In this month’s Friends of the Turnbull event, author and lecturer Annabel Cooper will talk about researching New Zealand filmmaker Rudall Hayward, best known for his silent films but also his later feature films ‘Rewi’s Last Stand’ and ‘To Love a Māori’.
Helen Beaglehole reflected on the challenges of researching and writing her recently published account of the complex history of settlement of the Sounds: One Hundred Havens: The settlement of the Marlborough Sounds published in 2022 by Massey University Press.
Delving into the Futuna Chapel Trust archive, the Scott family archive and the newly established and digitised John Scott Drawing Archive at the Alexander Turnbull Library, Nick Bevin will explore and reveal the extent and significance of the work of architect John Scott.
An evening of historical letters brought to life by famous voices
Jeffrey Sissons will revisit material from his book The Forgotten Prophet and present a new understanding of the politically significant yet overlooked Taranaki iconoclasm
Join Michele Leggott and Catherine Field-Dodgson, authors of “Groundwork: The Art and Writing of Emily Cumming Harris” (2025), as they explore the life and work of one of Aotearoa’s foremost botanical artists.