Helen Brown
Helen Brown (Ngāi Tahu) is co-manager of the Ngāi Tahu Archive. She works with Ngāi Tahu communities on history and memory projects including oral histories, exhibitions, interpretation, and publications. Helen leads the Ngāi Tahu Archive publishing programme including the award-winning Tāngata Ngāi Tahu series.
Find Helen's books at UBS - University Bookshop Canterbury.
Events at WORD
Re-storying the life of a wāhine matātoa
Join wāhine Kāi Tahu Angela Wanhalla, Helen Brown and Cindy Diver in conversation as they discuss their own connection.
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Richard Shaw
Politics professor and writer Richard Shaw’s new book The Good Settler is the third in a trilogy by one of our most incisive writers on decolonisation.
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Shortland Pounamu
Taonga are potent connectors travelling across space, time, and generations. Imbued with the whakapapa of our tīpuna, they connect our past, present, and future.
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🇳🇿 WORD Christchurch gets the city buzzing with books, ideas and kōrero. Next festival: 1 - 6 September 2026. Watch out for events through the year!