Welcome to Ngā Pātaka Kōrero Auckland Libraries podcast page! Catch up on author talks, events and concerts, and hear more in-depth commentary from the curatorial team behind our taonga treasured collections and exhibitions.
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We Read Auckland 2024: Freddie Gillies - Because all fades
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Alison is joined over Zoom by author Freddie Gillies, to discuss his novel Because all fades, published by Bateman Books. The novel is about four young Kiwis on their OE, having the time of their lives - until a serious incident changes everything. Freddie is an exciting new voice in New Zealand fiction. Because all fades can be borrowed from Besti…
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We Read Auckland 2024: Dr Ineke Meredith - On call
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Alison is joined over Zoom by author Dr. Ineke Meredith, to discuss her extraordinary memoir, On Call: Stories from my life as a surgeon, a daughter and a mother, published by Harper Collins New Zealand. The world of surgery is strange, messy, intense and lonely. Life, death, chaos and limited family life: is life in scrubs worth the sacrifice?On C…
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Strings On Streets present Flamboyance, 18 April
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In collaboration with Auckland Philharmonia’s Aspiring Musicians Programme, Strings on Streets bring a fresh and flamboyant programme of classical and iconic movie theme favourites to this Auckland Libraries Heritage Concert. Included are Hadyn’s Emperor Quartet in C, and Mozart’s String Quartet No.20, contrasted with the evocative tango “Por Una C…
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In a further collaboration with the Auckland Philharmonia’s Aspiring Musicians Programme, the talented Kaha Trio return to our Thursday Heritage Concerts stage. Lorna Zhang (violin), Madeleine Xiao (piano) and Damon Herlihy-O'Brien (cello) bring together a programme called Invierno (Winter), including two works by J.S Bach, Tchaikovsky’s much loved…
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Mātātā Quintet present Dvorak's piano quintet no. 2, 16 May
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The newly formed Mātātā Quintet join forces to present the first movement of Dvořák's Piano Quintet No. 2. Written in 1887, this monumental chamber work reflects the Czech composer's admiration for Bohemian folk music. Infused with rich melodies and rhythmic vitality, the work exudes a pastoral charm while maintaining Dvořák's masterful handling of…
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Margaret Wegener : a musical life and legacy, 30 May
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Composer Margaret Wegener (1920 – 2020) led an extraordinary life both in the UK where she was born, and here in New Zealand, where she settled in 2005. A considerable body of Margaret's original compositions have been published, drawing praise from composers such as Ralph Vaughan Williams, Herbert Howells, and John Rutter. Auckland Libraries is pr…
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Yuhka Nagai and Kent Isomura present Winds from Japan and Europe, 13 June
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To complete our Thursday Heritage Concert Series, Japan born and raised violinist, Yuhka Nagai and NZ pianist Kent Isomura, present a programme including two NZ premier pieces by contemporary Japanese composers, alongside the works of two European greats. Six pieces by Hikaru Hayashi (1931-2012) and a Nursery song by Rikuya Terashima (1964-) from A…
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Books and Beyond: Dr. Bex Bell - Inner critic to inner coach
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Alison is joined over Zoom by author Dr Bex Bell, discussing her groundbreaking book about healing Imposter Syndrome and ending self-sabotage. Dr Bex has worked with people from all walks of life and her book is full of effective strategies that will help erase the anxiety about never feeling good enough. We had some technical issues when recording…
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Tupou Manapori, was a schoolteacher, former Manukau City Councillor and chairwoman of the Council’s Pacific Island Advisory Committee. Born in Manihiki, Rarotonga, she moved to New Zealand in 1968.In this recording, Tupou recounts her experiences as a young, Pacific Island immigrant, and talks about the ‘Dawn Raids’ in the 1970s. This interview was…
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Frank Amoah was the manager and Social Worker at the African Welfare Service Trust when this interview was conducted. Here he talks about coming to New Zealand from Ghana at the age of nineteen and the establishment of the African Welfare Service Trust. Oral history interview, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections OH-1252-008https://kura.auckland…
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Kudakwashe Tuwe, the former President of the Waitakere Ethnic Board, describes his migrant experience of coming to NZ about 10 years ago from Zimbabwe when the political situation worsened there. This interview was conducted in 2014 by Smita Biswas. Oral history interview, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections OH-1163-003.https://kura.aucklandlib…
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Diverse-city 2.0: Bulbala (Ayesha) Slimankhil
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In 2017 Auckland Libraries recorded the stories of the Auckland Regional Migrant Services. Bulbala (Ayesha) Slimankhil describes her life in Afghanistan under the Taliban and compares it with her new life in New Zealand. She talks about her first impressions and struggles after immigrating.Oral history interview, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collect…
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In this track, we hear from Boaz Habib a committee member of Waitakere Ethnic Board. He talks about his migrant experience arriving as a teenager in 1995 after growing up in Dubai and Pakistan where he was born. He also discusses his first home, facing discrimination, and how meeting a diaspora of students from various ethnicities was important for…
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Welcome to ' That’s so last Century – What we wore 1950s – 1990s'.Recorded in 2013 as part of the Dominion Road Stories Collection, Marianne Hay the owner of the specialist sewing shop Exquisite Stitch - Bernina Sewing Centre, talks with Sue Gee about her childhood sewing influences and memories. This recording was done in the shop – so you’ll hear…
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Welcome to ' That’s so last Century – What we wore 1950s – 1990s'.In this track we hear from Jay Khatri, a Mumbai born tailor who migrated to NZ in the late 1980s. He worked at clothing manufactures Street Wise and then Cambridge Clothing Company before opening his own tailoring business- Island Style (Jay's Clothing Ltd) in Henderson. This intervi…
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Welcome to ' That’s so last Century – What we wore 1950s – 1990s'.In 2019, Auckland Libraries hosted a Fashion Week talk on the theme of sustainable fashion. In this clip, we hear from Wayne Siu, retro fashion man about town, on why vintage fashion is important in the context of climate change. https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/news/2019/…
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Welcome to ' That’s so last Century – What we wore 1950s – 1990s'.In this track, jazz singer and follower of fashion, Wendy Moore provides her lived experience of post-war hair, makeup and clothing fashions. This was a time of poring over pattern books, searching out new fabrics, and home sewing. Recorded in 2017 with Sue Berman for the Rykenberg O…
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Welcome to ' That’s so last Century – What we wore 1950s – 1990s'.In this track we hear from Wendie Wright. Wendie worked with, and later married, well-known street and studio photographer John Rykenberg. In this clip, Wendie briefly recalls her mother sewing her dresses from pictures in 17 magazine. This is followed by a description of the late 19…
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This excerpt features Ellie Lim interviewed by Toni Duder. Ellie shares knowing her identity from a young age, her relationship with her queer relatives in Singapore, and coming out to her ex-partner. Ellie recollects coming out to her parents, the challenges at school, Catholicism, and her relationship with God.To listen to the complete interview,…
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Luis Claudio Troccoli de Meirellis was interviewed here by Toni Duder. Luis talks about moving to New Zealand and coming to terms with his sexuality, the work he has been doing for the queer community, and his perspective on the differences between New Zealand and Brazil for a member of the rainbow community.To listen to the complete interview, cli…
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This excerpt features the coming-out story of Shaun Hawthorne. The interview was conducted by Luis Meirelles and Toni Duder. Shaun talks about life in the ’80s, discovering more about himself in secondary school, coming out to his family and friends, being involved in the peace movements, moving into activism for gay rights and gender, and much mor…
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This excerpt features Calvin Hona interviewed by Luis Meirellis. Calvin recollects the experience at Waikato University, the uncertainty faced when leaving home and coming out, and the story of meeting his partner.To listen to the complete interview, click on this link https://bit.ly/497lsuw and submit a request using the Comments box on this pageI…
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This excerpt features Toni Duder’s story recorded by Smita Biswas. Toni recollects the relationships with friends and family, discrimination at the boarding school, and the challenges faced while coming out.To listen to the complete interview, click on this link https://bit.ly/4946Ls6 and submit a request using the Comments box on this pageImage: R…
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Duncan Matthews was interviewed by Toni Duder. Duncan speaks about the challenges faced when coming out, how the decision to tell the family occurred, and relationships with the extended family.To listen to the complete interview, click on this link https://bit.ly/49gE5w9 and submit a request using the Comments box on this page.Image: Rainbow Youth…
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Happy Pride!Alison is joined in the studio by two special guests, Rhi and Sebastian, who talk about some of their favourite queer reads.Celebrate Pride year-round and embrace your rainbow joy by exploring the huge and diverse range of books and resources at Auckland Libraries.Books mentioned on the show can be requested from the Auckland Libraries …
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Ngako: The Collections Podcast - Musical Manuscripts
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In this episode, we’re tuning in to the music making of early colonial New Zealand.We meet music librarian and curator Marilyn Portman to look at a collection of early music albums which were brought amongst personal possessions to Aotearoa, to become the soundtrack of life in the colony.To bring the soundtrack to life, we meet up with musician Pol…
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Ngako: The Collections Podcast - Auckland Poets and Libraries
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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 regul…
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Ngako: The Collections Podcast - Learning about Lapland in Rarotonga
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In this episode, we view a unique poster printed in Rarotonga in 1849.Liam Koka'ua talks us through how this poster, Pepa 9, helped to introduce the people of Rarotonga to the Sámi people, who are indigenous to the far north of Scandinavia.Rare Book specialist Jane Wild adds to the story with an additional exploration into the research, the origins…
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Ngako: The Collection Podcast - Beauty and the Beast
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In this episode, we read Beauty and the Beast through four centuries of storytelling.Rare Book specialist Jane Wild describes the look and feel of the different stories in their time, how the style of writing and illustrative formats changed, and unfolds some exquisite paper engineering.Children’s librarian Clare Cudmore-Neame adds to the story by …
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Ngako: The Collections Podcast- Fernmania
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In this episode, we take a trip back in time to the Victorian craze for fern collecting and how Fernmania was documented. Rare Book curator Renée Orr describes the work of Herbert Dobbie and Eric Craig who collected and documented ferns of Aotearoa in the last part of the nineteenth century. We are also joined by a contemporary print artist and boo…
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Ngako: The Collections Podcast - Sports Writing in the mid-20th Century
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In this episode, we look at old sporting magazines from 'the stack' with Heritage Collections curator Andrew Henry and gain insights into how New Zealand sport was written about by journalists in the mid-20th century. We talk also with history student Katia Kennedy who shares her findings on the sports being played at that time, how these were view…
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Ngako: The Collections Podcast - Ava, Kava, Kawa
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In this episode, we explore the world of Ava through a printed text of Samoan solo and the experience of library specialists Nia Vavao and Pamata Toleafoa. We visit Anau and Todd at the Four Shells Kava Lounge and learn how Kava is integral to life across Te Moana-nui-ā-Kiwa and valued and enjoyed here in Tāmaki Makaurau.See a list of references fo…
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Ngako: The Collections Podcast - Wanderlust the War Years
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In this episode, we find meaning and history in the Auckland Tramping Club’s newsletter Wanderlust. Archivist Sharon Smith shares her insights gleaned from reading the Wanderlust magazine in the period of publication during the Second World War. We are joined by current Auckland Tramping Club members, Ian, Anna and Dennis, on the Club’s programme o…
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The Snow Murders: greed, lies and violence in colonial Auckland with Sarah Ell
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A plaque in Devonport marks where in October 1847, Lieutenant Snow and his family were murdered in their beds. One of the perpetrators was subsequently hung on the same site. Who would commit such a crime? Māori Rebels hoping to incite a war, or was it the result of a botched robbery or an argument? Join author and journalist Sarah Ell as she share…
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Trio Pohadka present Klezmer and Nordic tunes, 10 August
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Doctors With Instruments from the acclaimed ensemble Pohadka launch the Spring series with a stunning programme contrasting icy and mystical Scandinavian music with warm and upbeat Jewish tunes. The Trio will explore lesser known pieces by Nordic composers Emil Hartmann and Peter Heise. These will be contrasted with the exuberant Klezmer style cham…
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Kaha Trio present Winter Wanderer, 24 August
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The Kaha Trio brings us the Winter Wanderer - a journey through two piano trios from Felix Mendelssohn and Joseph Haydn. Haydn’s Trio in G major, is also nicknamed the ‘Gypsy’ trio . As a lover of folk music, Haydn incorporated the tunes from the Verbunko dances performed by Austrian soldiers which can be especially heard in the rondo movement of t…
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Catherine Chang and Jesse Oh present 2 pianists, 88 keys! , 7th September
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In collaboration with the University of Auckland, Catherine and Jesse bring us an exciting programme which comprises four-hand piano works and solo performances, ranging from the mid-eighteenth century to the twentieth century. As a duet, they present Mozart’s Sonata in D major K.381. Composed in the Galant style, it features elegant melodies, simp…
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Kotuku Quintet present Opulence, 21 September
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Kotuku QuintetSimon Ansell (violin), John Seager (violin), Judith Gust (viola), Sally-Anne Brown (cello), Louise Webster (piano).The Kotuku Quintet returns with the Piano quintet in F minor, op. 34 by Johannes Brahms. Described as his greatest piece of chamber music it is probably the most frequently performed of his chamber works. Brahms was a dem…
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Descending Muse: Katherine Mansfield in music, 5 October
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Martin Griffiths and Polly Sussex (cellos) and Sherry Grant (piano) combine their substantial literary knowledge with musical interpretations of depth and intrigue in celebration of Katherine Mansfield's Centenary year.In 1908 Garnet Trowell, an aspiring violinist from Wellington, became the lover of Katherine Mansfield, who studied cello with his …
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Audioculture presents: Dr Aleisha Ward - The Jazz Age in Tāmaki Makaurau in Auckland
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By 1923 the Jazz Age was in full swing in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, with a variety of venues to listen and dance to jazz. The Dixieland, Trades Hall, Cafeteria, and the Click Clack Cabaret were all popular destinations. Join us as Dr Aleisha Ward takes us on a digital tour of these venues. She will explore the bands, audiences, and scandalous behav…
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Louis Becke - Pacific Explorer & Writer with Allegra Marshall
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Portrait of George Lewis Becke [cropped], ca. 1900, by unknown, vintage gelatin silver print, State Library of New South Wales, DL PX 158. Public Domain.Join expert Allegra Marshall as she helps us learn about the life and work of author Louis Becke. At the turn of the nineteenth century, he was the most prolific, significant, and internationally r…
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Miraculous medieval manuscripts - Curators talk
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In this track, we hear exhibition curators Jane Wild and Renee Orr share impressions, selections and insights into medieval manuscripts currently on display in the Gallery - Level 2 Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero | Central City Library."For most of the medieval period, from the 5th to the 15th century, books were copied out and decorated by hand. These are t…
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In this session we get up close with the 15th Century French manuscript the Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius, followed by a discussion of some fragments of very early medieval manuscripts found as part of the binding of a bible printed in 1480.Ngā mihi nui ki a koutou katoa - welcome to this podcast celebrating our Auckland Libraries Rare Book…
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I o Tatau Hapori : The Voice and the People of Our NeighbourhoodThis playlist supports an exhibition on display for August 2023 at the Franklin Hub.Oral histories often include great family history content and interesting social history. In these clips we hear some examples of different types of memories and recording. 0”45 – 2”05The first recordin…
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I o Tatau Hapori : The Voice and the People of Our NeighbourhoodThis playlist supports an exhibition on display for August 2023 at the Franklin Hub.In this track we hear stories of transport and places.0”45 – 3”45Sometimes it’s great to have places identified from old photos in oral history and sound recordings. In this interview we can hear the sc…
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I o Tatau Hapori : The Voice and the People of Our NeighbourhoodThis playlist supports an exhibition on display for August 2023 at the Franklin Hub. Pukekohe and the wider district are best known for the rich soils for growing and agriculture. In these clips we hear voices of experience related to the business of farming and market gardening.0:45 –…
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I o Tatau Hapori : The Voice and the People of Our NeighbourhoodThis playlist supports an exhibition on display for August 2023 at the Franklin Hub. Listen to a range of voices related to school and schooling. This track draws on a variety of oral history recordings. Search Kura Heritage Collections Online.Voices on this track include:0:45 - 1:45 V…
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We Read Auckland 2023: Josie Shapiro - Everything Is Beautiful and Everything Hurts
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Alison is joined in the studio by author Josie Shapiro discussing her debut novel Everything is Beautiful and Everything Hurts. This beautiful coming of age story of young runner Mickey Bloom and her determination to achieve her dreams is also a love letter to Auckland.This interview was recorded for Auckland Council Libraries' We Read Auckland fes…
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We Read Auckland 2023: Dominic Hoey - Poor People with Money
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Alison is joined in the studio by author Dominic Hoey discussing his action-packed and darkly funny novel, Poor People with Money. A fighter with a face covered in scars, a life full of debt and a brother who has mysteriously disappeared, Avondale local Monday Woolridge goes looking for income and answers in some dark places.Poor People with Money …
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We Read Auckland 2023: Dr. Emma Espiner - There's a Cure for This
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Alison is joined over Zoom by author Dr. Emma Espiner, discussing her poised and candid memoir, There’s a Cure for This. From quietly perceived inequities of her early life, Espiner's stories trace her hard-won revelations as a Māori medical student and junior doctor during the Covid-19 pandemic.There’s a Cure for This can be borrowed from Bestie c…
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