Page Numbers 2019
New writing from IIML at VUW and the MA in Creative Writing at University of Auckland
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Every year RNZ Drama produces a collection of short stories from the graduating MA writers at the International Institute of Modern Letters, Victoria University Wellington.
This year, 2019, RNZ is pleased to collaborate with The University of Auckland and its Masters in Creative Writing students to extend this collection and showcase even more new work.
The collection will be broadcast in 4 parts across the second half of 2019. All the stories will eventually appear here in this online collection.
From the Producers
An audio production of a story is a different beast to words on a page: it's something that is fleeting - transient. Writing on a page is something that can be mulled over, and reconsidered at the reader's own pace. In choosing these particular pieces for production we have had, in some measure, to consider which of them might work effectively in audio form as well as work as stand-alone short stories.
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Christmas Eve 1969 - by Tom Romeo
26 Aug 2019Gordo and his mother drive through snow in search of a Christmas tree but the shadow of the boys absent father dampens their spirits Audio
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He Tōtara Wāhi Rua He Kai Nā Te Ahi - A Totara Split in Two is Fuel For the Fire by Carolyn Cossey
27 Aug 2019A story told from the perspective of Tane , God of the forest about a pair of Huia and their fiery encounter with European settlers. Audio
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Home for Dinner - by Rachel O'Connor
28 Aug 2019Jack disembarks after active service during the great war and heads for home, but what sort of welcome awaits him there? Audio
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The Cold City - by Sarah Ell
29 Aug 2019Alice learns how to fend for herself in the unforgiving world of late 19th century Melbourne. Audio
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Extraction - by Charlotte Forrester
9 Aug 2019A childhood encounter with broken teeth leads to a closer look at shards of unearthed porcelain, a mysterious cave, and the origins of life
Told by Catherine Zulver Audio
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Form Into Crystals - by Anna Rankin
8 Aug 2019The desert is, beautiful … fascinating. But it can be dangerous and has the power to change perception and indeed, behaviour
Told by Chelsea Bugnuda Audio
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Harvest - by Cassandra Barnett
7 Aug 2019The far future in Aotearoa and a major mining company has fracking rights, not just offshore, but in-shore. But it's festival night on the waterfront
Told by Tina Cook Audio
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A Skate in Town - by Max Olijnyk
6 Aug 2019Henry, a middle-aged dad and eternal skateboarder takes a day off to skate in the city and connect with the new generation
Told by Max Olijnyk Audio
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Heatwave - by Sinead Overbye
5 Aug 2019A sweltering summer holiday, the bees are dead or dying. A young woman is torn between her parents' social control and her need to find her own way
Told by Francesca Emms Audio
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Under the Bridge - by Josie Shapiro
15 Jul 2019A dystopian vision of a climate change afflicted Auckland. Audio
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The Whale Baby - by Sarah Ell
16 Jul 2019Kitty, struggling with her life as a new settler in 1860's Canterbury is perplexed by a mysterious offering from the sea. Audio
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Whatu Ngarongaro He Tangata, Toitu He Whenua - Man Disappears but the Land Remains - by Carolyn Cossey
17 Jul 2019A young maori boy processing his mother's recent death sees his first pair of huia as he gathers kai for her tangi. Audio
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The Rising Road - by Rachel O'Connor
18 Jul 2019With the shadow of war looming what does the future hold for Brigid and her beau Daniel in riot torn Dublin circa 1912. Audio
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It Was All on Account of the Dog - by Barbara Uini
19 Jul 2019A shaggy dog story about a man, a cow and a dog. Audio
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Cleaver - by Rose Lu
25 Jun 2019Any good domestic Chinese kitchen has a cleaver. In fact, it's almost all you need to prepare food - but only if you know how to use it.
Told by Nikita… Audio
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The Garden - by Michelle Rahurahu Scott
25 Jun 2019Distance and time changes people and alters their perspectives on the past. On a road trip across the North Island, Star drops into the house where he was raised and meets up with his cousin, Max.
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Saturday Market in Gondar - by Ali Benge
26 Jun 2019Where is home and where do we belong when we have lived in so many different places? A family visit back to Ethiopia and to the childhood home should be a kind of homecoming.
Told by Hannah Banks Audio
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At the Edge of the World - by Charlotte Forrester
27 Jun 2019Small moments - a pit stop near a bridge to nowhere on a road trip, sheets on a line moving in the breeze, a plastic bag sailing in the air above a landfill site - these too are parts of the very same… Audio
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Specimen - by Madison Hamill
28 Jun 2019We often imagine we hated our time at high school and were glad to leave - but time and distance separates the good from the bad and sometimes we may even miss the strange kind of freedom and… Audio
