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August 2016
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September 2016
Bruce Mason at Downstage
1 September- John Smythe discusses the Downstage founder.
- Time:
5.30pm - 7.30pm
- Location:
Te Ahumairangi (ground floor), National Library, corner Molesworth and Aitken Streets
- Part of: Standing ovation
Prisoners of Mother England
8 September- Roger Hall, David McKenzie, Prue Langbein, and Dame Kate Harcourt about Hall's play.
- Time:
5.30pm - 7.30pm
- Location:
Te Ahumairangi (ground floor), National Library, corner Molesworth and Aitken Streets
- Part of: Standing ovation
Tongan culture and traditions
8 September- Celebrate Tonga Language Week with this talk and a look at our collections.
- Time:
12.10pm - 1.00pm
- Location:
Te Ahumairangi (ground floor), National Library, corner Molesworth and Aitken Streets
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Discovering a paper son from digital fingerprints
13 September- Richard Foy talks about how a leaky roof, a building fire, and systematic racial discrimination helped him find his grandparents.
- Time:
12.10pm - 1.10pm
- Location:
Te Ahumairangi (ground floor), National Library, corner Molesworth and Aitken Streets
- Part of: Chinese language week 2016
Chinese characters: From bone to byte
14 September- A Chinese Language Week talk on the origins and contemporary use of the written language's characters.
- Time:
12.10pm – 1.00pm
- Location:
Te Ahumairangi (ground floor), National Library, corner Molesworth and Aitken Streets
- Part of: Chinese language week 2016
The Downstage contribution to theatre in New Zealand
14 September- Peter Bland, Sunny Amey, and Murray Lynch talk about the theatre's legacy.
- Time:
5.30pm - 7.30pm
- Location:
Te Ahumairangi (ground floor), National Library, corner Molesworth and Aitken Streets
- Part of: Standing ovation
Unlocking our potential
15 September- Celebrate Women's Suffrage Day 2016 at this public event.
- Time:
6.00pm - 7.30pm
- Location:
Te Ahumairangi (ground floor), National Library, corner Molesworth and Aitken Streets
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Chinese brush painting demonstration
16 September- A Chinese Language Week demonstration of calligraphy and painting by Master Stan Chan.
- Time:
12.10pm - 1.00pm
- Location:
Te Ahumairangi (ground floor), National Library, corner Molesworth and Aitken Streets
- Part of: Chinese language week 2016
Aeneid to Bromeliad
27 September- Dr Geoff Miles on Terry Pratchett’s Nomes trilogy as comic epic.
- Time:
5.30pm for drinks and nibbles, talk starts at 6.00pm
- Location:
Tiakiwai (lower ground floor), National Library, Aitken Street entrance
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Flowers planted by the mind
28 September- Discover Katherine Mansfield's love of flowers in this illustrated talk.
- Time:
5.30pm - 7.00pm
- Location:
Tiakiwai (lower ground floor), National Library, Aitken Street entrance
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Treasures of our theatre history: some gone forever!
29 September- Rowena Cullen and David Carnegie talk about the preservation of theatre memory.
- Time:
5.30pm - 7.30pm
- Location:
Te Ahumairangi (ground floor), National Library, corner Molesworth and Aitken Streets
- Part of: Standing ovation