ŌRONGOHAU | BEST NEW ZEALAND POEMS 2025
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Join chair Chris Price in celebration of the 2025 edition of Ōrongohau | Best New Zealand Poems (as selected by Cilla McQueen). We will hear poems from a stellar line up of local poets including Nick Ascroft, Tusiata Avia, Jenny Bornholdt, Kate Camp, Mauatua Fa'ara-Reynolds, Jackson McCarthy, and Chris Tse. Our poets will share their featured poems and their own favourite poems of Aotearoa in this warm-up to National Poetry Day.
Writers on Mondays is presented by the International Institute of Modern Letters and The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. The 2026 series will run from 12.15—1.15 pm each Monday from 6 July to 28 September at Te Papa and Circa Theatre, with two special evening sessions at Meow. Admission is free and all are welcome. The series is supported by the Letteri family.
The full programme can be viewed here: https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/modernletters/about/events/writers-mondays
Come celebrate Aotearoa writers with us at Writers on Mondays – we look forward to seeing you there.
Writers on Mondays is presented by the International Institute of Modern Letters and The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. The 2026 series will run from 12.15—1.15 pm each Monday from 6 July to 28 September at Te Papa and Circa Theatre, with two special evening sessions at Meow. Admission is free and all are welcome. The series is supported by the Letteri family.
The full programme can be viewed here: https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/modernletters/about/events/writers-mondays
Come celebrate Aotearoa writers with us at Writers on Mondays – we look forward to seeing you there.
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Where is it happening?
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, 55 Cable Street,Wellington, New Zealand
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