{"id":29965,"date":"2025-09-18T17:12:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T17:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/29965\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T17:12:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T17:12:11","slug":"art-and-ai-whanganui-lit-and-te-wiki-o-te-reo-maori-the-spinoff-event-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/29965\/","title":{"rendered":"Art and AI, Whanganui Lit and Te Wiki o Te Reo M\u0101ori: The Spinoff event guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Spinoff\u2019s top pick of events from around the motu. Here\u2019s the week September 18 \u2013 25.<\/p>\n

Welcome to The Spinoff event guide, your weekly, curated selection of gigs, events and exhibitions happening across Aotearoa. If you want to pitch your event for future guides then please use this handy form<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\nAotearoa-wide
\n\"The<\/p>\n

Te Wiki o Te Reo M\u0101ori<\/p>\n

Celebrate te reo M\u0101ori with events near you. See the event guide at reom\u0101ori.co.nz,<\/a> or use the online resources<\/a> to create your own events at home, school or work. Read all about the history and future of Te Wiki o Te Reo M\u0101ori, here<\/a> on The Spinoff.<\/p>\n

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\nT\u0101maki Makaurau
\n\"A<\/p>\n

Literature: Spoor Books\u2019 India Book Fair<\/a><\/p>\n

Skar Image Lab, 1 New Bond St
1oam\u20134pm Sat & Sun, September 20\u201321
Free<\/p>\n

A two-day event featuring 1,000 books never before available in Aotearoa. Brilliant!<\/p>\n

Theatre\/Improv: It\u2019s Alive!<\/a><\/p>\n

Pumphouse Theatre, Takapuna
September 23\u201327
$20\u2013$28<\/p>\n

A fully improvised puppet show for kids aged five and up, and including real live science experiments.<\/p>\n

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\nRotorua
\n\"An<\/p>\n

Film\/Music: Silent Movies Live<\/a><\/p>\n

Shambles Theatre, 8 Amohau Street
2pm Sat, September 20
$10\u2013$30<\/p>\n

Pianist David Selfe and percussionist Jeremy Fitzsimons perform live musical accompaniment to two silent Charlie Chaplin films.<\/p>\n

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\nWhanganui
\n\"A<\/p>\n

Literature: Whanganui Booklovers Festival: Lit<\/a><\/p>\n

Various venues
September 19 \u2013 21
$0\u2013$15<\/p>\n

A superb programme of events with writers including Damien Wilkins, Ng\u0101huia te Awek\u014dtuku, Dame Anne Salmond and many more.<\/p>\n

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Te-Whanganui-a-Tara
\n\"ABrit Bunkley, still from Archive, single channel video, 2025.<\/p>\n

Visual Art: Art and AI \u2013 Brit Bunkley in Conversation with Megan Dunn<\/a><\/p>\n

National Library of New Zealand
11am Sat, September 20
Free<\/p>\n

New Zealand-based artist and videographer, Brit Bunkley, talks to Megan Dunn about the pragmatics and politics of making art with AI, with insights into the making of his latest work Archive, commissioned for Messengers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\nWhakat\u016b
\n\"photo<\/p>\n

Comedy: Chris Parker \u2013 Stop being so dramatic!<\/a><\/p>\n

Theatre Royal
7.30pm Fri, September 19
$44.90<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve heard the expression \u2018Stop being so dramatic\u2019 my whole life, but only now, at the culturally relevant age of 34, am I ready to address it and face these drama queen allegations head-on.\u201d R15.<\/p>\n

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\n\u014ctautahi
\n\"AWilliam James Harding Unidentified Woman [1870-1889] Reference 1\/4-030481-G, Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington (detail).Exhibition\/Photography: 19th Century Women Confronting the Lens<\/a><\/p>\n

Te Whare Waiutuutu Kate Sheppard House
Opens Thursday, September 19 (and runs until October 31)
Free<\/p>\n

This exhibition in Kate Sheppard\u2019s former home presents an exhibition of photos by William Harding which documented the presence and diversity of women in Aotearoa New Zealand during the suffrage movement.<\/p>\n

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\nWaih\u014dpai
\n\"ACouncil for Equal Pay and Opportunity poster from 1961.<\/p>\n

Community\/Family: Pay Equity Community Day<\/p>\n

Gala St Reserve, Invercargill
11am\u20132pm Sat, September 20
Free\u00a0<\/p>\n

A day of music, speakers, food and market stalls, activities for the whole family in support of equal pay for equal skills.<\/p>\n

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