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The Featherston Booktown Podcast
The Featherston Booktown Karukatea Festival is where we celebrate books, storytelling and ideas, and the artefact and craft of the book.
Join NZ Herald Columnist Shane Te Pou and Booktown volunteer Phil Quin for a series of enlightening and entertaining discussions with some of the featured guests from the Festival.
The Festival takes place from 10 -12 May 2024 in Featherston, Aotearoa - New Zealand.
The Featherston Booktown Podcast
The Shaky Isles: The National Shift from 2017-2023
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2017-2023 was one of the most momentous and unpredictable periods in our country's history - between Covid, the Christchurch terrorist attack, Jacindamania, He Puapua, the National Party's implosion, an unprecedented MMP victory, and more. How have those years shaped us?
Moderated by Toby Manhire (The Spinoff), a panel comprising former National Party Minister Chris Finlayson, Former Speaker of the House Sir Trevor Mallard and political journalists Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (TVNZ) (Te Arawa, Rangitāne, Ngāti Porou) and Henry Cooke (Stuff) discussed how where we've been informs where we're going.
This episode was recorded at the 2026 Featherston Booktown Karukatea Festival.