History Events at WORD Christchurch Festival

MELANI ANAE: FIFTY YEARS OF THE POLYNESIAN PANTHERS

Dr Melani Anae and Rev Alec Toleafoa reflect on the apology for the Dawn Raids, and five decades spent in peaceful resistance, educating New Zealand about ongoing racism, and Pasifika empowerment.

WAR AND PEACE

Saturday, 3 September 2:30 pm

Ross Calman and Dr Te Maire Tau on the life of Te Rauparaha, the turbulent history between Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti Toa and the peace marriages that followed.

THE FARAWAY NEAR: REBECCA SOLNIT

Friday, 2 September 10:00 am

Renowned writer and activist Rebecca Solnit joins Morgan Godfery live from the US to talk George Orwell, roses, climate, resistance and love.

THE FARAWAY NEAR: PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE

Friday, 2 September 12:00 pm

Tenacious New Yorker staff reporter Patrick Radden Keefe joins us from New York to talk about his gripping books Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty and the newly published Rogues: True Stories if Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks.

THE FARAWAY NEAR: LUKE HARDING

Saturday, 3 September 8:00 pm

Veteran Guardian foreign correspondent and former Russia bureau chief Luke Harding speaks with Guyon Espiner about the war in Ukraine.

NICK BOLLINGER: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE COUNTERCULTURE IN AOTEAROA

Sunday, 4 September 10:30 am

Join Nick Bollinger in conversation with Philip Matthews about the colourful transformation of New Zealand life wrought by the counterculture in the 1960s and 1970s.

JULIE KING MEMORIAL LECTURE: TAONGA MĀORI AND CHRISTIAN MISSIONS

Sunday, 4 September 2:00 pm

Professor Deidre Brown presents the fascinating story of the trade in treasures between 19th-century Māori and Christian missionaries.

CHRIS FINLAYSON: THE INNER CIRCLE

04 Sep - 19 Sep 2022 2:00 pm

Christopher Finlayson was in the engine room of the John Key-led National government. He speaks with Kim Hill about his remarkable career, and getting to know the real John Key.

TĀNGATA NGĀI TAHU: PEOPLE OF NGĀI TAHU 2

04 Sep - 19 Sep 2022 4:00 pm

Join Tā Tipene O'Regan, Helen Brown and Michael Stevens for a journey through some extraordinary Ngāi Tahu lives.