Book Launch: In dark places: the confessions of
Teina Pora and an ex-cop's fight for justice, by Michael Bennet
When: Monday 21 March, 6pm - 7.30pm
Where: Central City Library (Atrium)
Cost: Free
Join us at Central City Library to hear Moana Maniapoto talk
about Michael Bennet's new book about Teina Pora.
He confessed to a crime he didn’t commit and spent 21 years
in jail. How did it happen?
Teina Pora, a 17-year-old car thief, was wrongly convicted
and sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Susan Burdett, who had been
beaten to death with the softball bat she kept next to her bed for her own
protection.
Tim McKinnel, en ex-cop turned private investigator,
discovered the long forgotten case 18 years later, saw an injustice had been
done and set out to win Teina’s freedom.
Reaching from the mean streets of South Auckland to the
highest court in the Commonwealth, this is the story not just of Tim’s quest,
but also of how an innocent man who was left rotting in a prison cell for two
decades found the inner strength to rise above the dark places to which he had
been condemned.
Moana will be joined by the author and Tim at this exciting
book launch. In 2013 Michael made an award-winning documentary about Teina,
tilted The confessions of prisoner T.
To reserve your place at this event, call (09) 890 2441 or
email Ana Worner. Refreshments served at 5.30pm.
Exhibition: Shakespeare in his time
When: Friday 11 March - Sunday 19 June, 9am - 4pm daily
Where: Central City Library
Cost: Free
To celebrate the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's
death in 1616, Auckland Libraries is showcasing its remarkable Shakespearean
treasures.
This includes the only first folio (the first collected
edition of his plays printed in 1623) held in New Zealand, as well as a quarto
of Pericles (1619) and the 2nd, 3rd and 4th folios.
These are displayed within their 16th and 17th century
context- alongside the works of other writers, as well as Bibles of the
Reformation, which inspired Shakespeare and describe the politics and daily
life of his age.
Author talk: The girl who stole stockings
When: Wednesday 16 March, 5.30pm - 7pm
Where: Central City Library
Cost: Free
Elsbeth Hardie will be discussing her recent book The girl
who stole stockings with Janet Wilson.
On 8 April 1811, the ship Friends sailed from England
carrying 101 female convicts bound for New South Wales.
One of them, Susannah Noon, would eventually go on to live
in the rough whaling society of pre-colonial New Zealand.
Come along to hear more of Susannah’s fascinating story from
her great-great-great-grand-daughter, author Elsbeth Hardie.
Elsbeth's book is a fascinating look into the fate of the
women who were sent away to the colonies as convicts - many of whom committed
crimes as trivial as stealing a few pairs of stockings.
To reserve your place at this talk, please call (09) 890
2441 or email ella.johnson@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
Poetry Night: Stars of Pasifika poetry 2016
When: Tuesday 15 March, 5.30pm - 7.30pm
Where: Central City Library, Whare Wananga, L2
Cost: Free
Join us for an evening of performances and readings
featuring Pasifika poets.
Head along to the Central City Library to hear Albert
Wendt, Robert Sullivan, Courtney Sina Meredith, Tusiata Avia, Serie Barford,
Doug Poole, Amber Esau, Johnny Angel, Reverend Mua Strickson-Pua, and Louise
Tu'u as MC.
To reserve your place at this event, call (09) 890 2441 or
email Ana Worner. Refreshments served from 5.30pm.
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