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Author Event: Kua Tau A Life in Stories: Tainui Stephens in Conversation

  • 65 Victoria Street, Wellington, New Zealand 6011 · Wellington
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Author Event: Kua Tau A Life in Stories: Tainui Stephens in Conversation
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“When we’re young, we learn the stories of others. When we’re adults, we create our own story. When we’re old, we tell our story.”
Please join us at Te Matapihi for a BWB Talk centred around Tainui Stephen’s recent book Kua Tau: A Life in Stories.
Location: Ngā Pou Ruahine (Level 2), Te Matapihi ki te Ao Nui Central
Tainui Stephens (Te Rarawa) is one of Aotearoa’s most prominent Māori storytellers. Across five decades he has been finding stories, in people, in place, and in the shifting shape of Māori life in Aotearoa. And alongside a career in filmmaking, broadcasting and cultural advocacy, he has been finding himself. Kua Tau gathers up a kete of his best writing on these subjects, drawing from his much-loved essays for the online magazine E-Tangata.
This event is organised in collaboration with Bridget Williams Books.
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65 Victoria Street, Wellington, New Zealand 6011, New Zealand

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