Name: 36. Ara: A Maori Guidebook of the Mind
Start: 2026-05-15T16:00:00
Location: Waitakere Room, Aotea Centre

Auckland Live (Auckland Unlimited)

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. Whether covering The Troubles, opioid epidemic or London's underworld, Patrick Radden Keefe is renowned for illuminating human stories in his interrogation of power systems. Barbara Demick is unparalleled for her meticulous reporting on authoritarian regimes (North Korea, Tibet, China) and capturing the lives of those within. Asher Emanuel's The Valley is a landmark examination of NZ's criminal justice system and two young men enmeshed in it.

13. Inside the Story

Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre

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. Maori psychiatrist, advocate and the best-selling author of Aroha, Wawata, Waitohu and E Moko Dear Moko, Dr Hinemoa Elder (Te Aupouri, Ngati Kur?, Te Rarawa, Ngai Takoto and Ngapuhi nui tonu) returns with Ara - a unique exploration of how to think about thinking, rooted in the wisdom of Maori culture. Elder introduces you to a thought process guided by Hinengaro (Maori goddess of the mind) through 23 specific rua into the depths of Papatuanuku and back to the surface.

36. Ara: A Maori Guidebook of the Mind

Waitakere Room, Aotea Centre

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. Emma Neale is one of our most celebrated poets. She was awarded the Lauris Edmond Memorial Award for a Distinguished Contribution to New Zealand Poetry in 2020 and her sixth collection Liar, Liar, Lick, Spit won the Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry at the 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. In this workshop, Neale will help you find your way into a poem - and how to stay on course once you've begun.

33. Emma Neale: Drafting and Crafting Your Poetry

Waihorotiu Room, Aotea Centre

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. For three and a half years, calamities hit Elizabeth Knox's life in rapid succession. Her sister suffered a psychotic break and was hospitalised against her will, her husband's brother died by violence, and her mother was diagnosed with motor neurone disease. A beloved storyteller and author of more than 14 novels (The Vintner's Luck, The Absolute Book) Knox has given us many worlds. In her landmark memoir Night, Ma, she invites us into her own.