Book Launch | Tāmaki Makaurau 2025: Essays on Life in Auckland

Schedule

Fri, 24 Oct, 2025 at 08:00 am

UTC+13:00

Location

Ellen Melville Centre | Auckland, AU

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Join us to celebrate the launch of Tāmaki Makaurau 2025: Essays on Life in Auckland, edited by Damien Levi and published by Auckland Council Libraries.
📖 Friday 24 October, 6pm
📖 Women’s Pioneer Wall, Ellen Melville Centre, 2 Freyburg Place
📖 All welcome!
There will be a few speeches and readings to launch the publication and then you are welcome to mingle and get your book signed.
Food and drink will be provided for attendees and Unity Books Auckland will be selling copies of the collection for purchase ($32).
About the book:
Tāmaki Makaurau is a city in flux. Its people and places are in a constant state of change as they grow into the millennium. To capture a sliver of Auckland in time, this collection offers space for twelve distinct voices from across the isthmus to share personal reflections, pulling from the past to see the city in the present.
Each writer’s connection to Auckland is unique and sprawling—from mana whenua and migrant experiences to examinations of infrastructure projects, culture clashes, brain drain, and love letters to cherished suburbs.
What emerges is a collection that amalgamates these relationships on the page. It is full of love but gets fed up. It sees potential but gets frustrated by the lack of progress. It’s about leaving, but it’s also about always coming home. And for these writers, that home is Tāmaki Makaurau.
Featuring contributions by Anton Blank, Daren Kamali, Faisal Halabi, Jeremy Hansen, Taniera Hawke-Hohepa, Abel Mercer, Perzen Patel, Emmy Rākete, Tommy de Silva, Jean Teng, Manu Vaea and Helene Wong.
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Ellen Melville Centre, 2 Freyberg Place,Auckland, New Zealand

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