All three debates presented and moderated by Te Radar
2009 Debate
Topic: We still need the great New Zealand novel
Affirmative team: Author Emily Perkins, playwright Roger Hall and actor/playwright Jo Randerson
Negative team: Ex Listener editor Finlay Macdonald, poet/academic Selina Tusitala Marsh and writer Steve Braunias
2010 Debate
Topic: The (physical) book is dead
Affirmative team: Emily Perkins, actor Jennifer Ward-Lealand and writer Gordon McLauchlan
Negative team: Finlay Macdonald, Chief Censor Bill Hastings and Steve Braunias
2011 Debate
Topic: New Zealand books deserve special treatment
Affirmative team: Emily Perkins, author/former academic CK Stead and Steve Braunias
Negative team: Finlay Macdonald, author Charlotte Grimshaw and British writer Neil Cross
Log in
×