# Event Details

- **Event Name**: FutureTense Community Dinner: Kōrero and Kai w/ Sonya Renee Taylor and Junauda Petrus
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 12 Dec, 2025 at 08:30 am – Fri, 12 Dec, 2025 at 11:00 am
- **Event Description**: Enjoy an evening of nourishment for body and spirit — experience the wisdom & creativity of internationally acclaimed thinkers, artists, and visionaries Sonya Renee Taylor and Junauda Petrus.

A powerful evening of storytelling, connection, and imagination through an Afrofuturist lens as Sonya and Junauda share kōrero, kai, and community. Join us at the Ellen Melville Centre for a shared meal celebrating voice, identity, radical self-love, and collective visions of more just and joyful futures.

This event will include a short panel discussion with Sonya and Junauda, chaired by Dione Joseph, founder of Black Creatives Aotearoa, followed by dinner and mingling.

This event sits within FutureTense, a bold new platform for visionary storytelling that brings together Black and BIPOC artists in Aotearoa to dream futures rooted in creativity, justice, and joy. Featuring design talks, writing workshops, and community gatherings, FutureTense is umbrellaed by the inaugural Aotearoa Festival of Black Arts 2025 - a curated program of events featuring theatre music, family, friendly event, workshops, visual, art, talks, and film, celebrating African and Caribbean creativity in Aotearoa. Learn more at www.afoba.nz.

Come hungry for good kai, brave kōrero, and the company of those imagining a more loving and liberated world.

This is a free event but spaces are limited - register and reserve your spot now!
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/auckland/futuretense-community-dinner-kōrero-and-kai-w-sonya-renee-taylor-and-junauda-petrus/200029317272314
- **Event Categories**: art, workshops, business, festivals, theatre, entertainment, storytelling
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 93

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://consumer.pxf.io/c/1339408/3151484/39691?partnerpropertyid=1191892&MediaPartnerPropertyId=1191892&svlink=14105511&level=1&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Ffuturetense-dinner-korero-and-kai-w-sonya-renee-taylor-and-junauda-petrus-tickets-1918882702819%3Futm-campaign%3Dsocial%26utm-content%3Dattendeeshare%26utm-medium%3Ddiscovery%26utm-term%3Dlisting%26utm-source%3Dcp%26aff%3Debdsshcopyurl&utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=auckland-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Auckland
- **state**: AU
- **country**: New Zealand
- **location**: Ellen Melville Centre
- **lat**: -36.847749079702
- **long**: 174.76694047451
- **full address**: Ellen Melville Centre, Freyberg Square, Courthouse Ln, Auckland Central, Auckland 1010, New Zealand, Auckland

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Aotearoa Festival of Black Arts  (https://allevents.in/org/aotearoa-festival-of-black-arts/27046873)

## Event gallery

- **Alt text**: banner
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/00b8bf6c0787d0fd20640d67e4ffad200555b8ac9c2db462c2874fca9481c7c0-rimg-w1200-h442-dc312b45-gmir?v=1765119373
- **Alt text**: thumbnail
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/82123bc3503ad030b1c94916670b19955b916044350353db23e5b3e26817573a-rimg-w300-h300-dc8e4631-gmir?v=1765119373

## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 12 Dec, 2025 at 08:30 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Ellen Melville Centre, Freyberg Square, Courthouse Ln, Auckland Central, Auckland 1010, New Zealand, Auckland
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Aotearoa Festival of Black Arts
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, workshops, business, festivals, theatre, entertainment, storytelling
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about FutureTense Community Dinner: Kōrero and Kai w/ Sonya Renee Taylor and Junauda Petrus ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

## Structured Data (JSON-LD)

```json
[
    {
        "@context": "https://schema.org",
        "@type": "Event",
        "name": "FutureTense Community Dinner: Kōrero and Kai w/ Sonya Renee Taylor and Junauda Petrus",
        "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/00b8bf6c0787d0fd20640d67e4ffad200555b8ac9c2db462c2874fca9481c7c0-rimg-w1200-h442-dc312b45-gmir?v=1765119373",
        "startDate": "2025-12-12",
        "endDate": "2025-12-12",
        "url": "https://allevents.in/auckland/futuretense-community-dinner-kōrero-and-kai-w-sonya-renee-taylor-and-junauda-petrus/200029317272314",
        "location": {
            "@type": "Place",
            "name": "Ellen Melville Centre",
            "address": {
                "@type": "PostalAddress",
                "streetAddress": "Freyberg Square, Courthouse Ln, Auckland Central, Auckland 1010, New Zealand",
                "addressLocality": "Auckland",
                "addressRegion": "AU",
                "addressCountry": "NZ"
            },
            "geo": {
                "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
                "latitude": "-36.847749079702",
                "longitude": "174.76694047451"
            }
        },
        "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode",
        "description": "Enjoy an evening of nourishment for body and spirit — experience the wisdom & creativity of internationally acclaimed thinkers, artists, and visionaries Sonya Renee Taylor and Junauda Petrus.\n\nA powerful evening of storytelling, connection, and imagination through an Afrofuturist lens as Sonya a",
        "organizer": [
            {
                "@type": "Organization",
                "name": "Aotearoa Festival of Black Arts ",
                "url": "https://allevents.in/org/aotearoa-festival-of-black-arts/27046873"
            }
        ]
    }
]
```