Joseph Trinidad Joins Nelson Arts Festival Pukapuka Talks Over Labour Weekend
Joseph Trinidad appears in two Nelson Arts Festival Pukapuka Talks sessions over Labour Weekend 2026: with Tina Makereti on Sunday 25 October and with Pax Assadi on Monday 26 October at the Nelson Centre of Musical Arts.
A Scoop press release dated 14 October 2026 promoting Nelson Arts Festival Labour Weekend programming names author Joseph Trinidad in two Pukapuka Talks sessions. The festival runs from 22 October to 1 November 2026.
On Sunday 25 October, according to the Scoop release, Pukapuka Talks continues with Tina Makereti and Joseph Trinidad exploring ancestry, whānau and the stories that shape us. The Nelson Centre of Musical Arts (NCMA) lists that session as Big Worlds in Short at 10:00 am on 25 October at NCMA, 48 Nile Street, Nelson, organised by Nelson Arts Festival and chaired by Sylvan Thomson. NCMA describes Trinidad as a 2023 Adam Prize winner appearing with Tina Makeriti.
On Labour Day Monday 26 October, the Scoop release says writer Joseph Trinidad and comedian Pax Assadi find the funny side of migration, family, identity and our most cringe-worthy moments. NCMA lists Making Sense & Making Fun at 1:00 pm on 26 October at the same venue, chaired by Ahmed Osman.
NCMA's Making Sense & Making Fun page says Trinidad's memoir-in-essays Lucky Creatures is about rebuilding life after his family emigrated from the Philippines. Assadi's Mortified is described there as exploring what we gain by embracing moments that make us cringe.
Key facts
- Scoop dated 14 October 2026 names Joseph Trinidad in Nelson Arts Festival Pukapuka Talks on Sunday 25 October with Tina Makereti and on Monday 26 October with Pax Assadi.
- NCMA lists Big Worlds in Short for 25 October 2026 at 10:00 am at 48 Nile Street, Nelson, with Tina Makeriti and Joseph Trinidad, chaired by Sylvan Thomson.
- NCMA lists Making Sense & Making Fun for 26 October 2026 at 1:00 pm at the same venue; it describes Lucky Creatures as about rebuilding life after Trinidad's family emigrated from the Philippines.
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