Events in week starting Monday 13 August 2012

The gap between New Zealand‘s rich and poor is widening. Political columnist Colin James, health researcher Philippa Howden-Chapman, and Stephanie McIntyre, Downtown Community Ministry Director, discuss the effects of inequality.

Award-winning translator of German literature, Michael Hofmann, appears in conversation with Bill Manhire.

Come and watch the art of whatu kākahu (making cloaks) come to life.

Come and watch the art of whatu kākahu (making cloaks) come to life.

Welcome to the first event in the Forums for the Future series. Christian Stearns, Ben Schrader, and Philippa Howden-Chapman will form an expert panel to discuss the state of housing in New Zealand.

Dudley Benson performs songs from his critically acclaimed 2010 album Forest: Songs by Hirini Melbourne live in the Kahu Ora gallery space, accompanied by harpist Ingrid Bauer.

Come and watch the art of whatu kākahu (making cloaks) come to life.

Justine Olsen talks about her favourite pieces in the newly opened exhibition dedicated to Wellingtonian Walter Cook and his collection of British and European decorative arts.

Come and watch the art of whatu kākahu (making cloaks) come to life.

If you come down to Te Papa today, you’re in for a big surprise … Make a dinosaur mask, roam the Museum, and watch as people quiver with fear!

Discover what research tells us about the relationship between attention and memory, and learn some smart thinking strategies with The Brain Clinic’s Pascal Saker.

Come and watch the art of whatu kākahu (making cloaks) come to life.

If you come down to Te Papa today, you’re in for a big surprise … Make a dinosaur mask, roam the Museum, and watch as people quiver with fear!

A Sunday afternoon concert of songs and arias, presented by the New Zealand School of Music and its prodigiously talented voice students.

The Alliance Française Wellington invites you to an afternoon of music and arts in celebration of the 150th anniversary of Claude Debussy’s birth.