Kakariki Book Events
Different Book Related Events held at the Station Museum
A Conversation with John Lennon
Tony Taylor recalls his interviews with John Lennon in 1964, in Wellington, during The Beatles tour of New Zealand.
Caught on a recording that has sat in a garage for 50 years is a chat with John Lennon that is a bit different than most. The interview, by New Zealand academic Dr Tony Taylor, has come to light in a newly published book
John Lennon in conversation with Tony Taylor was published by the Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop.
Heil Rail double book launch – 24 October 2015
Two friends David McGill and Michael O’Leary who both have interests in books and railways launched 2 separate books at the Paekakariki Station Museum on the 24th October 2015.
David has written a spy novel, “The Death Ray Debacle” which features an inventor who tried to develop a death ray weapon before World War 2. It has a hint of truth in that the real inventor spent some time on Somes Island which David uncovered when researching another book about the island.
The other book by Michael O’Leary – “Main Trunk Lines – Collected Rail Poems” has been published by HeadworX. Spanning 30 years of his writing, Main Trunk Lines travels with him across the width and breadth of Aotearoa, via its railways.
Local musicians Gilbert Haisman and Francis Mills provided musical accompaniment for the occasion.
Stamp in the Creek book launch 2014
The G’Day Country book launch 2009
Railway historian Bob Stott was the guest speaker at this Paekakariki launch.
At 30 June 2009 launch of The G’Day Country Redux Wayne Mason sings his composition ‘What Fred Said’ about an engine driver and Mayor Jenny Rowan, seen below him, launches David’s book. Wayne said the chair I gave him to stand on was ‘the smallest stage I have performed on’.
