We're everything Aotearoa literature. New Zealand's original writers fest, branching out into video, podcasts, books and live events. linktr.ee/goingwestfest
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6 Jul 2025
Join us next Sunday at Shadbolt House for The Art of the Shortest Story, a hands-on workshop with award-winning flash fiction writer @jackremiel
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22 Oct 2024
We lost one of our great poets recently, Fleur Adcock.
This piece from Newsroom gives some intriguing insights into her life and work — including into life with Maurice Shadbolt, whose former home we are working to establish as a writers residency. newsroom.co.nz/2024/10/22/fl…
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1 Aug 2024
Big news! Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga has confirmed Maurice Shadbolt House and Studio in Titirangi as a Category 1 historic place.
This is major step on our journey to creating a writers residency and programme of workshops and events.
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1 Aug 2024
You can get a sense of the house and studio what they meant to Maurice in this archival clip: teara.govt.nz/en/video/47218…
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28 Apr 2024
Very sad to hear that Sir Vincent O'Sullivan has died. Our thoughts are with all of his family and friends.
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22 Apr 2024
The Going West Trust has been working to create a residency programme for writers, based at Maurice Shadbolt's former home in Titirangi. Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga have recommended that the Maurice Shadbolt House and Studio be listed as a Category 1 historic place. (1/2)
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22 Apr 2024
Public submissions are now open until until Friday, May 10 at 4pm. We would truly appreciate if you could take a moment to read the proposal and submit on it by visiting the Heritage New Zealand website — scroll down to find the Shadbolt entry. (2/2) heritage.org.nz/places/nomin…
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7 Mar 2024
Much aroha to everyone at @pantographpunch. The Arts in Aotearoa are facing tough times, again. The stories and voices of our place and our people matter now more than ever and the Pantograph Punch has been an intelligent, critical and embracing platform for them.
5 Mar 2024
Dear readers,
From March 28th, 2024, we will be going on hiatus. The team will be putting out a more thorough piece about our thoughts and feelings at the end of the month, but for now we’d love to celebrate these last weeks with you.
Ka kite The Pantograph Punch
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4 Feb 2024
New Plymouth, you can catch the wonderful Whirlflow tonight, as part of the Toi Whenua, Toi Māori at the @GovettBrewster
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Amber Essau and Kathleen Mantel's blazing poetry film was produced for @goingwest's Different Out Loud film series.
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18 Oct 2023
Yay! Four of our films have made it into the NZ programme in the inaugural Aotearoa Poetry Film Festival. YAY!
Check out the festival's cool trailer and come to The Lighthouse cinema Cuba St on November 2 & 3.
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10 Oct 2023
And that's a wrap! All five poetry films from Different Out Loud: Edges are now available to view online at goingwestfest.co.nz/dol2
A huge Going West thank you to the artists, crews and funders who helped bring this project to life.
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8 Oct 2023
The final piece in our second season of poetry films is the incredible NGĀKAU by performance poet Michael Moore and filmmaker and taonga pūoro artist Komako-aroha Silver.
Watch it here: goingwestfest.co.nz/going-we…
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24 Sep 2023
In this new visual piece 'Waves of Ghosts', Dominic Hoey (aka Tourettes) takes a hallucinogenic walk through his life in Laingholm and surrounding west Auckland locations.
Here's Hoey's backstory by @GarethShute:
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24 Sep 2023
Take a haunted walk out west, with Dominic's Hoey and Studio Butter's Waves of Ghosts.
Shot on 16mm film, this dark journey is at once elegant and explosive, nostalgic and urgent.
Watch it here:
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24 Sep 2023
Take a haunted walk out west, with Dominic's Hoey and Studio Butter's Waves of Ghosts.
Shot on 16mm film, this dark journey is at once elegant and explosive, nostalgic and urgent.
Watch it here:
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20 Sep 2023
Need a little poetry magic on a Thursday? Take a trip to wild west Auckland...
17 Sep 2023
The first two poetry films from Different Out Loud: Edges are now live!
Check out Whirlflow, by Amber Esau and Kathleen Mantel; and What I'd Ask the Sand, by Anne Kennedy and Luke McPake.
New films will be out over the next 3 Mondays.
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17 Sep 2023
The first two poetry films from Different Out Loud: Edges are now live!
Check out Whirlflow, by Amber Esau and Kathleen Mantel; and What I'd Ask the Sand, by Anne Kennedy and Luke McPake.
New films will be out over the next 3 Mondays.
goingwestfest.co.nz/dol2
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14 Sep 2023
Poet Dominic Hoey takes a hallucinatory stroll through west Auckland in Waves of Ghosts, one of the poetry films we'll be screening in Titirangi tomorrow night.
Tickets are all sold, but keep an eye on goingwestfest.co.nz — we'll be releasing the films for the world soon.
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