In this episode, we make a connection with poetry, poets, and the Auckland Central City Library.

Research Librarian Elspeth Orwin takes us on a journey beyond the poetry book collection by sharing the voices of poets who interestingly also have a strong association with Libraries.

We also meet and talk with poet and artist Ta Ilui who is both a regular Auckland Libraries user and who has contributed his own original work in the recent publication Rough Lives Speak.

See a list of references for this episode below or get in touch with us by emailing [email protected] and we’ll make sure you can find the collection items of your interest.

This podcast is part of a wider series of short films Ngako: The Collections Talk, available to view via aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Ngako

This episode was written and produced by Sue Berman, was recorded and produced by Benjamin Brooking and edited and engineered by Juliana Machado.

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REFERENCES

Hone Tuwhare. No ordinary son: poems. Auckland: Random House, 1998.

https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=f6d0cf52-037b-543a-b008-14d61065597a&entityType=FormatGroup

Street Poets & Artists Collective Enterprise. Rough lives speak. Auckland: Auckland Council Libraries, 2022.

https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=007e36f7-1c23-5acf-a42a-3a37405b3a07&entityType=FormatGroup

RECORDINGS:

Te Ara- The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Hone Tuwhare Reading Poems. 2010.

https://teara.govt.nz/en/speech/29786/reading-poems

The Globe tapes of 42 New Zealand poets read their work. Auckland: Hard Echo Press, 1985.

https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=b488d187-7fca-5a83-8524-6882d03a0f75&entityType=FormatGroup

Ngā Pātaka Kōrero- Auckland Libraries. No New Thing- R.A.K Mason. 2022.

https://soundcloud.com/auckland-libraries/no-new-thing-r-k-mason?in=auckland-libraries/sets/real-gold-treasures-of-the

Ta Iuli, oral history, 2012, Dominion Road Stories Collection, WOH-1095-002

https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/1448/rec/1

MUSIC LP:

Arthur Rex Dugard Fairburn. A.R.D. Fairburn recording six of his poems. Wellington: The Mermaid Press, 1958.

https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=0f0eea7f-0995-4f23-8eea-7f09953f2359&entityType=FormatGroup

New Zealand poets read their work. Auckland: Waiata Recordings, 1974.

https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=18861bb2-d9e5-46ee-861b-b2d9e5e6ee83&entityType=FormatGroup

BLOG:

Jane Wild. R.A.K Mason: a uniquely distinguished son of the city. 8 May 2017.

https://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2017/05/r-k-mason-uniquely-distinguished-son-of.html

Image credit: Ta Iuli at Auckland Central City Library, 2022, Benjamin Brooking for Ngako: The Collection Podcast.