Whiriwhiri Kōrero - Woven Stories of Resilience

Join us for an inspiring evening of story sharing, at which six Hibiscus Coast locals will tell their personal stories of adversity and resilience.

This thought-provoking event is particularly topical as we learn to navigate increasingly complex global challenges. By sharing in these real-life stories we hope listeners will make meaningful connections and be able to provide hope to others when overcoming life’s many obstacles. Please join us for an evening to remember.

This event is part of Auckland Council Libraries’ We Read Auckland | Ka Pānui Tātau i Tāmaki Makaurau.

PROGRAMME

6:00pm Doors open
6:30pm Event begins

Story 1 - The journey of a mother of a non-speaking autistic daughter who found her voice through spelling to communicate.

Story 2 - Love Soup - feeding the need of the community: a journey to healing, sharing hope and making dreams come true in serving others.

Story 3 - Cystic Fibrosis: one speaker’s account of what Cystic Fibrosis is and what it is like living with the condition.

Story 4 - Beating the Measures, Breaking the Lies: Overcoming the measures that others make of us and breaking out of the lies that people tell us about ourselves.

7:25pm Q&A
7:35pm Break

Story 5 - Work-life balance: As a detective since 1986, this speaker’s daily life involves death and tragedy as well as associated media pressure. Maintaining work-life balance in such a role is critical to ensure the physical and emotional wellbeing that enables him to be a loving family person outside of work.

Story 6 - Cultural Survival: Emigrating to New Zealand as a teenager and widowed when she was pregnant with three children under the age of eight, this determined speaker set out to ensure that her children would know about and feel proud of their Niuean culture.

Story 7 - Making the change to a values-based life. From selling chemicals to becoming a community activator and environmental educator in a largely off-grid tiny home, this story details the extensive life changes that our guest speaker made to ensure that her work and lifestyle reflected her values.

8:20pm Q&A
8:30pm Finish

BOOKINGS: Please RSVP to chloe.burchell@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz, or contact the Whangaparaoa Library to confirm your attendance. Thank you.

MASKS: All audience members are requested to wear a mask at this event. Note: Speakers may remove their masks when sharing their stories.