Past, Present and Possible Futures: Max Rashbrooke and Richard Shaw in conversation

Authors Max Rashbrooke and Richard Shaw have both written about their settler-colonial ancestors. In this conversation, facilitated by Massey University’s Dr Carolyn Morris, they discuss the challenges associated with this particular form of non-fiction writing, and the consequences their historical backstories have not only for their own lives, but for the ways in which they make sense of the country they live in today.

When

DATES

Friday, April 10, 2026 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Where

LOCATION

Central Library

Ground Floor (George Street entrance)

4 The Square, Palmerston North, Manawatū-Whanganui 4410

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