2021 Pukapuka Talks Podcasts

The 2021 Nelson Arts Festival was cancelled due to Covid-19 but we delivered two online events and commissioned a special digital series, Writing Home: An Antidote To Feeling Stranded, which you can watch and listen to by following the links below.

The Mirror Book with Charlotte Grimshaw

Listen to Charlotte Grimshaw in conversation with Miro Bilbrough (with NZ Sign Language interpretation by Kelly Hodgins).

Once Were Hippies with Miro Bilbrough

Listen to Miro Bilbrough in conversation with Steve Braunias with NZ Sign Language interpretation by Kelly Hodgins.

Writing Home: Hinemoana Baker

Listen to Hinemoana reading an excerpt from 'Letter from Aurelia'. 

Writing Home: Rajorshi Chakraborti

Listen to Rajorshi Chakraborti reading and then discussing his poem, 'Johnsonville Right Turn'.

Writing Home: Paula Morris MNZM

Listen to Paula Morris read from an adaptation of her long form essay, 'On Coming Home'.

Writing Home: Mohamed Hassan

Listen to Mohamed Hassan read his poem, 'Life at a Distance'.

Writing Home: Hinemoa Elder

Listen to Dr Hinemoa Elder (Te Aupouri, Ngāti Kuri, Te Rarawa and Ngāpuhi) read from her pukapuka, Aroha, and speaks to the importance of knowing where you come from.