In this Awekura episode we talk with Pasifika Curator Pamata Toleafoa about material items which feature tapa cloth. Items include a signature greeting card to an early 1900s tapa newspaper. Pamata shares the story behind these items and the value of tapa material across Te Moana Nui a Kiwa.
To read more about this material:
Listen to a series of talks on the 1780s Alexander Shaw compiled Tapa Book - https://soundcloud.com/auckland-libraries/sets/tapa-talks
and view the page items online here: kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/c…144/rec/5
Visit to see these items on display at the Central City Library through to March 2026 in the Lupe I Vao Ese exhibition: https://new.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/en/lupe-i-vao-ese.html
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In this Awekura episode we talk with Pasifika Curator Pamata Toleafoa about material items which feature tapa cloth. Items include a signature greeting card to an early 1900s tapa newspaper. Pamata shares the story behind these items and the value of tapa material across Te Moana Nui a Kiwa.
To read more about this material:
Listen to a series of talks on the 1780s Alexander Shaw compiled Tapa Book - https://soundcloud.com/auckland-libraries/sets/tapa-talks
and view the page items online here: kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/c…144/rec/5
Visit to see these items on display at the Central City Library through to March 2026 in the Lupe I Vao Ese exhibition: https://new.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/en/lupe-i-vao-ese.html
In this episode of Other Worlds, we discuss an important part of the history and development of the science fiction genre - the power and influence of fans!
To discuss this, Sue Berman is joined by Other Worlds exhibition curator, Andrew Henry. We examine how the influence of fandom has helped shape and define science fiction since its inception as a genre, and just how integral the fan base is to the development of seminal works.
Visit the onsite exhibition and join us in a series of events and activations:
www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Other-Worlds-exhibition
For recommended reads visit:
www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Other-Worlds-reads
Books mentioned in the podcast:
Julius Vogel. Anno Domini 2000, or, Woman's destiny. London: Hutchinson, 1889.
Sascha Stronach. The dawnhounds. Wellington: Little Hook Press, 2019.
Larry Niven. Ringworld. London: Sphere, 1973.
Amazing stories, vol. 21, no. 4. Chicago: Ziff-Davis, April 1947.
Amazing stories, vol. 25, no. 10. Chicago: Ziff-Davis, October 1951.
Astounding science fiction, vol. 7, no. 7. London: Atlas, December 1950.
Analog, vol. 81, no. 1. New York: Condé Nast, March 1968.
Noumenon: the New Zealand science fiction magazine, no. 1. Waiheke: B. Thurogood, 1976.
Sneetche: science fiction fan magazine, vol. 1, no. 1. Auckland: Faniverse Publishing, March 1983.
Time space visualiser: the journal of the New Zealand Doctor Who Fan Club, no. 73. Auckland: Adam McGechan, May 2006.
Warp: the magazine of the National Association for Science Fiction, no. 22. Wellington: The Association, May 1981.
Music credit: https://www.melodyloops.com/tracks/space-harmony/
Image from covers of Julius Vogel. Anno Domini 2000, or, Woman's destiny. London: Hutchinson, 1889 and Amazing stories, vol. 21, no. 4. Chicago: Ziff-Davis, April 1947.
Produced by Sue Berman and JL.
Ngā Pātaka Kōrero - Auckland Libraries
In this Awekura episode we talk with Pasifika Curator Pamata Toleafoa about material items which feature tapa cloth. Items include a signature greeting card to an early 1900s tapa newspaper. Pamata shares the story behind these items and the value of tapa material across Te Moana Nui a Kiwa.
To read more about this material:
Listen to a series of talks on the 1780s Alexander Shaw compiled Tapa Book - https://soundcloud.com/auckland-libraries/sets/tapa-talks
and view the page items online here: kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/c…144/rec/5
Visit to see these items on display at the Central City Library through to March 2026 in the Lupe I Vao Ese exhibition: https://new.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/en/lupe-i-vao-ese.html
