

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Lunch with Guest Speaker Paul Diamond
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 13 Apr, 2026 at 12:00 pm – Mon, 13 Apr, 2026 at 01:30 pm (+12:00)
- **Event Description**: Paul Diamond is a New Zealand writer, curator, journalist, broadcaster and historian. Join us for a historical talk on New Plymouth Pr*sonAbout this EventPaul Diamond is a New Zealand writer, curator, journalist, broadcaster and historian. He grew up in the Hutt Valley and is of Ngāti Hauā, Te Rarawa and Ngāpuhi descent. After a degree from Massey University he became a journalist. From 2011 he was the inaugural Curator, Māori at the Alexander Turnbull Library and later became Head of New Zealand and Pacific Histories and Cultures at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.In 2022, Paul wrote a book about the life of Charles Mackay called Downfall: The Destruction of Charles Mackay, which was shortlisted for the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards General Non-Fiction Award in 2023.In 1920 Charles Mackay, a former Mayor of Whanganui caused a national sensation when he shot Walter D’Arcy Cresswell, who threatened to reveal Mackay’s hidden homosexuality. Mackay was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for attempted M**der and served 6 years in different locations, including New Plymouth Pr*son, where 700 men (and women) were incarcerated for homosexual offences between 1920 and 1952. To find out about this and other Taranaki connections to the ‘Whanganui Sensation’, join Pride Taranaki for a hosted lunch event Registrations essential....Join Pride Taranaki for a subsidised lunch event
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ng%C4%81motu/lunch-with-guest-speaker-paul-diamond/100001985648144051
- **Event Categories**: Art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## 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%2Flunch-with-guest-speaker-paul-diamond-tickets-1985648144051
- **Ticket Price Range**: min: 11.43, max: 11.43, currency: NZD

## Event venue details

- **city**: Ngāmotu
- **state**: TK
- **country**: New Zealand
- **location**: Puke Ariki Library and Museum
- **lat**: -39.05711489999999
- **long**: 174.0720724
- **full address**: Puke Ariki Library and Museum, 1 Ariki Street, Ngāmotu, New Zealand

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 10
- **organizer**: Pride Taranaki (https://allevents.in/org/pride-taranaki/27041393)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Mon, 13 Apr, 2026 at 12:00 pm (+12:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Puke Ariki Library and Museum, 1 Ariki Street, Ngāmotu, New Zealand
- **Q**: What is the ticket price?
  - **A:** starting from 11.43 up to 11.43 NZD
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Pride Taranaki
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** Art, literary-art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Lunch with Guest Speaker Paul Diamond ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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