A Kind of Shelter Whakaruru-taha Life in Aotearoa New Zealand

Life in Aotearoa New Zealand in the early twenty-first century presents us with many controversial ethical issues: abortion

and echoes the call in cultural corridors to establish a national register of public art and reconsider heritage legislation with particular focus on art made for architectural installation

for 150 years Mount Eden Prison held both New Zealand’s political prisoners and its most infamous criminals

’ — Emma-Jean Kelly

A Kind of Shelter Whakaruru-taha Life in Aotearoa New ZealandEminent writers think about a better world Sixty eight writers and eight artists gather at a hui in a magnificent cave like dwelling or meeting house. In the middle is a table, the tpu krero, from which the rangatira speak; they converse with honoured guests, and their rangatira krero embody the thuhu, the over arching horizontal ridge pole, of the shelter. In a series of rich conversations, those present discuss our world in the second decade of this