Rohinton Mistry Rohinton Mistry (born 1952) is an Indian-born Canadian writer. He was born in Bombay, now Mumbai, to a Parsi family, as was Freddie Mercury of Queen. Parsis are a Zoroastrian religious minority of Persian ancestry. He has lived in Canada since 1975. He is considered to be one of the foremost authors of […]

In November our speaker is Dr Kirsten Moffatt who is speaking on Jane Austen and Music. For further reading, click on this link to access a paper Kirstine and colleagues have recently co-authored on class and Austen’s music in the journal Persuasions: https://jasna.org/publications-2/persuasions-online/volume-38-no-3/doolley-moffat-wiltshire/ Dr Kirstine Moffat is Associate Professor in the English Programme at the University […]

For some more drone photos of the new regional theatre site in Victoria St south, click on this link from ‘Share the Stage’: https://sharethestage.co.nz/theatre-site-from-the-air-in-october–a_rdh9

Here is an interesting resource from the National Library to mark 50 years since the passing of the Equal Pay Act 1972 in New Zealand. https://natlib.govt.nz/he-tohu/learning/discover-more/the-journey-towards-pay-equity-in-aotearoa?fbclid=IwAR1kswCf4U6SLbDvoWK32x3B301AeXHFwNfmyQu1Mg_b1j1cNOXm39osT3I