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Book Launch | Hardship and Hope

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Thu 30th October 2025 | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Free

Aldersgate

309 Durham Street North
Christchurch, New Zealand

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Hardship & Hope: How poverty is designed into Aotearoa New Zealand’s economy and institutions, and why furious hope and collective resistance matters.

Join journalist Rebecca Macfie, youth justice advocate Moana Cole and Christchurch Methodist Mission executive director Jill Hawkey in discussion about the systems holding people in hardship, and insights from the front lines of community action. Facilitated by Leigh Cookson.

Scorpio Books are delighted to be the booksellers at this event.

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