Friends of the Turnbull Public Programme — 2022

Alexander Turnbull Library curator, Dr Oliver Stead, will discuss the influence of Katherine Mansfield on renowned Australian writer Patrick White, winner of the 1973 Nobel Prize in Literature.

In this talk, University of Canterbury historian Dr Chris Jones will introduce Aotearoa’s newly discovered ‘Wicked Bible’ (1631), known for its infamous error. Then Alexander Turnbull Library's Anthony Tedeschi will talk about the challenges of printing in the 17th century.

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In this talk Wellington writer Sarah Gaitanos will discuss her current project, the intriguing story of Brigadier Reginald Miles, who served in the New Zealand forces in both the First and Second World Wars.

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Dunedin researcher Dr Claire Macindoe will recount the story of Dr H B Turbott who became one of our nation’s first health communicators in 1943, and a disease-prevention expert. For 40 years he was a well-known, respected and loved radio broadcaster on health matters of concern to New Zealanders, with a regular column in the Listener.

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Carol Markwell will discuss her new book Enough Horizon: The Life And Work Of Blanche Baughan, the first biography of Blanche Baughan (1870-1958).

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You are invited to the annual general meeting of the Friends of the Turnbull Library. Following the meeting, Associate Chief Librarians Alison McIntyre and Jessica Moran will speak on some of the current work and future direction of the Library.

Adrian Humphris, Wellington City Archivist, will talk about architects Thomas and William Turnbull, their company, and the many significant buildings they designed and built in Wellington from the 1890s to the 1940s.

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Award-winning author Dr Hirini Kaa discusses the ways in which Mihinare (Māori Anglicans) engaged with the settler Anglican Church in New Zealand and created their own unique church, and how this casts light on the broader question of how Māori interacted with and transformed European culture and institutions.

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The recipient of this year’s Friends of the Turnbull Library Research Grant, Pania Te Whāiti, will discuss her research project involving the diaries of Iraia te Ama o te Rangi Te Whāiti — the working notebooks of the South Wairarapa farmer and kaumātua who recorded (in te reo) 27 years of his life, his thoughts and his activities.

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‘He Pukapuka Tātaku i ngā Mahi a Te Rauparaha Nui’ is an account of Te Rauparaha’s life written by his son Tamihana Te Rauparaha in the late 1860s. The book’s translator and editor Ross Calman will discuss some of the challenges he faced in interpreting the manuscript for a modern audience, with Alexander Turnbull Library Curator Māori Paul Diamond.

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Chris Szekely and Michael Keith will talk about the book that celebrates the Alexander Turnbull Library’s centenary, ‘Te Kupenga 101 stories of Aotearoa from the Turnbull’, sharing behind-the-scenes commentary on how the stories were selected from Turnbull’s net.

Hear Dunedin PhD graduate and researcher Claire Macindoe talk about Dr H B Turbott — one of New Zealand’s early health communicators and a disease-prevention expert.

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