# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Truth in the Telling
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 27 Sep, 2026 at 03:30 pm – Sun, 27 Sep, 2026 at 08:00 pm (+13:00)
- **Event Description**: How do we write other people’s stories? What do we leave in and what remains unseen?

Asher Emanuel’s The Valley: Crime & Punishment in a New Zealand City is a propulsive and narrative driven exploration of the lives of three men entrenched in the criminal justice system. Acknowledged with the 2026 Te Kohu Kairangi award for best reporting of Māori affairs, the investigative journalism of Aaron Smale (Ngāti Porou, Ngāpuhi, Pākehā) has included abuse in state care, and environmental exploitation as examined in his book, Tairāwhiti: Pine, Profit and the Cyclone. How do these writers capture the stories of others by using fiction writing techniques: creating arcs, characterising people, unfurling facts – without blurring the line of truth?

In conversation with writer and journalist, Māni Dunlop (Ngāpuhi) they discuss the influence of fiction on their work, and how narrative can drive new ways of understanding facts.

Order your copy of the featured writers’ books at Unity Books Wellington, Verb’s Official Festival Bookselling Partner.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/wellington/truth-in-the-telling/200030598989729
- **Event Categories**: Art, literary-art, Festivals
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Wellington
- **state**: WG
- **country**: New Zealand
- **location**: Hannah Playhouse
- **lat**: -41.29372
- **long**: 174.78368
- **full address**: Hannah Playhouse, 12 Cambridge Terrace,Wellington, New Zealand

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Truth in the Telling being held?
  - **A:** Truth in the Telling takes place on Sun, 27 Sep, 2026 at 03:30 pm to Sun, 27 Sep, 2026 at 08:00 pm at Hannah Playhouse, 12 Cambridge Terrace,Wellington, New Zealand.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Truth in the Telling?
  - **A:** Truth in the Telling is organized by Verb Wellington.

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