# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Author Talk | Peter Dowling and Takerei Norton
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 18 Nov, 2025 at 07:30 am
- **Event Description**: Scorpio Books warmly welcomes you to a special author talk with Peter Dowling and Takerei Norton.

Peter Dowling is the publisher of Oratia Books, which he launched in 2009 after being publishing manager of Reed Publishing (NZ) and chief editor of Kozo System (Tokyo). Over many year he has updated and extended A.W. Reed’s research into place names in books including The Reed Dictionary of New Zealand Place Names (2002), Place Names of New Zealand (2010) and Māori Place Names (2017).

Takerei Norton (Ngāi Tahu) is co-manager of the Ngāi Tahu Archive. His field of interest is the collation, storage and use of traditional Māori knowledge. Since 2005 Takerei has managed Kā Huru Manu, the Ngāi Tahu Cultural Mapping Project. He also managed the development of Kareao, the online archive database that provides unprecedented access to the Ngāi Tahu Archive.

This author talk will feature discussion on Peter’s latest book New Zealand Place Names: Common, Contested and Curious Names from Aotearoa to Zalatown and Takerei’s work on Kā Huru Manu.

All welcome, refreshments provided. Free event. Please send in your RSVP.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/christchurch/author-talk-peter-dowling-and-takerei-norton/200029090346456
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 9

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Christchurch
- **state**: CA
- **country**: New Zealand
- **location**: Scorpio Books
- **lat**: -43.532460954
- **long**: 172.63556387033
- **full address**: Scorpio Books, Five Lanes at the BNZ Centre. 120 Hereford St,Christchurch, New Zealand

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Author Talk | Peter Dowling and Takerei Norton being held?
  - **A:** Author Talk | Peter Dowling and Takerei Norton takes place on Tue, 18 Nov, 2025 at 07:30 am to Tue, 18 Nov, 2025 at 07:30 am at Scorpio Books, Five Lanes at the BNZ Centre. 120 Hereford St,Christchurch, New Zealand.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Author Talk | Peter Dowling and Takerei Norton?
  - **A:** Author Talk | Peter Dowling and Takerei Norton is organized by Scorpio Books.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Author Talk | Peter Dowling and Takerei Norton is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Christchurch, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Author Talk | Peter Dowling and Takerei Norton sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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