Principal speaker
Professor Julianne Schultz
With Steve Braunias, Kate de Goldi, CK Stead, Ian Wedde, Julianne Schultz
Migration, demographic changes and new cultural references are reshaping New Zealand. It is fast becoming a hub where Pacific and Tasman currents meet. As a result, New Zealand is changing, in response to surging tides of people and ideas. In a special edition of GriffithREVIEW, co-edited by Lloyd Jones and Julianne Schultz, the award-winning quarterly Australian publication, Pacific Highways explores and maps the ‘new’ New Zealand, in the words of the country’s finest writers.
This collection of original essays, memoir, poetry, fiction and reportage sets out to challenge the way we think about New Zealand. From reports from the Kiwi Diaspora in Australia, to a consideration of the growing Asian economic and cultural influence and the contribution of Pacific society to the arts and sports, this portrait of New Zealand takes you beyond the tourist brochures to something truly original.
This event will mark the book’s launch at the Aus & NZ Festival, and features contributions from some of the key writers in the edition.