Kāpiti Readers and Writers Autumn Sereis Celebrating the people, stories and place of Kāpiti!
The Details
Date
22 April - 20 May 2026
Time
2-4.30pm
Location
Waikanae Presbyterian Church Hall, 43 Ngaio Road, Waikanae
Calendar
Presented by Bookmark Kāpiti in collaboration with WEA Kāpiti, this engaging series brings together a range of thought-provoking conversations – from historical writing and film to medicine, crime, and Kāpiti’s role in Te Tiriti.
Sessions take place on Wednesday afternoons from April 22 - May 20.
Tickets are $20 per session or $80 for the full series.
Series programme:
22 April - The place of the past in writing history and historical fiction
Historical fiction writer Jenny Pattrick, in conversation with local historian Chris McLean
29 April - Ink to Action: The people we love to watch onscreen
Writer, director, and producer Mike Smith interviewed by Natala Gwiazdzinski
6 May - Operation Writer: Crossing the medical/literary divide
Local GP and author Lucy O'Hagan and writer Carl Shuker in conversation with local health commentator Ian Powell
13 May - Why murder? Why not?!
Kāpiti crime writers Kim Hunt and Ann Chapman
20 May - Kāpiti, Te Rauparaha, and the women who signed the Treaty of Waitangi
A discussion between Kāpiti wāhine - Arini Loader (Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Whakaue, and Te Whānau-a-Apanui), senior lecturer in Māori history at Te Herenga Waka Victoria University, Kāpiti researcher and writer, Rewa Morgan (Te Ātiawa) and Reina Solomon (Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Te Āti Awa, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Koata, Ngāti Tama, Ngāi Tahu) researcher, historian, environmental consultant and Treaty claims manager.