90. Grieving Together: Tusiata Avia and Nafanua Purcell Kersel

Name: 90. Grieving Together: Tusiata Avia and Nafanua Purcell Kersel
Start: 2026-05-16T19:00:0013:00
End: 2026-05-16T21:00:0013:00
Location: Waitakere Room, Aotea Centre

Schedule

Sat May 16 2026 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC13:00

Location

Waitakere Room, Aotea Centre | Auckland, AU

Information
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. Prime Minister's Award winner and Ockhams award winner Tusiata Avia's new collection Giving Birth to My Father follows her father as he travels through his last days into the arms of his tupu'aga. The poems of Nafanua Purcell Kersel's Ockham NZ Book Awards shortlisted debut collection Black Sugarcane span light and dark, quiet and loud, calm and violence. They discuss capturing unimaginable grief and the immense identity shifts it brings.

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