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Alison and Ineka are joined in the studio by librarian Deehan from Epsom Library. Find your happy ever after as we talk love, romance, soulmates and steam! Check out Dee's latest romance reads on her Bookstagram account: https://www.instagram.com/deeeeeespicks Books mentioned on the show can be requested from the Auckland Libraries catalogue using the links below. Most titles are available in mult...

Listen in to this Kura Tūturu | Real Gold track to hear from music librarian Marilyn Portman on a very special first printed edition of a musical score recently donated to Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections. Das wohltemperirte Clavier, oder, Präludien und Fugen durch alle Töne. By J.S. Bach, Book I is perhaps Bach's best-loved keyboard work. Known in English as "the 48" or the "Well-Tempered...

Episode 7: Join librarians James and Clare on an adventure down the Road and the River. Kenneth Grahame has created a magical world that reminds us of our own favourite places. In this episode Ratty and Mole have a otherworldly experience of nature and as always, Mr Toad is up to no good! If you enjoyed these chapters, ask one of our friendly librarians to help you find the Wind in the Willows by...

Join Alison and Ineka in the Literary Lounge as they talk about some of the hottest books of 2022. Books mentioned on the show can be requested from the Auckland Libraries catalogue using the links below – most are available in multiple formats Better the blood / Michael Bennett / 2022: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=9edb6c1a-22ce-576e-baf1-1278464d56ba&entityType=Format...

Listen in to this Kura Tūturu | Real Gold track to hear from Sharon Smith, Senior Librarian Community Archives, on J.T Diamond and his deep love and connection to the Waitākere Ranges. As an amateur historian and archaeologist Jack Diamond devoted over 60 years of his life to building a documentary heritage collection. His work provides a complete record of the region’s heavy clay and pottery indu...

Join Alison and Ineka in the Literary Lounge as they bust some myths about literary blokes. Our featured male fiction authors write about far more than just hunting, shooting and fishing. Books mentioned on the show can be requested from the Auckland Libraries catalogue using the links below – most are available in multiple formats All the broken places / John Boyne / 2022 / Fiction: https://disco...

This historical autobiography of "Dr Bill" Anderson who was twice made mayor of Queenstown comes highly recommended by Andrew Henry, principal specialist in NZ and Pacific printed collections with Auckland Libraries' Heritage team. First printed in 1964 and reprinted six times in five years, the eye catching cover first drew Andrew in to reading 'Doctor in the Mountains'. This is a fascinating and...

Dedee chats to Cloudy about her musical journey so far, how she went from solo artist to putting a band together, saving up to record at Roundhead Studios, and plans for the next EP. This interview was recorded on November 15, 2022. Cloudy is an Auckland based indie/alternative singer and songwriter. She is either found delivering intimate acoustic based sets or rocking out with her full live band...

In this track Sue Berman talks with Frances Walsh from the NZ Maritime Museum and Britomart's Jeremy Hansen about the exhibition Bon Voyage, Good Trip, Be Good : An exhibition of photographs by John Rykenberg. On show in December and January at Britomart - https://britomart.org/festivities-and-farewells-britomarts-summer-exhibition/ "Summer can be a time of exciting excursions, of reunions and dep...

Join Alison and Ineka in the Literary Lounge for a memoir special. These titles all released in 2022 will allow you to have a glimpse into extraordinary (and ordinary) lives. Books mentioned on the show can be requested from the Auckland Libraries catalogue. Most are available in multiple formats. All of this: a memoir of death and desire / Rebecca Woolf / 2022: https://discover.aucklandlibraries....

The Kotuku Quintet return to the stage to conclude our Spring series with a programme of two Mozart quintets featuring different instrument combinations. The first work is the Largo-Allegro moderato movement of the Quintet in E-flat, K.452. This quintet was originally scored for piano and woodwind—oboe, clarinet , horn and bassoon but here we have an arrangement for piano and string quartet. Next...

In the sixth and final episode of The Panthers podcast, host Benji Timu speaks with Choice Vaughan, Jonathan Crayford, and Diggy Dupe about the music created and selected to provide a distinctive soundtrack for the Panthers series. Producer of sound track Choice Vaughan, composer and music writer Jonathan Crayford, and lyrical rapper and producer Diggy Dupe, discuss where their creativity comes fr...

Actor Haanz Fa’avae Jackson who played the role of Fred in The Panthers series, and Director Mario Faumui who directed two of the series episodes, talanoa with host Benji Timu. In this episode the discussion focuses on the history of the Dawn Raids; how, until recently, it was not taught in NZ schools, and how for those who didn’t experience it or live through that time, they have little awareness...

In this episode we talanoa with actors Ravikanth Gurunathan [Ravi] who plays Nigel, and Rokolani Lavea [Roko] who plays the role of Kong. Host Benji Timu talks with both actors about the roles they played and how they got into acting in the first place, and the connections that led them to being involved in The Panthers series. They discuss growing up in Auckland as a Pacific Islander for Roko, an...

The second episode of The Panthers podcast is a talanoa with Jaunnie Ilolahia the Producer of the series and daughter of the main character Will Ilolahia, and actor Villa Junior Lemanu, with your host Benji Timu. This episode focused on what it was like being involved in the production of a series that was so close to home for Jaunnie Ilolahia, and what it was like to be able to tell the story of...

In this first episode of The Panthers podcast we talanoa with Dimitrius Schuster-Kolomatangi, who played the main character of Will Ilolahia and with Miki Magasiva who directed the first two episodes of The Panthers television series. The episode focuses on the history of the Polynesian Panthers movement in Aotearoa, what it was like for Miki do be involved in directing such a raw and powerful sho...

In the third episode of The Panthersm host Benji Timu has a talanoa with Director Vea Mafile’o and actress Lealani Siaosi who played the character of Dr. Melani Anae. This episode focused on the topic of equality for women, and what it is like for Pasifika women in the film and entertainment industry in Aotearoa New Zealand. Vea discussed how she got into the film industry, and what led her to be...

Join Alison and Ineka in the Literary Lounge as they discuss books about chivalry, champagne, churches and cancel culture. Books mentioned on the show can be requested from the Auckland Libraries catalogue – most are available in multiple formats American Fever / Dur E Aziz Amna – Fiction – 2022: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=1bbd1135-c3c6-5448-899d-3af2372204b6&entityT...

In this duo concert, Polly Sussex and Sarah Watkins present two beautiful and unusual works for cello and piano. The two composers, Ethel Smyth and Melanie Bonis were born in the same year on opposite sides of the English Channel. They were both destined to suffer the poor public profile of female composers in the early twentieth century, regardless of the high quality of their work. Both works sh...

In this concert Buckminsterfullerine Trio embark on a journey from despair to hope with a programme representing the remarkable tenacity of the human spirit to endure hardship. Featuring Rachminoff’s Trio Elegiaque and Elgar’s famous cello Concerto, they also pay tribute to the father of Ukranian music, Mykola Lysenko, with his evocative and moving work “Moment of despair” arranged for violin and...

Justin Bird, Auckland born pianist, returns to the stage to present an offering of German and French piano music. After a decade of studies in the US he returned to NZ in 2018 taking a hiatus from performing to build a studio of piano students. Now performing again - his first foray features German masterpieces by Bach, Schubert, and Schumann pitted side by side with elegant French bonbons by Chab...

Our Spring concert series begins with the vibrant Kaha Trio, all students from the University of Auckland School of music. They start with Bach’s unique and beautiful fifth cello suite. They follow with Beethoven’s piano sonata no 24 in F# major which, according to Carl Czerny, Beethoven singled out along with the “Appassionata” as one of his favourite sonatas. Chopin‘s Andante spianato et grande...

Episode 6: Join librarians Ella and John as they talk about the adventures of Mr Toad. He is a scene stealing amphibian and he knows it! Despite his mischievous ways he has a good heart and good friends in Ratty, Mole and Badger. In this episode Toad sings his own praises and Toad Hall becomes the scene of an epic battle. If you enjoyed these chapters, ask one of our friendly librarians to help yo...

Ray and Lindsey Vickers describe the rural nature of the community in the early days and what people did for entertainment. Pakuranga The Early Years Oral History Collection Ray and Lindsey Vickers, 2014, interview with Karen Lawson. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, OH-1442-006 Image: Mixed farm, Pakuranga, 1960, Footprints 05149, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections

Rev. Dr Don Battley was the vicar of St Peter's Anglican Church between 1978 - 1982. In this clip he talks about the rapid growth of the suburb during this time. Pakuranga The Early Years Oral History Collection Rev Don Battley 2016, interview with Karen Lawson. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, OH-1442-013 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/2693/rec/14...