From the Centre by Patricia Grace
Patricia Grace Photo: RNZ / Aaron Smale
A memoir. Patricia Grace begins with her grandparents and parents and takes us through her childhood, her education, marriage and up to the present day in this touching and self-deprecating story of her life, the life of a writer, of a Maori woman and of a teacher. It expresses the love for family and for ancestral land; shows the prejudices she had to face and that made her stronger; and tracks her career as a writer.
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From the Centre - Pt 1
5:00 AM.From the Centre, that has been described as the remarkable memoirs of a remarkable writer, and goes on to say she is one of New Zealand's most prominent and celebrated Maori fiction authors and a… Read more Audio
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From the Centre - Pt 2
5:00 AM.Patricia turns over her earliest memories living close to Wellington zoo in the years before world war two. Audio
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From the Centre - Pt 3
5:00 AM.It wasn't till Patricia started school that she realised that she was maori. Audio
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From the Centre - Pt 4
5:00 AM.Patricia finds that she feels most at home when she visits Hongoeka bay. Audio
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From the Centre - Pt 5
5:00 AM.Patricia wins a scholarship to St Marys College, Wellington and finds that she is one of only two maori in the school. Audio
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From the Centre - Pt 6
5:00 AM.Patricia and Dick become engaged and soon are married. Their life together gets underway both doing their country service teaching in rural schools. Audio
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From the Centre - Pt 7
5:00 AM.Patricia is impressed by Noel Hilliard's Maori Girl and sets out on the path towards becoming a writer herself. Audio
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From the Centre - Pt 8
5:00 AM.Patricia is greatly pleased to finally see the opening of the new wharenui Te Heke-mai-raro at Hongoeke marae. Audio
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From the Centre - Pt 9
5:00 AM.Patricia digs into the development of her novel Cousins. Audio
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From the Centre - Pt 10
5:00 AM.Patricia explores the writing process for her novel Chappy but is distracted by the declining health of her mother and the need to hold firm to land which was being earmarked for roading. Audio
From the Centre by Patricia Grace
Patricia Grace Photo: RNZ / Aaron Smale
A memoir. Patricia Grace begins with her grandparents and parents and takes us through her childhood, her education, marriage and up to the present day in this touching and self-deprecating story of her life, the life of a writer, of a Maori woman and of a teacher. It expresses the love for family and for ancestral land; shows the prejudices she had to face and that made her stronger; and tracks her career as a writer.