Name: 111. Dreaming for the Ocean In Us: Tangata Moana writers and Desire
Start: 2026-05-17T13:00:00
Location: Loft Theatre

Auckland Writers Festival

All Tickets are Mobile Ticket Only. Mobile Tickets are like Print-at-Home tickets but instead of having to print off the tickets yourself, you can just show the barcode on your mobile phone. It is the easiest way to access tickets to your events. For more information visit Ticketmaster.co.nz/mobileticket Child Policy: Children aged under 1 will be permitted free. Provided they do not occupy a seat. Pacific writing is often framed through crisis, resistance and identity politics. This session asks what becomes possible when desire is placed at the centre instead. Join Ruby Macomber in conversation with fellow Tangata Moana w?hine writers Tusiata Avia (Giving Birth to My Father), Amber Esau (Hungus), and Danielle Kionasina Dilys Thomson (Moana: Voices of Our Ocean) as they explore the desires that shape their work and their lives.