North to South: Stories, Songs and Voices of the Land

Shetland and Aotearoa are two of the world's most northern and southern islands.

Each have an indigenous tongue and culture that is being revived and fought for and each, at the far north and south of the world, are vulnerable to the effects of climate change.

In a special commission, the festival has brought together the musician and Highland Book Prize-winning Shetlandic poet of Moder Dy Roseanne Watt and acclaimed tangata whenua poet, writer and author of Slowing the Sun: Essays Nadine Anne Hura (Ngāti Hine, Ngāpuhi).

Fresh from a joint residency to wānanga and co-create in the beautiful environs of Wild Forest Estate, Northland – land nurtured by mana whenua Te Roroa for generations – they present a multi-disciplinary showcase that explores the challenges and shared concerns of their respective islands' futures.

Supported by a British Council Connections Through Culture grant.