Tū is a compelling new multimedia collaboration between much-loved musician and songwriter Moana and electronic music producer Paddy Free.

This year Paula Morris, award-winning novelist, short story writer and essayist, will address the festival theme – spread the word – as our Sir Graeme Douglas Orator.

The 2018 Curnow Reader is Serie Barford, a remarkable poet with deep ties to West Auckland and a long-standing connection with the Going West Writers Festival.