print guide - Going West Books and Writers Festival

1 – 11 september 2016
g o i n g w e s t f e s t. c o . n z
contents
Welcome ........................................................................................................................................... 5
Gabrielle Togiatama and Michael Muesli
performing at Word Up 2015
A message from our founders ....................................................................................................... 6
From the edges................................................................................................................................ 7
The Curnow Reader emma neale / Sir Graeme Douglas Orator maualaivao Albert wendt ... 8
Stuff I Forgot to Tell my Daughter michèle A’court .................................................................... 9
Telling our tales malcolm paterson / Stories of life and death David galler ............................10
From the mouth of the river marama muru-Lanning & mike Joy ..............................................12
Taking flight emma neale / A brush with the Bard Donovan bixley ........................................13
Contemporary chronicles Damien wilkins ...................................................................................14
Giving art its voice Anthony byrt ..................................................................................................15
How to commit an art crime penelope Jackson .........................................................................16
Poetry Slam ....................................................................................................................................18
Theatre Season sham ....................................................................................................................19
Programme at a glance .........................................................................................................20 – 21
New voices introduced by renee Liang / Reckoning with women barbara brookes ..............22
In small places sue orr & Helen margaret waaka ........................................................................24
The future is unwritten giovanni tiso & contributors ................................................................25
Navigating the in-between serie barford & gregory Kan ..........................................................26
Sounds from the South roger shepherd .....................................................................................27
A crafty brew Jules van cruysen...................................................................................................28
Kōanga Festival @ Te Pou / Going West @ Te Pou ..........................................................30 – 31
Going West Out West...........................................................................................................32 – 33
Going West in Glen Eden / The Trusts Community Foundation .............................................34
The Going West Archives .............................................................................................................35
Contact and booking information / Going West Team ............................................................37
Corban Estate Arts Centre
2 Mt Lebanon Lane, Henderson
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Open 7 days
10am – 4:30pm
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Free entry
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weLcome to tHe going west
booKs & writers festivAL 2016
Here we are 21 years on and offering our communities another amazingly diverse line-up
of writing, ideas, debate, performance and art. At the end of last year, after celebrating
two decades ‘holding the literary line’ in west Auckland, we debated long and hard about
what Going West meant and what the future held for the festival. Significantly, 2015 also
marked the retirement of the inimitable murray gray, festival founder and programme
director. encouragingly, we discovered there’s a lot of love and commitment for going
west – from writers, readers, our community partners, elected representatives and those
who pull it all together behind the scenes. in its 20-year life going west has become an
institution, a significant fixture in the cultural life of West Auckland. With this in mind, we
knew that the show simply must go on.
we couldn’t create this month of celebration without support from so many generous
funding bodies, local businesses, Auckland council, the waitakere ranges Local board
and the tireless going west team that scheme, deliberate, plan, organise and fundraise.
ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari, he toa takitini – success is not the work of one, but
the work of many.
on behalf of the going west trust we’re excited about what’s on offer this year, and we
encourage you and your whanau to come along, get involved and spread the good word.
Nicola Strawbridge
Chairperson, Going West Trust
Clear and Present Danger
JOHN PARKER:
CAUSE AND EFFECT
10 September — 13 November 2016
Opening Saturday 10 September, 6pm
teuru.org.nz
our going west pAtrons
I've been to many writing festivals but none as relaxed
and friendly as Going West
Maurice Gee, 2015
Only out West and high in the Fringe Of Heaven can you experience
the sheer pleasure of books and and the writers who create them.
Sir Bob Harvey, 2016
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from our founDers
2016 sees the very exciting advent of a new going west books & writers team. the
programming banner has been passed to nicola strawbridge and mark easterbrook and
the producer role to Anna fomison.
we look back over 20 years of delivering going west with much joy and some great
memories: rich, funny, sometimes sad as loved writers have left us. it was always about
New Zealand writers and writing and it was always firmly bedded in the west with westie
hospitality and slightly off-beat programming.
that underlying structure will not change, but there will be new thinking, new angles,
new partnerships under the new team. that tight-rope walk between holding on to the
successful and familiar and breathing new life into the festival is a delicate balance, but
one that this team is absolutely up for.
The list of highlights is much too long to think of beginning. Suffice to say that the many
hundreds of writers who have taken the stage at going west have changed us, have
enriched our lives and those of the loyal audiences we have built. our writers are our
conscience; they provoke as well as entertain and inform us; they sometimes push us
into uncomfortable corners; they put words so beautifully to the things that we long to
express. they tell us what it means to be a new zealander. we have laughed and we have
cried and sometimes we have squirmed.
waitakere city, under sir bob Harvey, backed going west, Auckland council kept it alive
and the waitakere ranges Local board has taken ownership of it. to them all, we give our
thanks, as we do to creative nz, foundation north, the trusts community foundation
and particularly sir graeme Douglas who has supported the festival since its inception.
And to you, our loyal and growing audiences, thank you for joining us over these many
years. Your warmth and enthusiasm have made it all worthwhile.
Naomi McCleary and Murray Gray
from tHe eDges
if there is such a thing as a new zealand culture, it is a shapeshifting, elusive thing. in its
finest moments, it is a harmonious choir, disparate voices combining to create something
beautiful. At its ugliest, one voice and story will try to drown out the others, creating
something one dimensional and disconnected from those who have a different kind
of voice.
As the culture of Aotearoa new zealand has repeatedly been reborn and reshaped, it
is our writers who have often been first to raise their voices, to bring new threads to the
story. they have issued a challenge from the periphery, as voices from the edges, and
challenged the centre. Cultural nationalists. Women. Maori and Pacific writers. The full
rainbow of sexual identities. All have told their stories, reshaped our cultural narrative,
and been heard.
it is disquieting, then, to live in a cultural moment where voices are being silenced. when
an author cannot comment freely on politics. when scientists cannot express their expert
opinions. when journalists are kept from speaking truth to power. when voices that
marginalise anyone challenging the centre can be heard more loudly. we have a thriving,
diverse and creative culture – but it is battling with the homogeneous voices that want to
only hear one ‘middle new zealand’ story.
that is why going west matters. we are a platform for telling stories. A stage where the
voices from the edges can challenge the centre. And we celebrate together, with laughter,
with tears, with astonishment, with anger, with pride.
this year’s going west books & writers festival is woven from many voices and many
stories. our writers are diverse and different, but they share one common thread. their
voices, when raised, pull them closer to the centre and weave us all a richer and more
beautiful culture.
Listen, learn, share and enjoy.
Mark Easterbrook and Nicola Strawbridge
Programme Co-directors, Going West Books & Writers Weekend
The Going West Trust acknowledges with gratitude the generous support of Sir Graeme Douglas
over the many years of the festival and welcomes new supporters Ockham Residential, the St
Lazarus Trust and the Norcross Falls Heritage Trust. Our thanks also to Sir Bob Harvey for his
sterling efforts on behalf of the trust.
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7.00pm
mihi/welcome
7.20pm
the curnow reader: emma neale
in memory of Allen curnow and his generosity towards
going west, we invite a poet of note to read each
year from recent work. curnow’s voice resonates down
the years: “not i, some child, born in a marvellous
year / will learn the trick of standing upright here”
remains a mantra to express our sense of national
identity. the reading offered in curnow’s name, and with gratitude
to the late Jeny curnow who continued in her support for going west, is
this year delivered by poet, prose writer and editor Emma Neale. During
his time as poet laureate vincent o’sullivan described emma as having an “eager, informed,
needle-eyed engagement with the contemporary world”. we look forward to sharing emma’s
view of the world as she reads from her most recent collection Tender Machines, along with
poems from previous works.
Emma Neale is a writer, editor and occasional creative writing tutor. Her literary awards and
fellowships include the inaugural nzsA/Janet frame memorial Award, the Kathleen grattan
Award for an unpublished poetry manuscript (The Truth Garden), the university of otago burns
Fellowship and most recently the NZSA/Beatson Fellowship. Her fifth poetry collection, Tender
Machines, was longlisted in the 2016 ockham new zealand book Awards. Her new novel,
Billy Bird, was published recently. emma lives in Dunedin with her husband and their two
young children.
7.40pm
9 SeptembeR FRIDAY
8.15pm
Stuff I Forgot to Tell My Daughter, michèle A’court
sometimes a book has its origins in unexpected places. the book Michèle
A’Court published in 2015, Stuff I Forgot to Tell My Daughter, began life
as a list. Liberated from the daily minutiae when her daughter left home,
michèle suddenly found the time she’d never had as a parent – to think
about being a parent. mostly, she spent the time wondering if she’d told
her daughter everything she needed to know – such as how to store
ginger, get rid of bloodstains, calculate gst, stop your tights snagging, the
meaning of feminism. the resulting list became a solo comedy show and
evolved into a funny, wise, honest and maybe even useful book.
Photo: Kate Little
Photo: Graham Warman
FRIDAY 9 SeptembeR
At going west this year michèle will deliver the hit comedy show that inspired the book.
Michèle A’Court is the winner of female comedian of the Decade at the 2010 new zealand
comedy guild Awards. she is a stand-up comedian, social commentator and author. Her solo
comedy show, Stuff I Forgot to Tell My Daughter, has toured nationally to popular and critical
acclaim, and the book of the same name is a bestseller.
Sponsored by South Pacific Pictures
9.15pm
supper and wine
the sir graeme Douglas orator: maualaivao Albert wendt
Photo: Godfrey Photos
from the earliest days of new zealand writing through to the present, there
has been an ever-shifting idea of who holds the centre, what is the norm,
which voices speak for us as a nation. And from the earliest days, voices
from the edges have challenged the centre, for the right to considered
part of New Zealand’s collective voice. As one of the first Pacific voices
to successfully issue that challenge, Maualaivao Albert Wendt opened
the way for many writers who have followed. As this year’s esteemed sir
graeme Douglas orator, he will explore the theme of ‘from the edges’ in
his own vital and distinctive voice.
Maualaivao Albert Wendt is one of the foremost writers and academics in samoa, new
Zealand and the Pacific. He has published numerous novels, collections of poetry and short
stories, and edited several notable anthologies of Pacific writing. His work has been translated
into many languages and taught around the world. He has taught at all educational levels. And
through his teaching and writing, he has changed how we perceive the Pacific and ourselves.
He has been awarded many literary prizes and honours. in 2012 he was awarded the prime
minister’s Award for Literary Achievement in fiction, and in 2013, our country’s highest honour,
the order of new zealand. He is emeritus professor of english at Auckland university, and lives
with his partner reina whaitiri in ponsonby, Auckland and continues to write and paint full time.
they have 10 mokopuna.
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SAtUrDAY 10 September
8.30am
coffee/tea
telling our tales
8.55am–9.15am
close to where the massive waterview tunnel is being built, there are
volcanic tunnels that were once escape routes for warring tribes. The
Tunnel in our Backyard brings this landscape to life in an illustrated
story that links young readers to the heritage of where they live. the
first session of the day will begin with writer Malcolm Paterson sharing
the tale of these underground pathways, and reminding us of the
rich tapestry of stories that make up the cultural and geographical
landscape that is Tāmaki Makaurau.
Malcolm Paterson belongs to Ngāti Whātua (of Kaipara and Ōrākei) and
has represented his hapū and marae in heritage and environmental matters.
A qualified medical doctor, he also has a master’s degree in environmental
management and is currently cultural tourism development manager for
Ngā Maunga Whakahii o Kaipara. His new book The Tunnel in our Backyard
is the second in the sharing our stories series – a concept developed by a
group from the future Auckland Leaders programme to bring our history
and stories to life for kids. Malcolm lives with his family in Te Atatū.
10 september sAturDAY
Glenn Colquhoun is an
award-winning poet, a
children’s writer and works
as a gp in Horowhenua.
His first collection won
best first book of poetry
at the 2000 montana
book Awards, and his
third collection, Playing
God, won the poetry section and reader’s
choice award in 2003. He has published
four children’s books and a book of essays,
been awarded the prize in modern Letters in
2004 and a fulbright scholarship to Harvard
university in 2010. He was part of the ‘transit
of venus’ poetry exchange at the 2012
frankfurt book fair and in 2014 represented
new zealand on the commonwealth poets
united poetry project. A new book, Late Love,
is due to be published by bridget williams
books in 2016.
10.30am–11.00am
9.15am–10.30am
morning tea
stories of life and death
in his highly articulate, down-to-earth and generous book, Things That
Matter, Dr David Galler tells stories of life and death from his position as
head of intensive care at Auckland’s middlemore hospital. it is an intelligent
read, and an eye-opener for those not in the medical world. David doesn’t
shy away from the political either, and covers topics such as treating
people not diseases, where medicine has gone wrong and how we might
fix it, and when doing less can be more.
interviewing David will be his friend and fellow writer and physician,
Glenn Colquhoun. together, they will explore some of the touchstones of
David’s book, and see where these various tangents on life, medicine and
writing will lead them.
Photo: Babiche Martens
Dr David Galler is an intensive care specialist and an author. He works
both in intensive care and also outside of icu as part of the emergency
response team. He deals daily with critically ill and critically injured people,
with organ support, with resuscitation and on-going support and palliative
care. He works at middlemore Hospital in south Auckland and recently
took a year’s leave in samoa, volunteering in the local hospital among
other things. He is also, along with glenn colquhoun and a group of other
medical professionals, part of the medicine stories project.
Sponsored by Dai Bindoff & Associates
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SATURDAY 10 SepTembeR
11.00am–12.00pm
from the mouth of the river
new zealand’s rivers are an ecological treasure, of fundamental
significance to Māori and often a political and economic
battleground. in Tupuna Awa: People and Politics on the
Waikato River, Marama Muru-Lanning presents a history of
the waikato-tainui iwi, the crown, mighty river power and the
river itself over the last 30 years, and the rival stories used to
stake claims as its guardians, custodians and owners.
in Polluted Inheritance: New Zealand’s Freshwater Crisis, ecologist
Mike Joy issues a call to arms, demonstrating how intensive dairy farming has
degraded our freshwater rivers, streams and lakes to an alarming degree and urging
new zealand to change course or risk the well-being of future generations.
10 SepTembeR SATURDAY
12.00am–12.45pm
Emma Neale – see page 8
the authors will be in conversation with James Littlewood.
Marama Muru-Lanning holds a phD in Anthropology from the university
of Auckland. Her research is primarily concerned with debates and critical
challenges in social anthropology where she focuses on the cultural
specificity of iwi-Māori and their unique sense of place and belonging in
new zealand. what distinguishes marama nationally as a social scientist
is her specialisation in water, environment and indigenous rights. she is
currently conducting research with chilean scholars that examines the
impacts of increased privatised geothermal and hydro electricity generation
on Mapuche who reside in southern Chile. Marama is from Tūrangawaewae
Marae and is of Waikato and Ngāti Maniapoto descent.
Lunch
1.30pm–2.15pm
A brush with the bard
SHAKESPEA
RE
D O N O VA
N BIXLEY
The life and times
William Shakes
a literary picture
of
peare
book
book creator Donovan Bixley spent 10 years working on his illustrated
biography Much Ado About Shakespeare, at many times despairing
that it would ever get published. but published it was, just in time
for the 400th anniversary of william shakespeare’s birth, and it has
received a riotous reception around the world. in the book, Donovan
breathes life into the times in which the bard lived and worked, giving
context to familiar quotes and references from shakespeare’s works.
At going west, Donovan will be sharing his long journey to bringing this new interpretation
of shakespeare to life, the inspiration behind his paintings, and some of the reasons why
shakespeare’s unique voice continues to intrigue us.
DONOVAN BIXLE
Y
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12.45pm–1.30pm
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James Littlewood is a researcher, essayist and environmentalist. in his day
job, clients know him as a content strategist. He just calls it “writing”.
He’s also written on fisheries, trade, transport, tourism, culture and politics.
His work has appeared in papers, blogs, magazines and books, from The
Dominion to media textbooks to the public Address blog. As a social
researcher, he’s explored such diverse areas as environmental branding,
hydro-electricity impacts, stem cell research and more. of his own work he
says, "it’s hard enough keeping up with the stuff that happened, and what
might happen, without worrying about what never happened.”
Siobhan Harvey is the author of five books, including 2013 Landfall
Kathleen grattan Award-winning poetry collection, Cloudboy (otago
university press, 2014) and, as editor, Essential New Zealand Poems
(godwit, 2014). she’s a lecturer at the centre for creative writing, Aut.
she was shortlisted for the 2015 Janet frame memorial Award, and
was runner-up in 2015 and 2014 in the new zealand poetry society
international poetry competition, 2012 Dorothy porter poetry prize (Aus)
and 2012 Kevin ireland poetry competition. the poetry Archive (uK) holds
a ‘poet’s page’ devoted to her work. presently she writes for Canvas and
Sunday Star Times among others.
SHA KES PEA
Mike Joy is a senior lecturer in ecology and environmental science at the
ecology group, massey university. He researches and teaches freshwater
ecology, especially freshwater fish ecology and distribution, ecological
modelling bioassessment and environmental science. mike is an outspoken
advocate for environmental protection in new zealand and has received
a number of awards, including the inaugural Reo mō te Awa River Voice
Award in 2015, which recognises an individual or group that has been an
outstanding communicator about the issues facing new zealand’s rivers
and streams.
Taking flight
what happens when trauma transforms our children? Do we change with
them, or try to bring them back to themselves? in her latest novel Billy
Bird, Emma Neale offers up a moving, insightful and lyrical exploration of
parenthood that is both funny and disarmingly frank. in conversation with
fellow poet Siobhan Harvey, emma will explore how she came to the
story of Liam, iris and their young son billy who, after a tragic accident,
turns into a bird. He utterly believes it, and as billy’s behaviour becomes
increasingly worrying, Liam and Iris must find a way to stop their family
flying apart. Ripe with playfulness, yet also unforgettably poignant, this
novel will unstitch – and then mend – your heart several times over.
Donovan Bixley is a one of new zealand’s most acclaimed picture book
creators with numerous awards and accolades to his name, being both
an award-winning illustrator and author. His work is nothing if not varied,
spanning high-brow to low-brow and every brow in between, from his
sublime illustrated biography Faithfully Mozart, to the ridiculous hijinks of
feline aviators in Flying Furballs, and over 90 books in between. when not
immersed in the world of picture books, Donovan plays saxophone, piano
and guitar. He has performed on stage as marius in Les Misérables and has
also worked behind the scenes as a set designer and painter. He lives in
taupo with his wife and three daughters.
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SATURDAY 10 SepTembeR
2.15pm–3.00pm
contemporary chronicles
Damien Wilkins, author, director of the international institute of modern
Letters at victoria university and a leading chronicler of contemporary life in
Aotearoa, discusses the art of writing, the art of teaching and Dad Art, the
most recent of his eight novels, with writer Sue Orr.
in Dad Art, it’s wellington, now. Acoustic engineer michael stirling’s old
life is gone. He’s on the dating scene, learning te reo Māori, living in an
upmarket apartment complex and visiting his father who has dementia.
wearing his online dating disguise, michael meets chrissie, the widowed mother of a young
son. then his beloved adult daughter arrives from Auckland with a new attachment, an artist
whose project will push them all towards key moments of risk and revelation.
this vibrant, funny new work, told with great verve, is about the capacity for surprise and
renewal.
Photo: Grant Maiden Photography
Damien Wilkins is one of new zealand’s leading writers. He has published
two collections of stories, a book of poems and eight novels. His work has
won a number of awards including the new zealand book Award, a whiting
Writers Award and the 2008 NZ Post Mansfield Prize. In 2013 he received
an Arts foundation Laureate Award. under the name the close readers,
he has released three albums of original songs. He lives in wellington,
where he is the director of the international institute of modern Letters at
victoria university.
Sue Orr – see page 24
3.00pm–3.30pm
Afternoon tea
10 SepTembeR SATURDAY
3.30pm–4.15pm
giving art its voice
in April 2011, Anthony Byrt was living in berlin, deeply engaged with
the art world, surrounded by the artists he most admired – and about
to become a father. His son’s traumatic arrival into the world upended
everything and by september he and his wife had returned to new
zealand and isolated themselves in the Anawhata house of artist
Judy Millar. there, he began to write.
the resulting book, This Model World, is a deeply personal walk
through the contemporary art world, introducing us to the work of michael
parekowhai, shane cotton, Yvonne todd, peter robinson, Judy millar, Jan Hoon Lee, simon
Denny and others.
in conversation with Andrew Clifford, Anthony will talk about This Model World and, with
Judy, discuss how their close relationship as artist and writer has evolved in the studio over
many years, and the ways that has affected their respective work.
Anthony Byrt is an award-winning critic and journalist. He is a regular
writer for Metro, and contributes to the world’s two leading contemporary
art magazines, Artforum International and Frieze. Anthony is also an
experienced bookseller. He worked for parsons Art books in Auckland and
for Daunts in London. He has a mA in Art History with first class Honours
from the university of Auckland.
in 2013 he was critical studies fellow at cranbrook Academy of Art,
michigan, and was new zealand’s reviewer of the Year at the 2015 canon
media Awards. After living for several years in europe, he has recently returned to new
zealand. He lives in Auckland with his wife and son. This Model World is his first book.
Andrew Clifford is the director of te uru waitakere contemporary gallery
in titirangi. As a freelance writer with interests spanning the worlds of
contemporary art, performance, new media and music, he has contributed
many articles to journals throughout the Asia-Pacific region. His essays have
been published on billy Apple, Len Lye, sean Kerr, reuben paterson and
Yuki Kihara, and a chapter on invented instruments in Home, Land and Sea:
Situating Music in Aotearoa. from 2007 to 2013 he was the curator at the
university of Auckland’s centre for Art studies. He is a trustee of the Len
Lye foundation, the Audio foundation and the arts agency circuit.
Judy Millar is a well-known Auckland-born artist who works from studios
in Henderson and berlin. she was awarded the inaugural mccahon House
Artist’s residency in 2006. in 2009 she represented new zealand at the
venice biennale. she held a solo exhibition at te uru contemporary gallery
in 2015 and is currently preparing a major commission for the Auckland Art
gallery that will open in 2017.
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SAtUrDAY 10 September
4.15pm–5.00pm
How to commit an art crime
‘Art crime’ is a glamorous idea; we picture a Hollywood-handsome playboy
thief making off with his prize. but the reality couldn’t be more different. in
fact, as Penelope Jackson shows in her new book Art Thieves, Fakers and
Fraudsters: The New Zealand Story, the amount of crime that is publicly
known in the art world is just the tip of a criminal iceberg that offers an
alternative art history.
Her meticulously researched, landmark book documents new zealand’s
most scandalous art crimes of the last 100 years – some notorious
but others covered up by embarrassed owners and institutions. in
conversation with Dr Robin Woodward, she traces her own interest
in the subject and demonstrates that new zealand is far from immune
from the criminal activities increasingly affecting art around the world.
the cover of Art Thieves,
Fakers and Fraudsters was not
available at time of booklet
publication. the image above
of Portrait of Jacqui by edward
bullmore features in the book.
Penelope Jackson is an art historian and has held roles at the robert
mcDougall Art gallery and tauranga Art gallery. the author of Edward
Bullmore: A Surrealist Odyssey (2008) and The Brown Years: Nigel Brown
(2009), she has contributed to The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography and
several journals including Art New Zealand, Art Monthly Australia, Studies
in Travel Writing, Journal of Art Crime and Katherine Mansfield Studies.
penelope has also contributed chapters to Myriorama/Julia Morison (2008),
Kermadec: Nine Artists Explore the South Pacific (2011) and Art Crime and
its Prevention (2016). she has also curated major exhibitions of the work of
Dame Lynley Dodd and Jeff thomson. A trustee of the new zealand Art crime research trust,
her book Art Thieves, Fakers and Fraudsters: The
New Zealand Story is due out in september 2016.
Dr Robin Woodward is a
senior lecturer in Art History at
the university of Auckland. she
is a specialist in new zealand
art, with particular expertise
in contemporary sculpture
and public art. in addition to
her teaching and academic
research, robin works in an
advisory role to arts trusts and civic bodies as
well as undertaking curatorial and editorial work.
Her approach addresses the artistic and historical
context of the work of individual artists and the
visual analysis of specific artworks and sites. She
has written monographs and thematic texts on
aspects of modern and contemporary sculpture
and painting.
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sAturDAY 10 september
tHeAtre seAson
Photos: Liz March
2016 poetrY sLAm
Photo: Andi Crown
sHAm
7.30pm
register to perform – see below
the only thing meryl and her sister ever shared was the ability to make each other
absolutely miserable. And now, after 20 years … guess who’s coming for dinner?
8.00pm
slam begins
A blistering black comedy, peppered with vicious wit and emotional combat, Sham
unflinchingly explores the fallout of a family whose secrets have been laid bare.
this is where the spoken word hits the road in a fast-paced evening of competitive
performance poetry with generous cash prizes. with courage to the fore, poets from all
backgrounds and beliefs speak from the heart with passion, intelligence and a desire to
tell their stories. it is powerful and, above all, immensely entertaining.
GOING WEST POETRY SLAM
Directed by Doug poole, assisted by mc zane scarborough and guest judges.
tHe GRaND SLaM FINaL PRIzeS
first prize $1000 • Second prize $500 • Third prize $300
HeatS
Three finalists from each of four heats will compete in the Grand Final
Heat 1
Wednesday 31 august
6.30pm for a 7pm Start
te Pou, 44a Portage Road, New Lynn
Heat 2
Monday 5 September
6.30pm for a 7pm Start
MIt Faculty of Creative arts
50 Lovegrove Crescent, Otara
Heat 3
tuesday 6 September 7,30pm
thirsty Dog, 469 Karangahape Rd,
Ponsonby.
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Heat 4
Heat four will take place on the
night of the grand slam final,
Saturday 10 September at the
titirangi War Memorial Hall.
register for this heat from 7.30pm
for an 8pm start. there are a limited
number of registrations available for
this heat.
GRaND SLaM FINaL
Saturday 10 September
7.30pm registration for an 8pm start.
titirangi War Memorial Hall.
see goingwestfest.co.nz for more information and for going west poetry slam
rules and guidelines. email Dougpoole3@gmail.com, phone 021 144 6619.
grand slam final tickets: $10 iticket.co.nz or phone iticKet (09) 361 1000
Jess sayer’s writing has been described as razor-sharp, brave, absorbingly dark and not
for the faint-hearted, with the ability to be off-hand and flippant, then hard-hitting and
punishing, sometimes within the same sentence. sayer was the 2015 recipient of the
bruce mason Award.
starring michele Hine (Go Girls, The Almighty Johnsons), Darien takle (Xena, Lysistrata),
Annie whittle (The World's Fastest Indian, Go Girls) and Amanda tito (Step Dave,
The Almighty Johnsons). Directed by conrad newport.
Sham premiered at the basement in June 2016 to rave reviews.
“entertainingly dark, sumptuously tense, surprisingly tender and at times absolutely
absurd.” theatreview
“Sham is incredibly universal, with much of the story themed around family dynamics,
including sibling rivalry and parent-child relationships. sayer’s amazing ability to write
dialogue in such a pithy, cryptic fashion draws us in as voyeurs.” theatrescenes
“Sham easily passes both the bechdel test – women talk face-to-face about something
other than a man – and what might be called the renee test (after the new zealand
playwright) that no woman is on stage because of her relationship to a man. it’s
wonderful to see three solid roles for women over 50.” The Herald
1 – 4 September, te Pou theatre, 44a Portage Rd, New Lynn
(entrance and parking at rear, off mcwhirter place.)
thursday & Friday 8pm, Saturday 4pm, 8pm, Sunday 4pm.
iticket.co.nz or phone iticKet (09) 361 1000 for outside Auckland call 0508 iticKet
No booking fees for events at te Pou (normal credit card transaction fees apply)
full: $32, concession: $27, group bookings (6 or more): $27
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GOING WEST 2016
from tHe eDges
friDAY 9 september
7.00pm
7.20pm
7.40pm
8.15pm
9.15pm
Mihi / Welcome
The Curnow Reader: emma neale
The Sir Graeme Douglas Orator: maualaivao Albert wendt
Performance: michèle A’court, Stuff I Forgot to Tell My Daughter
Supper / Bar Open
sAturDAY 10 september
8.30am
Coffee / tea
8.55am
Telling our tales
malcolm paterson shares the tale of underground volcanic pathways, one
thread in the rich tapestry of stories of Tāmaki Makaurau.
9.15am
Stories of life and death
Dr David galler shares insightful, human stories from a physician’s viewpoint
with glenn colqhoun, following tangents on life, death, medicine and
writing.
10.30am
Morning tea
11.00am
From the mouth of the river
Dr marama muru-Lanning and Dr mike Joy explore the place of the river in
new zealand’s cultural, ecological, and political landscape, in conversation
with James Littlewood.
12.00pm
Taking flight
what happens when trauma transforms our children? emma neale offers
up a lyrical exploration of parenthood that is both funny and disarmingly
frank. she’ll discuss her new novel with writer siobhan Harvey.
12.45pm
Lunch
1.30pm
A brush with the Bard
book creator Donovan bixley presents his riotous illustrated celebration
of shakespeare, a book 10 years in the making and now an international
success.
2.15pm
Contemporary chronicles
Damien wilkins and sue orr in conversation on writing, teaching and
Damien’s Dad Art, a vibrant novel about the capacity for surprise and
renewal.
3.00pm
Afternoon tea
3.30pm
Giving art its voice
writer Anthony byrt and artist Judy millar join Andrew clifford to explore
the experience of writing about art from the viewpoint of both the critic and
the creator.
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4.15pm
How to commit an art crime
penelope Jackson discusses new zealand’s most scandalous art crimes of
the last 100 years, and her own fascination with the subject, with fellow art
historian Dr robin woodward.
8.00pm
Poetry slam
7.30pm registration for an 8pm start. Twelve finalists give it their best shot
in the grand slam final.
sunDAY 11 september
8.45am
Coffee / tea
9.15am
New voices
renee Liang introduces readings by four migrant women writers from the
new Kiwi women write workshops: gloria poupard-walbridge, Himali
mcinnes, Katerina patitsas and Amèlia Homs ferrer.
10.00am
Reckoning with women
barbara brookes shares the story behind her ground-breaking A History of
New Zealand Women with Judith pringle, looking at the shaping of new
zealand through a female lens.
10.45am
Morning tea
11.15am
In small places...
in conversation with paula green, sue orr and Helen margaret waaka look
beneath the surface of small town and rural new zealand, exploring the
deep vein of stories buried there.
12.00pm
The future is unwritten
with seismic shifts altering our journalistic landscape, giovanni tiso, simon
wilson, paula penfold and sara vui-talitu debate how the media is taking
shape in Aotearoa.
1.00pm
Lunch
2.00pm
Navigating the in-between
poets serie barford and gregory Kan read from their recent work and,
with fellow writer robert sullivan, take a journey to explore the meaning of
place and identity.
2.45pm
Sounds from the South
flying nun founder roger shepherd joins lifelong music fan John
campbell to share his memories of the label’s early days and the spirit of
adventure and independence that took its sound to the world.
3.45pm
A crafty brew
food and wine connoisseur Jules van cruysen is joined by the multidimensional te radar for a live craft beer experience, complete with
audience tastings and ratings and a celebratory toast to going west.
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SUNDAY 11 September
8.45am
coffee/tea
9.15am–10.00am
new voices
new Kiwi women write started as an attempt to give migrant women a ‘room of one’s own’,
for a few hours a week, to engage in the art of writing. this series of creative writing workshops
started in 2011, where 20 women attended from 10 different countries, and that diversity has
only increased over the years. After each series of workshops, the women’s work has been
collected and published as New Kiwi Women Fly.
poet, playwright and doctor Renee Liang, the creative driver behind the workshops, will give a
background to the programme, then pass the stage to four writers who have attended previous
workshops. gloria poupard-walbridge, Himali mcinnes, Katerina patitsas and Amèlia Homs
ferrer will share their cultural and geographic background and their writing with us.
11 September SUNDAY
Judith Pringle is professor of organisation studies and leader of the
gender & Diversity research group at Auckland university of technology.
She is a Pākehā New Zealander who grew up on a sheep farm in the
south island. Her academic study was in psychology at otago university.
she has been in Auckland for the past 25 years working as an academic,
teaching and researching issues relating to the experiences of women in
organisations. Her research has included workplace diversity, intersections
of social identities (gender/ethnicity/sexuality/age), bi-cultural research
teams and reframing career theory. she has been co-editor and author of
two books, numerous book chapters and scholarly articles.
10.45am–11.15am
morning tea
Photo: Rosetta Allan
Renee Liang, a second-generation chinese Kiwi, is a poet, playwright,
paediatrician, medical researcher and fiction writer. Renee has collaborated
on visual artworks, film and music, produced and directed theatre, worked
as a dramaturge, taught creative writing and organised community-based
arts initiatives such as new Kiwi women write, a writing workshop series
for migrant women. she contributes to the big idea which links new
zealand’s arts community. renee has written, produced and toured six plays
and published seven anthologies of migrant women’s writing and three
chapbooks of poetry.
10.00am–10.45am
reckoning with women
in her ground-breaking book A History of New Zealand Women, Barbara
Brookes has her gaze firmly on the lives and experiences of New Zealand
women over the last 200 years. examining how we got where we are today,
Barbara tells the stories of those women on the first waka through to the
grammy and man booker prize-winning young women of the current
decade. in conversation with Judith Pringle, barbara will be discussing her
book, the 25-year process of creating it, along with her own story and those
of the women she features. together they will also discuss the ongoing
importance of recording, remembering and honouring the women that
went before, for the women yet to come.
Barbara Brookes is professor of History at the
university of otago whose research, writing and teaching have contributed
significantly to new perspectives on women’s history. Her newly published
A History of New Zealand Women (bridget williams books, 2016) draws
together many threads of three decades of scholarly investigation. she has
co-edited a number of books and her work has also appeared widely in
journals and edited collections.
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McCahon House is
a small museum
with big stories to tell
House Museum open
1pm - 4pm
Wednesday to Sunday
Closed: public holidays
67 Otitori Bay Road
French Bay, Titirangi
Museum: 09 817 7200
Office: 09 817 6148
alice@mccahonhouse.org.nz
www.mccahonhouse.org.nz
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SUNDAY 11 September
11.15am–12.00pm
11 September SUNDAY
in small places…
12.00pm–1.00pm
A nostalgic affection for small town and rural new zealand
hides something deeper and more raw in The Party Line, the
first novel from Sue Orr, and Waitapu, the debut short story
collection from Helen Margaret Waaka.
The Party Line is an enthralling novel of individual bravery
versus silent, collective complicity, set in a vividly drawn
farming community in 1970s new zealand. it is a comingof-age story for two young girls who hold a mirror up to the
place and people they love. it’s a coming-of-age too, for a
community forced to stare back at the image of who it really is.
editor and contributor Giovanni Tiso is joined by contributors Simon Wilson,
Paula Penfold and Sara Vui-Talitu to examine the current state of journalism in this country
and where it may be headed.
3/09/15
4:33 pm
in Waitapu, a series of intertwined short stories explore community, connection and belonging
in a small new zealand town. As each story unfolds, characters and details build on each other
as secrets are uncovered, past hurts are confronted and kindness triumphs. Joined by poet and
reviewer Paula Green, sue and Helen will explore the roots of their stories and the themes
weaving through the two books. Sponsored by Bayleys Real Estate Team, Titirangi.
Sue Orr is a novelist, short story writer and creative writing lecturer. she
reviews for the NZ Listener and The Spinoff website. Her first novel, The
Party Line, was published in August 2015 by penguin random House
vintage, and spent several weeks at the top of the new zealand bestseller
list. she had also published two award-winning collections of short stories.
she lives in Auckland with her family.
Helen Margaret Waaka (Ngāti Whātua, Ngāti Torehina) completed a
graduate Diploma in creative writing at whitireia in 2011. in the same year she
won the pikihuia award for best english-language short story with Hineraumati.
Her stories have appeared in the Huia 9,10 and 11 short story collections. Her
first book, short story collection Waitapu, was published by escalator press in
october 2015 and went on to be listed twice in the Booknotes Unbound list of
favourite books for the year. reina whaitiri, pikihuia judge for 2011 and 2013,
described the stories in Waitapu as “real, authentic and close to the bone”.
Helen works part time as a nurse in rural Hawkes bay.
Paula Green is a poet, reviewer, anthologist, children’s author, book-award
judge and blogger. she has published nine poetry collections including
several for children. Her latest collection, New York Pocket Book, was
recently published by seraph press. she has a doctorate in italian Literature.
she runs two blogs: nz poetry box and nz poetry shelf. she lives near
Auckland’s west coast and is currently writing a book on new zealand
women’s poetry.
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the future is unwritten
what is the role of the media in the changing landscape of the
internet, the global networks of ownership, and its ability to discuss,
confront and provide space for the important issues of our time?
Don’t Dream it’s Over: Reimagining Journalism in Aotearoa New
Zealand investigates the media as it once was, as it is today, as we
imagine it to be and what it might become.
Giovanni Tiso is a wellington-based writer and translator. He publishes
most regularly on his blog (bat-bean-beam.blogspot.co.nz) and for the
Australian literary magazine Overland. His essays have been featured in
The New Humanist, The New Inquiry, The Pantograph Punch and Sport, as
well as in the first two editions of the anthology of New Zealand non-fiction
Tell You What.
Simon Wilson stepped down last year after five years as editor of Metro,
Auckland’s magazine of current affairs and culture. During his time, Metro
won both the canon award for best newsstand magazine and the magazine
publishers Association award for best current Affairs and business magazine,
and simon himself has won many awards for his writing on politics, culture,
urban design and food. He was a judge of the 2016 ockham nz book Awards
and is currently the canon reviewer of the Year for his critical writing on books,
theatre and restaurants. He continues at Metro as editor-at-large.
Sara Vui-Talitu is a journalism academic at Auckland university of
technology. she is a Qantas award-winner known for her extensive work
at Radio New Zealand as a specialist journalist covering the Pacific region
both in new zealand and abroad. she has also been an international
newsreader, made television and worked in print. sara is working towards
a phD that tangles with oral traditions and social media.
Paula Penfold is a current affairs and investigative journalist who has
worked predominantly in television and radio. Her recent notable stories,
with journalist/producer eugene bingham, include the handling of the rape
and murder case against teina pora; an exposé of fantasist and former
Defence force chief scientist stephen wilce; and the exclusive interview
with the victim in the malaysian Diplomat case, tania billingsley. this year
paula has taken a new direction in terms of medium, in what really is a
reimagined vision of what journalism can be.
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SUNDAY 11 September
1.00pm–2.00pm
11 September SUNDAY
2.45pm–3.45pm
Lunch
for a worldwide community of music fans, flying nun, that iconic
independent record label from outside the mainstream, defined the voice
and sound of new zealand. Label founder Roger Shepherd has recently
penned In Love With These Times, an engrossing memoir of his life with
flying nun.
Sunday afternoon is sponsored by the Ockham Foundation.
2.00pm–2.45pm
navigating the in-between
Poetry can be a compass, a tool for the poet to find the way to places
and identities they can inhabit. in Entangled Islands by Serie Barford,
peoples and cultures meet and intertwine in a medley of memories, imagination
and genealogy, navigating through the entangled history of new zealand and
the Pacific Islands, and of her Pālagi and German-Samoan heritage.
A spirit of adventure and independence characterised the flying nun
ethos and that of bands such as the chills, the clean, chris Knox and
the tall Dwarfs, the verlaines, sneaky feelings, the bats, straitjacket
fits and many more. in his long-awaited memoir, roger describes the idealism
and passion that drove the project in the first place, the hard realities of the music
industry and the constant tension between art and commerce.
in This Paper Boat, Gregory Kan traces his own history through the lives and written
fragments of iris wilkinson (aka robin Hyde), of his parents and of their parents. in these poems, rich
in understatedly beautiful imagery, two authors, their families and their many ghosts navigate oceans,
forests, gardens and houses in new zealand, singapore, china, and in dreams. our guide on the
journey through these two writers’ work will be poet Robert Sullivan.
Gregory Kan is a writer based in Auckland. He completed a bA at the university
of Auckland and an mA in creative writing at the international institute of modern
Letters at Victoria University. His first manuscript, a series of poems, was shortlisted
for the Kathleen grattan poetry prize in 2013. gregory’s most recent series of
poems, ‘A holding apart of air’, features in the catalogue for the exhibition What
Is a Life? by the painter Kim pieters, at the Adam Art gallery, wellington. He
currently works as a web developer and systems engineer. other interests include
the architecture of fried cheese snacks, and power.
Then
Robert Sullivan is a poet of Ngāpuhi, Kai Tahu and Irish descent. His nine books
include the bestselling Star Waka, which has been reprinted five times and shortlisted for the montana new zealand book Awards (2000), and award-winning and
critically acclaimed works spanning poetry, a graphic novel, children’s non-fiction and
an oratorio. robert’s poem ‘Kawe reo / voices carry’ is installed in bronze in front of
the Auckland city Library. with Albert wendt and reina whaitiri, robert edited two
award-winning anthologies of polynesian poetry in english, Whetu Moana and Mauri
Ola. He and reina whaitiri also co-edited Puna Wai Kōrero: An Anthology of Māori
Poetry in English, the first anthology of its kind, which won the Ngā Kupu Ora
Aotearoa Māori Book Award for Creative Writing in 2015.
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At going west this year roger will be sharing his best stories with radio new zealand
checkpoint host and avid flying nun fan John Campbell.
Photo: Alistair Guthrie
Serie Barford was born in Aotearoa new zealand to a migrant german-samoan
mother and a Pālagi father. She lives in West Auckland and has published three
collections of poetry as well as Entangled Islands (Anahera press, 2015), a collection
which combines poetry with prose. serie’s work has appeared in numerous journals
and anthologies, most recently in Essential New Zealand Poems, Whispers and
Vanities, Cordite Poetry Review, Jacket 2, Best NZ Poems, The School Journal and
the phantom billstickers poetry project. serie performs poetry at public events and
was awarded the seresin Landfall residency in 2011. some of serie’s stories for
children and adults have aired on rnz national. she is currently working on new
collection based around the visual diary and commentary she posts on facebook.
sounds from the south
Roger Shepherd is the founder of flying nun records, which he owned
and managed throughout the 1980s and 90s, and with which he is still
associated. He helped discover and nurture the careers of many of the
country’s best-known alternative bands, including the clean, the chills,
the tall Dwarfs and the Headless chickens. He lives in wellington with
his wife and children.
John Campbell is an award-winning journalist and presenter, and an
avid music fan. Host of rnz’s Checkpoint, John graduated from victoria
university with an honours degree in english Literature. beginning his
career at radio new zealand in 1989, he went on to work in tv3’s press
gallery before rising to prominence on current affairs shows 20/20,
3 News and Campbell Live. He has won a Qantas media Award for best
investigative current affairs and two awards for best presenter.
again you can just visit the Hardware in Titirangi.
You may be able to tick all the boxes.
404 Titirangi Road • 09 8175059
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SUNDAY 11 September
3.45pm–4.45pm
A crafty brew
GETTING IT RIGHT
P O E M S 1968 – 2 0 1 5
ALAN RODDICK
once upon a time in new zealand, two huge breweries had the beer
market cornered, dictating our choices and squeezing out anyone with a
different story to tell. but as Jules van Cruysen demonstrates in his first
book Brewed: A Guide to the Craft Beer of New Zealand, things have
definitely changed. Dozens of independent craft breweries have risen up
to challenge the big players. with a little help from Te Radar, Jules will
share some of the stories behind the craft beer explosion, explore craft
beer culture and give the going west audience a taste of some of new
zealand’s best craft beers.
this light-hearted and interactive session rounds out the weekend. Audience
members will have a chance to taste and rate some mystery craft beers, and see how their
tasting notes compare with the experts.
Jules van Cruysen is a food and drinks writer and restauranteur. in 2015 he
released his first book, Brewed: A Guide to the Craft Beer of New Zealand.
published by potton & burton, it is an in-depth look at the world of new
Zealand beer. The book includes profiles on 140 breweries and tasting notes
on over 400 beers. the second edition of Brewed will be published in 2017.
in April 2016 he successfully funded his second book Aotearoa Nouveau:
Postmodern New Zealand Wine, which will be published in late 2017. Jules is
the co-owner of Hillside Kitchen & cellar and the ramen shop in wellington
and is wine director of cult wine, a new wine retail business.
ISBN 978-1-927322-65-9
Paperback $25
www.otago.ac.nz/press
Te Radar is a satirist, documentary maker, writer, stage and screen director,
failed gardener and amateur historian. when it comes to beer he is an
amateur enthusiast, with a love of robust flavours and seasonal offerings.
He prefers to leave the production of beer to experts whose services he is
happy to pay for. He once made a tv programme about beer, doesn’t mind
a shandy and will more often than not turn down a wheat beer.
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MATAKITAKI MAI
MĀORI THEATRE DEVELOPMENT SEASON
16 – 18 september, 7.30pm
See two Māori theatre works in development from up and
coming writers and theatre makers followed by forums
with the writers and directors.
see www.tepoutheatre.nz for the final line-up.
going west @ te pou
KŌANGA FESTIVAL @ TE POU
TuHI TIKA pLAYwrigHts worKsHop with Albert belz
4 & 11 september. cost: $120.00. bookings: info@tepoutheatre.nz by 11 August
whether you’re a beginner or mid-range in your playwriting career, te pou
theatre offers you the opportunity to participate in a two-day masterclass
presented by award-winning playwright Albert Belz.
belz introduces you to the essential chemistry and formulae that make up
the playwright's cookbook. by the end of the masterclass you will have
the utensils and basic story recipes to begin mixing your new work, or
add serious flavour to your current project. Sessions will also include Q&A
forums, where 'no question is a dumb question', with some of Auckland’s
leading playwrights.
Award-winning, international playwright Albert belz has written for theatre, television, print and radio
for over a decade. His unique voice has crossed datelines and divides since very early in his career,
having been performed around the world in London, new York, Lille, sydney and Dargaville. belz
currently works at the school of creative Arts in manukau as a lecturer in creative writing and stage.
WHAKARONGO MAI pLAY reADings
7 – 8 september, 7.30pm
two evenings of new plays by emerging playwrights, hear
them here first and share your feedback with the authors.
WHĀNAu DAY
sunday 11 september, 10am – 4pm. free entry
A fun-filled day celebrating storytelling from around the
globe with theatre performances, story readings, face
painting, market stalls, children's games and competitions.
nau mai haere mai!
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gary Henderson's graduate studio presents
STuDIO SEASON 2016: strAnge & wonDerfuL
22 – 25 september
gary Henderson is a new zealand playwright, theatre director and
teacher from oratia whose work is produced throughout the world.
Last year he directed the premiere of his sci-fi thriller Shepherd at
the court theatre in christchurch, and in may this year a new french
translation of his classic play Skin Tight was produced by théâtre
L’instant in montréal. in 2013 gary won the playmarket Award for his
significant artistic contribution to New Zealand Theatre.
from 2006 until 2011 gary designed and taught the theatre writing pathway at unitec, and while
there set up the graduate studio – a monthly after-hours meeting of playwriting graduates. no
longer at unitec, gary continues to run the graduate studio at corban estate Arts centre, where
he encourages writers to drive their work on to the stage.
the result is the studio season – a collection of strange and wonderful new one-act plays by
studio writers, curated into two full-length programmes that alternate over four nights and two
matinees, including a forum with gary and the writers.
peek behind the scenes, preview the work and join the discussion at www.writing.school.nz
Te Pou Theatre, 22 – 25 September. Thurs – Sun 7.30pm & Sat/Sun 2pm, Sun 5pm
Writers' Forum (free). Tickets: Full $20, Concession $15: Groups (6 or more) $15
THEATRE SEASON sHAm
1 – 4 september
A blistering black comedy, peppered with vicious wit and
emotional combat, Sham unflinchingly explores the fallout of
a family whose secrets have been laid bare. starring michele
Hine, Darien takle, Annie whittle and Amanda tito. Directed
by conrad newport. See page 19.
Full: $32, Concession: $27, Groups (6 or more): $27
Thursday & Friday 8pm, Saturday 4pm, 8pm,
Sunday 4pm
Bookings and show times at iticket.co.nz or phone iTICKET (09) 361 1000.
From outside Auckland call 0508 iTICKET
No booking fees for events at Te Pou (normal credit card transaction fees apply).
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going west out west
titirAngi
INDIE BOOK FAIR
Te uru Learning Centre
Sunday 11 September, 11am – 3pm
especially for the going west books & writers
festival, te uru’s Learning centre will become
a thriving showcase of zines, handmade
books and limited-edition publications. with
an emphasis on supporting the ingenuity of
independent productions and in particular
artist books, the annual indie book fair will
show the diversity of small-scale productions
and the ongoing creativity and exuberance
of the people behind these creations.
some publications will be for sale (sales are
cash only – there is an Atm nearby in the
village), but we’ll also be exhibiting rare or
out-of-print examples. spend your sunday
browsing the bespoke publications being
produced by some of the best writers,
designers, printers and artists, many of whom
will be present.
FROM THE EDGE witH rosAnnA
rAYmonD AnD grAce tAYLor
poetic perspectives to honour fathers Day.
All ages welcome. early light supper included.
bookings to Alice@mccahonhouse.org.nz
09 817 6148 (Limited to 25 people)
FILM SEASON:
tHe snApper sAnDwicH
Lopdell House
Wednesday, 7 September, 7.30pm
Tickets: $10 iticket.co.nz (09) 361 1000
The Snapper Sandwich is the story of a
filmmaker and musician, the power of
combining music and film, a heart-warming
journey of discovery, stories that make a
difference and where finding your place to
stand is not always where you expect.
come and experience a new and innovative
form of live performance documentary unlike
anything you have ever seen before.
gLen eDen
WHAKAAHuATIA MAI
JOHN PARKER: CAuSE AND EFFECT
Hoani Waititi Marae, Parrs Park
Saturday 3 September
Free admission, 3pm Powhiri
Launched in conjunction with a major new
book, Cause and Effect celebrates and
surveys John parker’s 50-year career of
breaking rules and redefining what it means
to make pottery in Aotearoa.
A fully te reo Māori children's play by Kahu
Hotere, Whakaahuatia Mai is a light-hearted
journey into the world of whanaungatanga.
Journeying to his marae for the tangi of
his kuia, eleven-year old miharo discovers
the beauty of tikanga, the importance of
tangihanga and the aroha of his whakapapa.
Te uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery
10 September – 13 November
PIzzA AND POETRY ON FATHER'S DAY
A spoken word poetry and movement
workshop series to navigate your voice, your
body, your story, from tHe eDge to the
centre. these workshops are designed to
make your authentic self be heard and seen,
through wordplay, creating poems, embodying
poems, exploring costume to adorn the self
we choose to offer to the world. this is the
opportunity to use creative means to redefine
and reclaim your identities for yourself. for
more information see goingwestfest.co.nz
or call 027 368 5279.
HenDerson
WORD uP FINALS
Shed 1, Corban Estate Arts Centre
Friday 9 September, 7.30pm entry by koha
new LYnn
KŌANGA FESTIVAL @ TE POU
TuHI TIKA – pLAYwrigHts worKsHop
witH ALbert beLz
4 & 11 September
See page 30
WHAKARONGO MAI – pLAY reADings
7 – 8 September, 7.30pm
See page 30
WhĀnau DaY
SNAPSHOTWEST: An event celebrating
youth creativity in the west
Corban Estate Arts Centre
Te Pou theatre 1 – 4 September
Thursday & Friday 8pm
Saturday 4pm, 8pm, Sunday 4pm
Saturday 20 August, 12 – 6pm (Free)
FILM SEASON: tAnnA
Glen Eden Playhouse
Sunday 4th September, 4pm & 7pm
Tickets: $10 iticket.co.nz
or phone iTICKET (09) 361 1000
CONTEMPORARY ARTEFACTS, soLo
exHibition bY cHris cHArteris
"by the time a man realises that maybe his
father was right, he usually has a son who
thinks he’s wrong". charles wadsworth
going west premiere of the newly released
drama directed by bentley Dean and martin
butler Tanna is a multi-award-winning feature
film set in the South Pacific, based on a true
story and performed by the people of Yakel in
Vanuatu. Set on a remote Pacific island, covered
in rain forest and dominated by an active
volcano, this heartfelt story, tells of a sister's
loyalty, a forbidden love affair and the pact
between the old ways and the new. 100 mins
THE GLORIOuS CHILDREN OF
TE TuMu, soLo exHibition bY
benJAmin worK
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Corban Estate Arts Centre
Friday 9 September – Sunday 23 October.
Opening event: Thursday 8 September,
6 – 8pm (Free)
word up is an exciting word-based performance
competition which gives 13-20-year-olds the
opportunity to present their original work
in any word-based genre from rap, poetry,
spoken word, music or even stand-up comedy.
participants in word up will be invited to attend
an audition to be held on saturday 3 september
from 10am at corban estate Arts centre. those
selected will be invited to perform on friday 9
September in the finals. This is an action-packed
evening not to be missed, featuring some of our
finest young performers as they battle it out for
some great prizes.
McCahon House Museum
67 Otitori Bay Road, French Bay
Sunday 4 September, 4pm – 6pm
$20 adult, $10 Child (under 18 years)
(Limited to 25 people)
be bold and join us in this rare word-threading,
writing and reading event led by people's
poet gus simonovic. in the words of william
shakespeare – "when a father gives to his
son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father,
both cry" – we plan to create some shared
FLWS & AFCT, soLo exHibition
bY KennetH merricK
Corban Estate Arts Centre
Friday 9 September – Sunday 23 October.
Opening event: Thursday 8 September,
6 – 8pm (Free)
Corban Estate Arts Centre
Friday 9 September – Sunday 23 October.
Opening event: Thursday 8 September,
6 – 8pm (Free)
Sunday 11 September, 10am – 4pm
Free entry.
See page 30
MATAKITAKI MAI – MĀORI THEATRE
DeveLopment seAson
16 – 18 September, 7.30pm
See page 30
going west @ te pou
THEATRE SEASON: sHAm
starring michelle Hine, Darien takle, Annie
whittle and Amanda tito. Directed by
conrad newport. written by Jess sayer
(2015 recipient of bruce mason Award).
TICKETS: Full: $32. Concession: $27
Group bookings (6 or more): $27
See page 19
STuDIO SEASON 2016:
strAnge & wonDerfuL
Te Pou Theatre, 22 – 25 September
Thu-Sun 7.30pm & Sat/Sun 2pm,
Sun 5pm Writers' Forum (free)
TICKETS: Full $20, Concession $15,
Groups (6 or more) $15
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going west festivAL IN GLEN EDEN
WHAKAAHuATIA MAI
A light-hearted journey into the world of whanaungatanga. Eleven-year-old
Miharo discovers the beauty of tikanga, the importance of tangihanga and
the aroha of his whakapapa. A fully te reo Māori children's play.
A Taki Rua Production, Hoani Waititi Marae, Saturday 3 September, 3pm
Free entry
TANNA
GOING WEST PREMIERE of the newly released drama directed by Bentley Dean and Martin
Butler Tanna is a multi-award-winning feature film set in the South Pacific, based on a true
story and performed by the people of Yakel in Vanuatu. 100 mins
Glen Eden Playhouse, Sunday 4 September, 4pm & 7pm
Admission: $10. Book at iTicket ticket.co.nz or phone iTICKET (09) 361 1000.
For outside Auckland call 0508 iTICKET (normal credit card transaction fees apply)
SPOKEN WORD POETRY AND MOVEMENT WORKSHOP SERIES
To navigate your voice, your body, your story, FROM THE EDGE to the centre.
These workshops are designed to make your authentic self be heard and seen.
Through wordplay, creating poems, embodying poems, exploring costume to
adorn the self we choose to offer to the world, this is the opportunity to use
creative means to redefine and reclaim your identities for yourself.
august – September. For more information see goingwestfest.co.nz
or call 027 368 5279.
tHAnKs to tHe wAitAKere rAnges LocAL boArD
tHe trusts communitY founDAtion
tHe going west ArcHives
Out west, the licensing trusts have for many years channelled the profits from local gambling
into organisations across the spectrum of sport, social services, education and the arts. In
earlier days the two trusts (Portage and Waitakere) hosted presentation dinners once or twice
a year where each recipient made a short speech on receiving their grant. It was humbling to
hear the stories of small organisations delivering extraordinary services and support to their
communities. Times have changed and The Trusts Community Foundation (TTCF) now manages
the bulk of that funding provision with locally elected trustees from both Portage and Waitakere
Licensing Trusts able to make recommendations. The thing that has not changed is the immense
value to the arts out west, from the support of an organisation that knows the territory, both
geographical and cultural, and keeps on funding a sector that thrives with its support. The
Going West Trust gratefully acknowledges the huge and ongoing support of TTCF for the Going
West Books & Writers Festival.
since 2003, the going west festival trust has partnered with Auckland Libraries to record,
preserve and promote the archives of the going west books & writers festival. the
archives contain the audio recordings of each session starting from the inaugural festival
in1996 up to 2015, as well as photographs and ephemera that include festival programmes,
posters, flyers and tickets.
As part of this year’s festival, the Holding the Line exhibition will be on display in the foyer
of the titirangi war memorial Hall. curated by robyn mason as part of last year’s 20th
anniversary, the exhibition is a wonderful retrospective of 20 years of going west, and
features photographs of speakers and performers, mementos and descriptive content
across six panels. Accompanying the exhibition is a selection of sound recordings from the
going west archive, which will be available to listen to via headphones.
the entire collection can be browsed through the Local History online database (available
at http://www.localhistoryonline.org.nz/cgi-bin/PuI), which includes a complete listing
of each year’s participants, and includes links to sound bites from selected sessions. full
recordings are available at the west Auckland research centre on Level 2 of waitakere
Central Library in Henderson. Contact the Archivist at erica.o’flaherty@aucklandcouncil.
govt.co.nz or by phone on (09) 892-4987 for more information or to make an appointment
to view the collection.
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FESTIVAL TEAM
proDucer
Anna fomison
progrAmme co-Director
nicola strawbridge
progrAmme co-Director
mark easterbrook
CONTACT INFORMATION
goingwestfest.co.nz
info@goingwestfest.co.nz
027 368 5279
TICKETS
bookings at iticket.co.nz
or phone iticKet (09) 361 1000
for outside Auckland call 0508 iticKet
*All tickets incur booking fees
(normal credit card transaction fees apply.)
friDAY gALA nigHt
note: this event is ticketed as a separate event
full: $45*
concession: $35*
includes supper and wine
DAY pAss (saturday or sunday)
full: $90* (value $115)
concession: $70* (value $95)
includes lunch, morning and afternoon teas
finAnciAL mAnAger
Janet thomson
website AnD sociAL meDiA
mAnAger
sarah Laing
mArKeting mAnAger
Anna fomison
ticKeting mAnAger
Jan coates
tHeAtre proDuction SHAM
Director conrad newport
stuDio seAson 2016
gary Henderson
sounD recorDing
Davyd Hodge (soundandLight)
singLe session
grApHic Designer
Jared Kahi (Kahi creative)
full: $15*
concession: $12*
pubLicitY mAnAger
penny Hartill (Hartillpr)
poetrY sLAm finAL
POETRY SLAM
Director Doug poole
proDucer penny Howard
$10*
sHAm
full: $32
concession: $27
group bookings (6 or more): $27
421 Titirangi Rd, Auckland 0604
www.itirestaurant.co.nz
36 T 09-817 5057
trAnsition mentor
naomi mccleary
No booking fees for events at Te Pou
(normal credit card transaction fees apply.)
Door sales available throughout weekend.
Saturday tickets do not include the Poetry
Slam (Saturday night).
going west trust
nicola strawbridge
mick sinclair
mark easterbrook
naomi mccleary
rose Yukich
gary Henderson
Jan coates
printed on 100 % recycled stock using vegetable-based inks.
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this going west trust event, in association with the waitakere ranges Local board,
is made possible by the generous support of:
The Norcross Falls
Heritage Trust
the going west books & writers festival is sponsored by:
the going west books & writers festival is partnered by:
the going west books & writers festival ticketing agent:
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goingwestfest.co.nz
contAct informAtion
info@goingwestfest.co.nz 027 368 5279
ticKets
bookings at iticket.co.nz
or phone iticKet (09) 361 1000
ADDresses
titirangi war memorial Hall, 500 south titirangi rd, titirangi
te pou theatre, 44a portage road, new Lynn
(entrance and parking at rear, off mcwhirter place)