Page Numbers 2018
Every year RNZ Drama selects and records for radio and online a number of original pieces of writing from the graduating writers at the International Institute of Modern Letters, Victoria University, Wellington.
Next year sees the program extend to include work from graduates of the MA in Creative Writing at the University of Auckland
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Margam ... And So - Part 1 by Sudha Rao
10 Apr 2018It's 1968. A young Indian girl arrives with her family to a very white and very chilly Dunedin. Who would have thought her love of Classical South Indian dance would be the bridge to acceptance and… Audio
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Margam ... And So - Part 2
11 Apr 2018It's 1968. A young Indian girl arrives with her family to a very white and very chilly Dunedin. Who would have thought her love of Classical South Indian dance would be the bridge to acceptance and… Audio
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Not Ash by Linda Collins
12 Apr 2018The loss of her home in an earthquake then the loss of her daughter - for New Zealander Linda Collins, one loss shook her physical foundations; the other shook her very being.
Told by Denise… Audio
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Nostalgia by K.L. Griffiths
13 Apr 2018A futuristic tale set in deep space - part thriller, part consideration of what it might mean to leave things behind in such a context?
Told by Harriet Prebble
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I Love You Darling Loretta by Lynne Robertson
16 Apr 2018A sex worker and her two friends exchange health and safety tips, discuss Kim Kardashian and dream of Paris while waiting on the street for clients.
Told by Carrie Green
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Potluck by Sharon Lam
17 Apr 2018The politics of a potluck dinner are one thing but what Paula really struggles with is the potluck nature of unlikely alliances.
Told by Lynda Chanwai Earl
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Volcano by Mia Gaudin
18 Apr 2018Mt Eden, late afternoon. The sun is setting, the champagne is flowing, relationships are shifting and Sarah is forced to consider her own mortality.
Told by Marguerite Tait-Jamieson
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Jack by Anthony Lapwood
19 Apr 2018An insight into life as a gay man in 1930's Wellington. Jack seeks to reclaim something from his past life - something he hadn't dared to imagine could be his.
Told by Alex Greig
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Love Rules by Maria Samuela
20 Apr 2018Inspired by Junot Diaz' story How to Date a Brown Girl. A joyous advisory tale bursting with energy, humour and insight, all seen through a Pacific Island lens.
Told by Stacey Leilua
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