September 2018.
Karen and Louisa look at the increasingly popular life-writing genre and highlight its wide variety, from an attempt to decipher George Orwell through the smells which feature in his books to Nancy Mitford’s witty take on The Sun King.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2018/10/books-and-beyond-life-stories.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 7 October 2018.
Karen and Louisa share some of their favourite books by animal lovers for animal lovers, featuring anthropomorphised animals, inspiring animals, and the human-animal bond in general, whether with cats, dogs, horses or otters.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2018/09/books-and-beyond-books-for-animal-lovers.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 30 September 2018.
The spotlight’s on banned, burned and challenged books through history (including two from Aotearoa), as Karen and Louisa celebrate the freedom to read, and conclude that books always outlast their bans!
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2018/09/books-and-beyond-banned-books-week.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 23 September 2018.
To celebrate Suffrage Day, librarian Renée Orr from our Heritage & Research unit talks about a selection of historical material illustrating wāhine taking action in Aotearoa, from the suffrage petitions of the 1890s to the feminist magazine Broadsheet from the 1980s.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2018/09/books-and-beyond-suffrage-day.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 16 September 2018.
Karen talks with Jeremy 'Mr J' Bishop from Arkham City Comics about his parallel journeys as a librarian and comics fanboy, and how the comics genre succeeded in ensconcing itself in libraries as an indisputably brilliant reading choice.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2018/09/books-and-beyond-comic-book-september.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 9 September 2018.
Lorraine Thomson chats with Louisa about her book 'The French way', the story of how she trekked the El Camino de Santiago in Spain: a unique journey combining the physical, mental, historic, geographical, religious and social.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2018/11/books-and-beyond-lorraine-thomson.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 18 November 2018.
Karen and Louisa celebrate Labour Day with books about labour and labouring, from ancient Rome to the Victorian mills of Dickens's 'Hard Times', even a thriller set during Auckland's waterfront dispute, Jonothan Cullinane's 'Red Herring'.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2018/10/books-and-beyond-labour-day-2018.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 21 October 2018.
Karen and Louisa celebrate Mental Health Awareness Week by sharing a list of reads recommended by the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand as supporting the five ways to wellbeing in nature, along with some books on wellbeing which have spoken to them.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2018/10/books-and-beyond-mental-health-awareness.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 14 October 2018.
A Hallowe’en celebration with tricks from Karen, in the form of recommendations for horrific reading, and a treat from Louisa, a spooky and sinister Roald Dahl short story for your listening enjoyment.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2018/10/books-and-beyond-halloween.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 28 October 2018.
Karen and Louisa recommend good reads about the joy of walking, whether for pilgrimage, protest, therapy, exercise or pure pleasure.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2018/11/books-and-beyond-take-a-walk.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 4 November 2018.
Karen and Louisa take inspiration from the Renaissance tradition of celebrating Valentine’s Day with ‘flirtatious entertainments’, frolicking with great and less great love stories through the ages, and sharing a selection of New Zealand love poetry.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2019/02/books-and-beyond-valentines-day.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 10 February 2019.
Alison reprises her part in the 'After-Hours Storytime for Grown-ups and Other Family' (tagline: Move over Brothers Grimm, here come the Sisters Gay) held at Grey Lynn Library as part of the 2019 same same but different LBGTQI literary festival, and she and Karen chat about their favourite rainbow writing.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2019/02/books-and-beyond-happy-pride.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 17 February 2019.
Peter Bland, prize-winning poet, playwright and charismatic actor ('Came a hot Friday'), talks with Karen about his life and his work, and reads from his newest collections of “poems adrift / like paper boats or messages in bottles / careless of landfall, happy to be themselves”.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2019/02/books-and-beyond-peter-bland.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 19 February 2019.
Karen and Louisa recommend books to help you power through your resolutions. Get more sleep? Read a short story by Henry James. Be more like Michelle Obama? Read 'Becoming' by Michelle Obama.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2019/01/books-and-beyond-new-years-resolutions.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 20 January 2019.
Karen and Louisa share poems, historical recollections, and scenes from classic and contemporary literature which pay tribute to our beautiful city on its anniversary.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2019/01/books-and-beyond-auckland-anniversary-2019.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 27 January 2019. https://soundcloud.com/auckland-libraries/books-and-beyond-auckland-anniversary?in=auckland-libraries/sets/books-and-beyond
Trivia, the weather, gossip, and those big questions! Karen and Louisa recommend the best conversation-starting books for whiling away a weekend afternoon at the beach.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2019/02/books-and-beyond-talking-points.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 3 February 2019.
For Books & Beyond’s 50th show, Karen and Louisa celebrate by reminiscing about their best – or worst – bloopers and gaffes through the year and reveal the winner of the Diagram Prize for Oddest Title which featured in the 'Offbeat literary prizes' show.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2018/12/books-and-beyond-50th-anniversary.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 30 December 2018.
Councillor Mike Lee has his scholar and author’s hat on as he talks with Karen about his new book 'Navigators and naturalists: French exploration of New Zealand and the South Seas (1769-1824)', which weaves together geography, natural philosophy and human history, in telling the story of the great French naturalist-voyagers.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2019/01/books-and-beyond-mike-lee.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 6 January 2019.
Acclaimed literary biographer Joanne Drayton chats with Karen about 'Hudson & Halls: the food of love', her new book about the beloved TV chefs who helped change New Zealand’s attitude in the 1970s and 80s to that unspoken thing, homosexuality. They were also captains of a culinary revolution that saw the overthrow of Aunt Daisy and Betty Crocker, and the dawn of a Pacific-rich, Asian-style international cuisine.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2019/01/books-and-beyond-joanne-drayton.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on PlanetFM 104.6 on 13 January 2019.
Poet, writer and journalist Kirsten Warner talks with Karen about her debut novel 'The sound of breaking glass', a tour de force set in Auckland in the 1990s which invites us to contemplate how many ways of shattering, or of being shattered, one person’s story can contain, from ceilings at work to terrible family secrets at home.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2018/12/books-and-beyond-kirsten-warner.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 2 December 2018.
Biographer, oral historian and memoirist Deborah Shepard talks with Karen about her new book 'The writing life', in which twelve of New Zealand's most acclaimed and admired writers speak candidly about their lives and their work, and an Auckland Libraries Top 100 book.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2018/12/books-and-beyond-deborah-shepard.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 16 December 2018.
Louisa chats with Peter Millett, kiwi author of over 50 entertaining children’s picture and story books. Peter introduces his new book 'More Classic Rhymes for Kiwi Kids', and the latest in his superhero Johnny Danger DIY Spy series, which we find out is as popular in the UK as back home in Aotearoa NZ.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2018/12/books-and-beyond-peter-millet.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 18 December 2018.
Karen and Louisa shine a light on some offbeat literary awards you might not have heard of, such as the Diagram Prize for Oddest Title, the Weird-Ass Picture Book prize and the Three Tokes Anti-award.
Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2018/11/books-and-beyond-literary-prizes.html
Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.
This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 11 November 2018.
George Grey needs little introduction: governor, Premier, assimilationist, invader of the Waikato - a man of war, politics and letters, and estranged from his wife Lady Grey.
Not so well known is that from 1853 Grey was guardian for his half niece, Annie Maria, and that Annie's marriage to Seymour Thorne George gave Grey a family life for most of his remaining years.
You can find the images mentioned in the talk in the Auckland Libraries' Heritage Images collection: - Mansion house, Kawau Island: https://bit.ly/2Uaheja - Grey with Thorne George family: https://bit.ly/2KbpGKD - Seymour Thorne George: https://bit.ly/2CNzqEH
David Verran is a local historian who worked for many years in the research centre at the Auckland Central Library. This is the second time he has spoken on the subject of Governor Grey. You can find David's talk "Napier the man" in the Heritage Talks 2018 playlist.
Recorded at the Auckland Central Library on Wednesday 27 March 2019.
Image: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 7-A3034 Music: Nostalgia by KAELIN ELLIS
Listen to New Zealand genealogist Jan Gow QSM FSG interview keynote speaker Dr Nick Barratt.
"Nick started work in television for BBC as a specialist archive researcher for a number of programmes, including House Detectives. His main claim to fame was as the genealogical consultant leading the team of researchers for the first four series of Who Do You Think You Are. Nick lectures on a range of subjects including family, house and local history; the history of greater London; and medieval history, in particular Magna Carta, the reigns of Henry II, Richard I and John, and democracy through the ages." - nickbarratt.co.uk
Graduate student and Auckland Library Heritage Trust Cook/Banks Scholar, Jake Bransgrove illuminates a couple of key figures from the age of intrepid discovery. He personalises these larger than life figures by looking at their historical context and in particular the relationship between the two as revealed through manuscripts held in Auckland Libraries' Sir George Grey Special Collections.
You can access the manuscripts mentioned in the talk, along with their transcriptions, through the library's research platform Kura: https://bit.ly/2JJBkvZ
Recorded at the Auckland Central Library on Wednesday 20 March 2019.
Image: "The great South Sea Caterpillar, transform’d into a Bath Butterfly" by James Gillray. Text read at beginning of track is taken from this work.
Music: Plutian - Sailing. Released by DreamScape Records
Tāwhiao Tūkaroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero , (1825-1894) Letter written to Governor George Grey Ko te 15 o Hūrae 15 1850 15 July 1850
E hoa, e Te Kāwana, Homai he pounamu waina kia rua hei kīnaki i aku haraputu. Kia rongo mai koe, kei taku korokoro taku mate. Nō konei au i hiahia ai ki te w(h)aina hei whakangāwari mō taku korokoro.
Abstract: Asks for two bottles of wine to complement his arrowroot. Says that he has a sore throat and wants the wine to ease it.
Ngā reta Māori Grey New Zealand Māori letters Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections GNZMA 170 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/manuscripts/id/4441/rec/6
Read by: J. Ramanui Music Intro: Hirini Melbourne and Richard Nunns Sound Engineering: Justin Rodenas & Sue Berman Recorded at Te Oro Studios Glen Innes
Rewi Manga Maniapoto (1807-1894) Letter to Sir George Grey, written at Kihikihi 19 o Pēpuere 1894 19 February 1894
Ki a Hori Kerei, E hoa, tēnā koe i runga i tō tāua aroha ki a tāua. Kua tae nei tāua ki ngā rā (o) ō tāua tūpuna, heoi, ka mutu te mihi. Ka tū te kupu, he kupu whakaatu ki a koe i runga i te āhua kaumātua o tōu tinana, o tōku tinana i ngā rā i ō tō tāua kotahitanga, ā, tae mai ana ki (i)nāianei, ki roto i ēnei rā. Taku kupu nui tēnei ki a koe, me noho tāua ki roto i te kōhatu kotahi. Heoi anō, Nā tō hoa aroha,
Abstract Refers to their mutual affection now they are old, and from their time of being of one mind. Suggests that for this reason their names be recorded on the same memorial stone. Includes a note in English to Grey from Manga (Rewi Maniapoto), asking if Kihi has arrived with a sketch of the tombstone. Page with the sketch follows.
Ngā reta Māori Grey New Zealand Māori letters Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections GNZMA 218 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/manuscripts/id/6428/rec/1
Read by: J. Ramanui Music Intro: Hirini Melbourne and Richard Nunns Sound Engineering: Justin Rodenas & Sue Berman Recorded at Te Oro Studios Glen Innes
Wīremu Toetoe Tūmohe (1826-1881) Letter to Sir George Grey, written in Vienna, Austria Wina, Autiria, Mei 8, 1860 8 May 1860
E hoa aroha, ka mihi atu ahau ki a koe i te whenua tawhiti – Tēnā rā ko koe, tēnā rā ko koe. E koro, tēnā rā ko koe, e te matua aroha. Kua tae mai tō reta o te rua tekau mā w(h)aru o Āperira ki a au, kua hari ahau, kua koa ahau ki tāu kōrero pai me tāu reta pai me tōu aroha ki a au – Tēnā rā ko koe, tēnā rā ko koe – Heoi rā ngā mihi ki a koe. Nā, whakarongo mai, ka kōrero atu au ki a koe i te take o tōku haerenga mai ki tēnei whenua. Kāhore au i haere mai i runga i ngā ritenga kūare, i haere mai ahau i runga i te kupu a tōu riwhi, arā, a te Kāwana Paraone o Niu Tireni. He mea tono mārire ahau nā te rangatira nui o te manuao Auhitiriana. Ko te Nowara te ingoa o taua manuao. Ko te Komotore Wireahitoawhi te ingoa o taua rangatira, nāna ahau i tono ki a te Kāwana Paraone, kia haere mai ahau ki tuhitiria kia kite te kīngi nui rawa o tēnei whenua i te tangata o Niu Tireni. Ko tēnei te take o tōku haerenga mai ki tēnei whenua. Nā, i te tekau mā ono o ngā rā o Pēpuere ka kite taua kīngi i [a] au, ka mihi au ki a ia ki te mihi Māori, ka taki au ki a ia i ngā taki Māori. Ka nui tōna whakapai ki āku kōrero ki a ia. E hoa, e kore pea au e kite i a koe - kua tata tōku hokinga ki tōku kāinga ki Niu Tireni, kua whakahokia paitia ahau e tēnei kīngi ki tōku kāinga ki Niu Tireni. Aua pea ka kite ahau i a koe i tōku hokinga atu ki tōku kāinga ki Niu Tireni, kāhore rānei. Tuhituhi mai ki [a] au ki Rānana. Kei te rua tekau mā ono o ngā rā o Mei ka haere atu ahau ki Rānana kia noho ahau ki reira mō nga wiki e whā, e ono rānei. Ka kite ahau ki Rānana i tō tāua rangatira, arā, i te mana o Niu Tireni, arā, i te kīngi o ngā kīngi, arā, i te ariki o ngā ariki, arā, i a te Wikitōria, kia kōrero au ki a ia i ngā whakaaro o tō tāua iwi e noho mai rā i tō tāua kāinga i Niu Tireni. Nā, whakarongo mai e koro, e kore pea e meneti ka kite koe i te mahi tika a tō iwi, arā, ko te whakaaro nei, ko te whakakotahi o ēnei iwi e rua, i te Ingarihi, i te Māori, hei iwi kotahi, hei ture Kotahi. Ko te Kuini o Ingarangi hei matua, hei whaea, hei mana mō ēnei iwi e rua. Ko te Kāwana Paraone rāua ko Pōtatau Te Wherowhero hei āhua mō te kuini ki Niutireni – heoi anō, te whakaaro a tō iwi – ka kite koe i taua whakaaro – i ēnei tau e haere ake nei - ka pānuitia hoki ki te karere Māori. Tuhituhi mai ki āu hoa i Rānana kia mōhio ki a au. Heoi, taku kōrero ki a koe – tēnā rā koe, tēnā rā koe, tēnā rā kōrua ko tō hoa ko Mihihi Kerei – hei konā rā, hei konā rā i tō kāinga – mā Te Atua koe e tiaki, ake ake. Āmene. He waiata aroha ki a koe rā.
Tērā te pūkohu ka mau mai (i) Awhereka (Āwherika) – ko te ara tonu ia i haere ai taku tōrere – tahuri mai ki muri rā kia ringia atu he wai kei aku kamo – ehara i a au, nāu rā wai whai mai, nāu rā wai tua peka ki te iti i a au – nō reira te ngākau i whakawairangi ai he kanohi aroha nōku ki a koe rā. Waiata tuarua ki te hoa i au rā. Kāhore te aroha ngau kino rawa – hoki te panga rākau – e āta kitea iho te ki konei – tonu au whakamau atu ai te ao katoa – kawe nā runga o te aute – ko te hoa rā, e, ka tata rā ki tawhiti – ka whā māmā ō rawa – e kore au e kite i te hoa aroha – me mutu i konei tēnei waiata. Nā tōu hoa,
Nā Wiremu Toetoe
Ngā reta Māori Grey New Zealand Māori letters Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections GNZMA 120 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/manuscripts/id/7526/rec/1
Read by: J. Ramanui Music Intro: Hirini Melbourne and Richard Nunns Sound Engineering: Justin Rodenas & Sue Berman Recorded at Te Oro Studios Glen Innes
Hēnare Mātene Te Whiwhi, aka Te Whiwhi-o-te-rangi (1805-1881 ) A letter to Tamihana Te Rauparaha written at Auckland Āperira 20 1863 20 April 1863
Ki a Tamihana, Tēnā koe. Kua tae mai tō pukapuka ki (a) au o te 6 me te tekau o Āperira. Kua mate a Mata Riwai. Ka nui tōku pōuri me tō Tauteka hoki ki tōna hoa. Ko te tū tonu tēnei o te tangata, he haereere noa iho i runga i te mata o te whenua me au nei hoki e tiakina nei e te mate, arā, e tōku mate. E Tami, mea ake ka mutu te mahi, te mahi a Waikato i muri i ēnā reta āku, kua tae atu nā i ngā rā o Āperira nei. Ka haere a Ngāti Tipa ki te tuku i te whenua hei tūnga mō te whare a te kāwana mō te whare anō i wāhia rā i Waikato i whakahokia iho nei ngā papa ki Te Ia. Ka tae a Ngāti Tipa ki roto o Waikato, a Wāta Kukutai, a Ruihana, e rima tekau o rātou. Ka rongo (a) Waikato, kātahi ka haere mai. Haere mai kotahi rau, kotahi rau pū, ka tīkina, ka wherohia. Ka mutu te tū waewae kātahi ka kōrero. Ka mutu te kōrero, kātahi (a) Waikato ka wāwāhi tērā hapū, tērā hapū ka wāhi mai ki a Ngāti Tipa. Kāore (a) Waikato i kaha ki a Ruihana rāua ko Wāta Kukutai. Oma ana Te Kanawa me Waikato katoa nō te mea kua hē. Engari ko te whare a te kāwana me te mokopuna a Te Whakaete ka tū ki te whenua o Wāta Kukutai e Tami. Kua hē te mahi a Waikato, kua pōrangi. Nō konei te pai o taku noho i tēnei kāinga hei kawe kōrero atu ki a koutou. Ko te taha kāwana i uru ki roto ki te mahi a Waikato ko Tamati Ngapora, ko Ihaka Takaanini, ko Aihepeeni, ko Mohi ko ngā mea tēnei, arā, ko ngā tāngata o te taha kāwana i uru ki te mahi a Waikato. Nā rātou te kōrero i wāhia ai taua whare. Ko (ō) rātou moni kua whakakorea e te kāwanatanga, engari kāore anō i whakawākia. Kia whakawākia ka kitea te teka, te hē ka hoki mai anō rātou ki tēnei taha ki te kāwana ka huri tēnei. Anō ngā iwi o runga te noho nei i Akarana, a Te Arawa, te mahi mai i te rawa mōna. Te ngangare nei rātou nei ko ngā Pākehā me te ngangare teina, me te ngangare tuakana. Ka nui te pai o te Pākehā o Akarana, kāore he whakahouhou ki te kumu o te tangata Māori e haere tahanga ana, arā, a Te Arawa. Ka nui te pai o te Māori, o te Pākehā ki a rātou nei. Tērā tētahi iwi pai kei te Kaipara, kei tērā tāone, ko tērā iwi tītora kāore e kai i te rama, he iwi hou, he iwi rangatira. Kāore he kōrero kino e puta i te waha, he iwi karakia, ka nui te aroha ki te Māori. Ko ngā taewa me ngā poaka, me ngā kau, me ngā mea katoa a te Māori, he tuku katoa atu mā taua iwi nei e mākete, ka rite, kātahi anō ka wehewehea ki tērā tangata, ki tērā tangata. He iwi pai rawa tēnei. Tēnei tētehi kōrero, he kiore hou kua tae mai ki a Ngāpuhi ka rua tau, ko te nunui me te ngeru nei anō te rahi (o) te waka i hoe mai ai he pungapunga. Ko tāna he kirikaraka ināianei kua kai ki te kūmara, ki te taewa. E Tami, e tika ana aku kōrero e tuhi atu nā ki a koutou. Mea ake ka kore he tākaro mā ngā Māori, arā, ka kore te kīngi, kāore tētehi e rongo ki tētehi, me tētehi ki tētehi. Heoti anō, Ka huri, hei konā rā i a Riwai Nā Mātene Te Whiwhi.
Ngā reta Māori Grey New Zealand Māori letters Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections GNZMA 187 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/manuscripts/id/4979/rec/1 https://soundcloud.com/auckland-libraries/sets/kinaki-ng-reta-m-ori
Read by: J. Ramanui Music Intro: Hirini Melbourne and Richard Nunns Sound Engineering: Justin Rodenas & Sue Berman Recorded at Te Oro Studios Glen Innes
Tāmihana Te Rauparaha, Ruta, nee Ruta Te Kapu, (182?-1870) Letter to Lady Grey at Wellington, written at Otaki Hepetema 25, 1848 25 September 1848
E tōku hoa aroha, E Mata Kerei, Tēnā koe, kōrua ko tōu hoa ko Kerei. Tēnei anō tōu aroha kua tae mai ki a au, nā Tamihana i mau mai. Ka nui tōku mīharo ki a koe, ka waiho rawa tēnei hei tohu aroha mōku ki a koe. Tāu mea homai noa mai ki a au, [k]ātahi anō te ritenga pai nā koutou nā te Pākehā. Ko tā mātou nei ritenga ko tangata Māori, he paru kau nā koutou i pai ai mātou. E hoa, e pai ana au ki tō kupu haere mai kia kite i a mātou. Tēnā rā kei mate tōu hiahia ki te haere mai ki konei. Kotahi anō tāku i w[h]akam(ā) ai – he kino nō taku w[h]are hei nohoanga mō tāua. Tēnei anō taku kupu w[h]akataukī, “He ahakoa kotahi anō te pō ki te w[h]are kino, ka hoki anō ki te w[h]are pai”. Nā, He ritenga tēnei mō kino i Ōtaki nei. Heoti anō, Nā Ruta Tamihana.
Abstract: Greets her and her husband. Acknowledges her gift that Tamihana brought, expresses her wonder at it and says it will remain as a token of her love for her [Grey]. Refers approvingly to the Pākehā custom of giving in comparison with the Maori custom; adding that they [the Pākehā] improve them. Expresses her pleasure in her saying she will come and see them, saying her only reservation is her poor house, adding a proverb ‘Never mind one night in a bad house when you can return to a good house’, remarking that it is in reference to the roughness of Ōtaki.
Ngā reta Māori Grey New Zealand Māori letters Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections GNZMA 557 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/manuscripts/id/4800/rec/1
Read by: Judith Waaka Music Intro: Hirini Melbourne and Richard Nunns Sound Engineering: Justin Rodenas & Sue Berman Recorded at Te Oro Studios Glen Innes
Kereama Tāwhai, (1864-1885) Letter to Sir George Grey, written at Wesley College, Auckland 18 Hune 1880 18 June 1880
Ki a Tā Hori Kerei, E tōku tupuna aroha, e te pākau o ngā Māori o Niu Tereni (Niu Tireni), e te kaiārahi i ngā Māori kia kite i te māramatanga. Tēnā koe. He tino tamariki rawa ahau ka tuhi atu nei ki a koe, otirā i runga i te mea ka tae mai nei te whakaaro ki roto i tooku (tōku) ngākau mō āu mahi i mahia e koe mō mātou, mō ngā Māori. Ka oho tōku ngākau hiahia kia tuhi atu ki a koe. E kara, tēnei ahau te titiro atu nei ki mua i a tātou, tērā pea te rā e mahue ai mātou i a koe ka poro raru noa iho mātou, ka kore tō mātou kaiāwhina, tō mātou mātua. E tōku tupuna ki te mea ka tiakina ahau i (e) te matua i te rangi, e kore āu mahi pai e warewaretia e au i waenganui o ngā Māori, o ngā Pākehā. Tēnei au kei te rapu i tētahi wāhi o te mātauranga o te Pākehā, mā reira pea e kaha rawa ai mātou ngā taitamariki ki te hāpai i ngā ture a koutou, a ngā kaumātua e whakatakoto nei ki a mātou. He mea tika anō e tōku tupuna kia whakahāweatia (e) koe (e) aku kupu. Nō te mea, ehara ahau i te tikanga tangata kia kōrero i ēnei mea. Mā Te Atua koe e tiaki, e whakakaha mō tāu mahi ki ngā Māori. Nā tōu mokopuna, Nā Kereama R Tāwhai
Abstract: Writes at the request of his father [Hone Mohi Tawhai]; refers to Grey’s work with his grandfather, Mohi Tawhai, in 1845. Expresses his respect for Grey and their pleasure that he wishes to visit their school. Refers to his studies at the school, both secular and Christian. Expresses concern over the destiny of the Māori and their demise – elders dying, European customs, drunkenness and the cause. Says hope lies with Christianity and refers to his ambition to be a minister to improve the state of the Māori. Greets Grey poetically and acknowledges his leading Māori to enlightenment. Refers to himself as a mere child writing to him, but speaks of his wish to praise his work and also of his fear that should he [Grey] leave they will fall into trouble without their leader. Says that if the Lord wills, then he will support Grey's good works so they are never forgotten by Māori or Pakeha. Says that he seeks some of the knowledge of the Pakeha so they, the young, can continue to support the laws that he and their elders have established. Refers to his humility in putting forward these views. Wishes him God's protection and support in his work for the Māori.
Ngā reta Māori Grey New Zealand Māori letters Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections GNZMA 141 https://tinyurl.com/y3u9252e
Read by: J. Ramanui Music Intro: Hirini Melbourne and Richard Nunns Sound Engineering: Justin Rodenas & Sue Berman Recorded at Te Oro Studios Glen Innes
Robert Eruera, Poukokiri Taonga Tuku Iho Māori, in conversation with Sue Berman, Principal Oral History and Sound.
Robert discusses the Ngā reta Māori / Māori letters donated by Sir George Grey and shares the background behind the curation of Kīnaki and selection of the six letters featured in the exhibition. He also talks about the collection's significance and its accessibility through Kura: Heritage Collections Online. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/manuscripts/search/searchterm/Grey%20New%20Zealand%20Maori%20letters%20-%20Ng%C4%81%20reta%20M%C4%81ori/field/collec/mode/exact/conn/and
You can hear a selected 6 letters read here: https://soundcloud.com/auckland-libraries/sets/kinaki-ng-reta-m-ori
Anne Brady's presentation will help you navigate the tricky territory of tracking down your elusive ancestors. She investigates the numerous guises your family name could be hiding behind from transcription errors to foreign accents - even an unfortunate cold clouding your way back into the history books!
For the hard core following you can find Anne's presentation here:
Presentation slides: https://bit.ly/2FaaF7h Handout: https://bit.ly/2CjAbVP
Anne's presentation draws in part on material found in Carol Baxter's book "Help! Why can't I find my ancestor's surname?" You can find this on the Auckland Libraries' catalogue here: https://bit.ly/2XViAwu
This talk was recorded at the Auckland Central Library on Wednesday 13 March 2019. Image: genealogybybarry.com
South Auckland Poets Collective co-founders Ramon Narayan and Grace Taylor join curator Sharon Smith to talk about their new exhibition: South Auckland Poets' Collective: The first 10 years. The exhibition is a collaborative project between SAPC, Auckland Libraries and Action Education and is at the Mangere Arts Centre until Saturday 6 April.
Recorded at the Auckland Central City Library on Wednesday 27 February 2019
Music: Pacific Rim by EXIST HERE; Sunscreen (prod. Engelwood) by AL-X The Great Image: Grace Taylor, Photographer Pati Solomona Tyrell
In this interview Sue Berman talks with Daren Kamali about the Real Gold taonga commonly known as 'the tapa book'.
The book is available to view for the month of March 2019 in the reading room of Heritage Collections - level 2 Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero | Central City Library.
To learn more tune into the Tapa Talk series here at the Auckland Libraries podcast series. https://soundcloud.com/auckland-libraries/sets/tapa-talks
You can view a digital copy here: https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/rarebooks/id/144/rec/5
Between 1768 and 1779 James Cook led three voyages of British exploration to the Pacific. As a result many taonga from Aotearoa and the islands of Moana-nui-a-Kiwa made their way to Europe – including the samples of bark cloth collected in this book. The book’s title is A catalogue of the different specimens of cloth collected in the three voyages of Captain Cook – but is often simply called ‘the tapa cloth book’. It was compiled by Scottish bookseller Alexander Shaw, who in 1787 was based in London.
There are 63 copies of the book known to be still in existence. They are each unique, containing different samples of cloth arranged in varying order. They are the earliest known specimens to survive, and are a valuable source of information about Pacific fabrics prior to the influence of European textiles and metal tools.
The library’s copy was donated by the Auckland businessman, art collector and philanthropist James Tannock Mackelvie (1824-1885).
Reference: A catalogue of the different specimens of cloth collected in the three voyages of Captain Cook. London: Printed for Alexander Shaw, 1787.
Photo - Daren Kamali, photographer Sue Berman, February 2019.
Annette Lees discusses the research process behind her book: Swim A year of outdoor swimming in New Zealand.
Stay tuned for a special segment on "Manu" bombing.
"Venus of the South Seas" can be found in the Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision collection here: https://bit.ly/2tvkNAG
Recorded live at Auckland Central Library on February 20 2019. Image: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections AWNS-19141217-54-2
Most material featured in Robert's talk can be located through the Auckland Libraries catalogue including our new super search engine Kura. You will find the link to Kura under Heritage Collections on the front page of Auckland Libraries' website.
Some items in the Ephemera collection are not currently catalogued. To view these items such as the poster of the "Maori Race Meeting" at Karioi you will need to visit the Sir George Grey Special Collections room at the Central Library. The Ephemera collection can be searched here: https://bit.ly/2V5dcog
Pinipingi Pi can be found here: https://bit.ly/2TWt4cy Spot can be found here: https://bit.ly/2TRRjbW
Robert is introduced by Jacqueline Snee; Poukōkiri Rangahau Māori at Central Library.
Recorded live at Auckland Central Library on February 13 2019.
We apologise for the interference on this track, it is not your device!
Dr Phyllis Herda shares political, economic and social insights on Tongan material culture at the time of Cook's visit to the Pacific. She comments on the impact of 'collecting and colonization'.
Dr Herda works across the traditional disciplines of Anthropology, Pacific History and Women’s/Gender Studies.
She began working in Polynesia in the early 1980s and continues to research, publish and teach on Tongan ethnography, European explorers in Polynesia, Polynesia art and material culture, Tongan oral tradition and history, gender, disease and colonialism as well as Polynesian textiles – traditional and contemporary. She is based at the University of Auckland.
Professor Frances Lennard discusses the preservation and conservation dynamics of working with Tapa cloth.
Prof. Lennard is Professor of Textile Conservation at the University of Glasgow and the Principal Investigator on a collaborative project studying Pacific bark cloth.
She trained at the Textile Conservation Centre at Hampton Court Palace in the 1980s and worked for 15 years as a freelance textile conservator in the south-west of England before going to the University of Glasgow.
Dr Andy Mills share a short social, cultural and textile preservation history of the Pacific bark cloth.
Dr Mills research interests focus mainly on Pacific art history and the sociocultural history of Oceania since 1700,
Although his interests in Pacific art are broad, he specializes in the study of historical textiles and wood sculpture, and have a particular love for the arts of Tonga and Fiji.
Auckland University academic and author Billie Lythberg shares an erudite history related to the content and context of the Tapa Book collection. https://bit.ly/2SGw4JD
Dr Billie Lythberg (University of Auckland) has a PhD in economic anthropology and art history, and a background in Māori studies and oral literatures. She has keen interest in ‘gift exchange’ economics and indigenous entrepreneurship.
Dagmar Dyck is a Tongan German textile artist and educator, first generation New Zealander.
Her creative works include working with Tongan Ngatu (Tapa).
In this track Dagmar describes the experience of being a working artist and the influence of heritage collections; seeing objects of culture, art and beauty up close and in the flesh rather than just as imagery in books.
Among the many taonga held by Ngā Pātaka Kōrero - Auckland Libraries is a sampler book of Pacific tapa cloth.
The Tapa Book is a catalogue of different specimens of cloth collected in the mid 1700s during the three Pacific voyages of Captain James Cook.
In the late 1780s Alexander Shaw compiled a series of catalogues with sample cloth from Tonga, Tahiti and Hawai’i. Each book is a unique mixture of clothes and each is highly prized as a repository of information about Pacific fibres prior to European influence of textiles and tools.
Auckland Libraries acquired a copy through donation by James Tannock Mackelvie in 1885 and have digitised the book in a page turning format for full and easy access via the Auckland Libraries catalogue. https://bit.ly/2SGw4JD
In October 2017 Auckland Libraries hosted an event with guest speakers titled Tapa Talk.
In this series you will hear from Auckland-based Tongan artist and educator Dagmar Dyck; University of Auckland Senior Research Fellow Billie Lythberg; Frances Lennard, Professor in Textile Conservation, and Research Associate Andy Mills, both from the Centre for Textile Conservation at the University of Glasgow, Scotland; and Senior Lecturer Phyllis Herda from The University of Auckland.
Dagmar, Billie and Phyllis are investigators on Ancient Futures: Late 18th and Early 19th Century Tongan Arts and their Legacies, funded by the Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Fund.
Frances and Andrew are investigators on Tapa: Situating Pacific Barkcloth Production in Time & Place, funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council.
The session was opened by Jane Wild, Heritage Manager Auckland Libraries, and guests introduced by Daren Kamali, Pacific Heritage Curator, Auckland Libraries.
Annette Lees shares the journey toward publishing her book "Swim".
Annette will speak at the Central Library on Wednesday 20th February @ 12pm Find out more: aucklandlibraries.govt.nz
Image: Heritage Collections, Auckland Libraries, 34-Z164
To celebrate the Lunar New Year - The Year of the Pig - Sue Berman spoke with rare book specialist Georgia Prince about the taonga featured in the Real Gold case.
Johann Nieuhof’s illustrations, published in his 1665 account of the expedition, were the first reliable pictures of China available in the West.
During the 17th century, as the Dutch began to explore the world, the Dutch East India Company sent a trading mission to China. The Dutch edition was quickly translated into other languages, including this Latin edition of 1668.
Johannes Nieuhof. Legatio Batavica ad Magnum Tartariae Chamum Sungteium. Leiden: Jacob Meurs, 1668. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1969899
The Atlas Chinensis is a compilation of different accounts of the various Dutch trading missions to China. It was produced by the English publisher and map-maker John Ogilby.
The Dutch arrived soon after the fall of the Ming dynasty and tried unsuccessfully to gain concessions from the new Manchu Qing Emperor.
The engraving depicts “Aimuy” (or Amoy as the English called it) on the coast opposite Taiwan. It is the port city of Xiamen in the Fujian Province.
Arnoldus Montanus. Atlas Chinensis. London: Thomas Johnson, 1671. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1969769
John Thomson was born in Edinburgh in 1837. From 1862 he spent ten years living and working as a photographer in Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Taiwan and China.
Thomson’s journeys in Asia would have been arduous. He needed to carry cameras, lenses, glass plates, chemicals, trays and material to build portable darkrooms. Negotiating the different cultures and languages would have also been challenging.
The images on display come from four volumes of books on Thomson’s travels in China. These books are held in Sir George Grey Special Collections and can be viewed in the reading room.
John Thomson. Illustrations of China and its people: a series of two hundred photographs with letterpress descriptive of the places and people represented. London: Sampson Low, 1873-1874.
Robert Eruera speaks about Taonga Māori and how it is defined by each person's unique interaction and experience of it. He also discusses how to search for Taonga Māori within Auckland Libraries' collections.
Enjoy this sneak preview!
Ancestry's Jason Reeve explains how to search the list of New Zealand Influenza victims. This list will soon be made available on the Ancestry website. A provisional list can be accessed through Auckland Libraries here: https://bit.ly/2sMdfch
Image: Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, AWNS-19190123-41-16
Sue Berman speaks with one of the exhibition curators Harriet Rogers about Vojtech Kubasta, the Czech artist behind several of the delightful pop-up books in the exhibition.
Harriet talks about his life and work and her favourite book of the Kubasta's in the exhibition - The Cinderella Story.
Find the holdings of the books of Kubasta in the Auckland Libraries catalogue https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/search/C__SKubasta__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&suite=def
In this 'sequel' presentation, Lisa Truttman introduces us to some of Auckland's pioneers whose fortunes rose and fell along with the ever changing course of te Wai Horotiu. She focuses in particular on brewer William Smithson and architect George Vaile.
Recorded on 10 October 2018 at Auckland Central Library
Local historian Lisa Truttman uncovers the story behind the Wai Horotiu stream, a waterway that once ran largely exposed through what is now Auckland's CBD. From a place where children fished playfully with broken pins, to the notoriety of being "Ligar's Canal", finally channelled, bricked and covered, undergound and out of sight -- the story of Wai Horotiu and its disappearance from our landscape is part of the foundation of the city of Auckland.
Recorded on 11 October 2017 at Auckland Central Library
Influenza 100: Geoffrey Rice - Why do we still need to know? Part Two by Auckland Libraries
Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Rice discusses both the historical and potential present impacts if such a pandemic were to strike today.
Jane Wild - Manager of Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections - shares insights and details on the artful pop-up book Swell by Judy Millar. The words are written by Trish Gribben and the paper engineering by Phillip Fickling.
It's a work of wonder!
View Swell as the feature of the Real Gold case in the Heritage Collections reading room Level 2 Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero | Central City Library for all of January 2019.
During the Playful Pop-Up Books exhibition a hands on copy is also available to admire and experience.
You can find Swell in the Auckland Libraries catalogue at https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2954562
Image: Artwork by Judy Millar, written by Trish Gribben, paper engineering by Phillip Fickling. Swell: the art of Judy Millar: a pop up book. Auckland: Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, 2014.
Sue Berman sat with conservator Damen Joe to talk about his work in the Preservation Unit of Auckland Libraries.
Damen shared behind the scene insights and considerations that sit with original heritage content when it is being prepared for public display. He discusses some of the challenges and rewards of the Playful Pop-Up Books exhibition.
Image: Case label for the Playful Pop-Up Books exhibition, 2018.
Playful PopUp Books - this track gives an exhibition overview with lead curator Zoë Colling talking about the collection selection and creative curation process
Playful Pop-up Books Exhibition Wednesday 12 December 2018 - Sunday 3 March 2019
For a fun, free activity for children and families this summer, head along to the Playful Pop-up Books exhibition of 24 stunning examples of movable and pop-up books from Auckland Libraries’ Heritage Collections.
This special exhibition of captivating pop-up books will transport you to a fantasy world of children’s storybook characters; highlights include a three-dimensional tunnel book from 1851, a 1930s edition of Pinocchio and contemporary adaptations of the classic children’s stories Peter Pan and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. The exhibition also features a hand shadow book made to be viewed with a torch in hand and intricate private press pop-up books.
Encourage the children in your life to get creative and have a go at the interactive activities on offer at the exhibition, including a pop-up books reading zone and Peter Pan dress-up props. Then take a snap of them in front of the themed photo wall.
About the children’s historical book collection - Auckland Libraries’ extensive children’s historical book collection preserves exceptional children’s literature from 1761 to the present day. The collection features different editions of children’s classics and provides a snapshot of popular culture at the time, including mass-produced series, pop-up books, comics and annuals.
Everyone’s welcome to visit the second floor of the Central City Library to access items in the collection and you can also view digitised items from home at aucklandlibraries.govt.nz.
Iain Sharp author of Real Gold the book (2007)discusses the sketchbook of C I Hutchinson (c1848) with Haunui Royal.
The sketchbook is described by Sharp as 'one of the most beguilingly mysterious items in the Library's collection". In this interview he explores several hypothesis on the original and character of the book.
You are welcome to view the original items in the Special Collections Reading Room on Level 2 of Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero | Central City Library.
Reference: Watercolour portrait of young Maori woman standing outside whare Record ID : 7-C1889
Iain Sharp author of the Real Gold the book (2007) discusses the man, a map and two drawing by Charles Heaphy with Haunui Royal.
In this track they talk about the 1851 map of the town of Auckland thought to have been commissioned by landowner and merchant William Smellie Graham and an early 1850s pen and wash drawing from a visit to the Pacific - Nengone Loyalty Islands - now known as part of New Caledonia.
Discover early maps of Auckland and other maps here: https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/maps/id/1579/rec/2
Image Reference: Pen and wash drawing of the Loyalty Islands by Charles Heaphy. Showing Neche Cove, Nengone, Loyalty Islands. Nengone is now known as Mare which is part of the Loyalty group, New Caledonia. Heaphy image of drawing 765 -1. https://tinyurl.com/ybvb7xoc
You are welcome to view the original items in the Special Collections Reading Room on Level 2 of Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero | Central City Library.
One of the Real Gold treasures of Auckland Libraries is the only known copy of The Harpsichord Master, an early form of music tutor book for “learners on the Spinnet or Harpsichord” dating from 1697.
Music by Henry Purcell, Jeremiah Clark and various other composers of the period are included in this fascinating little book.
In this clip we hear Peter Watts playing three of the pieces composed by Henry Purcell as they were notated in The Harpsichord Master (1697).
To learn more you can follow our blog post Heritage et AL. View a digital version here: https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/rarebooks/id/540/rec/1
You are welcome to view the original score in the Special Collections Reading Room on Level 2 of Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero | Central City Library or listen to the full concert of The Harpsichord Master here on our sound cloud playlist Heritage Concerts.
For this special concert, The Music Accord celebrate seldomly performed works of female composers spanning the last 200 years from the Baroque through to the modern era.
This comes in line with the 125th Anniversary of women being secured the right to vote in New Zealand. Between works, Ludwig and Darius will also present the history of the challenges and the triumphs past composers experienced as women in a male dominated industry and feature some New Zealand women composers.
New Zealand concert pianist Ludwig Treviranus and composer Darius Windec have recently formed The Music Accord. The Music Accord is a collaborative for musicians to come together, share ideas, and support each other’s artistic and professional development.
The Francis-Lee Duo conclude our Spring Series with a diverse and engaging programme spanning 150 years of wonderful music. They are Dr Charlotte Francis (violin) and Gemma Lee (piano).
Beginning with Beethoven’s energetic 4th Violin sonata, they take us into rather unfamiliar territory with “L’Addio” by New Zealand composer Raffaello Squarise - or 'Old Square Eyes' – one of 'Dunedin's chief musical assets'. The 100th anniversary of Debussy’s death is acknowledged with his colourful and vibrant violin sonata and the programme concludes on a flashy and brilliant note with Jascha Heifetz’s arrangement of “It Ain’t Necessarily So” by Gershwin.
Formed in 2016, Francis-Lee Duo consists of University of Auckland School of Music graduates, violinist Dr Charlotte Francis and pianist Gemma Lee. Both have gained individual successes in chamber music throughout New Zealand and overseas, and are rapidly gaining recognition locally as an exciting upcoming chamber ensemble.
One of the treasures of Auckland Libraries is the only known copy of The Harpsichord Master, an early form of music tutor book for “learners on the Spinnet or Harpsichord” dating from 1697. Music by Henry Purcell, Jeremiah Clark and various other composers of the period is included in this fascinating little book. Much of the keyboard music in the collection is arrangements of airs from contemporary operas and popular songs. Peter Watts (harpsichord) and Katharine Watts (soprano) explore the music of the book. They look into the origins of the music found in it and explain how it came to be one of the treasures of Auckland Libraries. The concert will feature a complete performance of all the music in The Harpsichord Master, together with some of the original works from which the pieces derived.
Women in Song" is a well explored theme but this engaging program includes repertoire from a number of varied sources and perspectives: the ideal of love and beauty as perceived by men; women in their own words; and, the journey from girlhood to womanhood. The students of the Classical Voice program at the University of Auckland have participated in this concert series for a number of years now, and are grateful for this most valuable opportunity to develop their performance profiles that this series provides. The alumni performing include current semifinalists in the prestigious Lexus Songquest, current and former Emerging Artists for Opera NZ, and participants in the Dame Kiri Te Kanawa Advanced Opera Training Program.
This November 2018 we feature in the Real Gold case The temple of Flora by Robert Thornton, published in 1812. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1969252
Georgia Prince, rare book specialist, talks about the beautiful and fantastical publication.
The items can be viewed in the Real Gold case housed in the reading room on level 2 of Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero Central City Library.