Free museum entry for New Zealanders and people living in New Zealand
Open every day 10am-6pm
(except Christmas Day)
Free museum entry for New Zealanders and people living in New Zealand
The International Institute of Modern Letters presents a series of events highlighting the very latest work of Aotearoa New Zealand writers. A lively and stimulating way to begin the week.
The International Institute of Modern Letters presents a series of events highlighting the very latest work of Aotearoa New Zealand writers. A lively and stimulating way to begin the week.
Two poets discuss climate change, resilience, and political poetry from Pacific and Nordic perspectives in urgent contemporary voices.
Mon 21 Jul 2025, 12.15–1.15pm
Event Ngā kaupapa motuhake
The International Institute of Modern Letters presents a series of events highlighting the very latest work of Aotearoa New Zealand writers. A lively and stimulating way to begin the week.
Four innovative poets discuss how their creative pursuits outside poetry shape and reinvent their latest collections with the New Zealand Poet Laureate.
Mon 28 Jul 2025, 12.15–1.15pm
Event Ngā kaupapa motuhake
The International Institute of Modern Letters presents a series of events highlighting the very latest work of Aotearoa New Zealand writers. A lively and stimulating way to begin the week.
Acorn Prize winner Damien Wilkins discusses his acclaimed novel about loss, ageing, and second chances with writer Emily Perkins.
Mon 4 Aug 2025, 12.15–1.15pm
Event Ngā kaupapa motuhake
The International Institute of Modern Letters presents a series of events highlighting the very latest work of Aotearoa New Zealand writers. A lively and stimulating way to begin the week.
A seasoned novelist and debut author discuss coastal communities under pressure in their latest works about change and survival.
Mon 11 Aug 2025, 12.15–1.15pm
Event Ngā kaupapa motuhake
The International Institute of Modern Letters presents a series of events highlighting the very latest work of Aotearoa New Zealand writers. A lively and stimulating way to begin the week.
Editor Nick Ascroft introduces a selection of excellent New Zealand poets to read their work in a warm-up for National Poetry Day.
Mon 18 Aug 2025, 12.15–1.15pm
Event Ngā kaupapa motuhake
The International Institute of Modern Letters presents a series of events highlighting the very latest work of Aotearoa New Zealand writers. A lively and stimulating way to begin the week.
Two adventurous writers discuss their genre-defying works that blend poetry, essays, music, and queer joy in uncharted literary territory.
Mon 25 Aug 2025, 12.15–1.15pm
Event Ngā kaupapa motuhake
The International Institute of Modern Letters presents a series of events highlighting the very latest work of Aotearoa New Zealand writers. A lively and stimulating way to begin the week.
Three poets discuss their extraordinary new collections, whim brim over with feeling and are taut with intellectual curiosity.
Mon 1 Sep 2025, 12.15–1.15pm
Event Ngā kaupapa motuhake
The International Institute of Modern Letters presents a series of events highlighting the very latest work of Aotearoa New Zealand writers. A lively and stimulating way to begin the week.
Two satirical novelists diagnose life in Aotearoa through hilarious and dangerous fiction that prods our political and social wounds.
Mon 8 Sep 2025, 12.15–1.15pm
Event Ngā kaupapa motuhake
