Russell Brown and the Book Council launched the Great New Zealand Argument: Ideas About Ourselves last night at the Film Archive in Wellington. After an introduction from Russell, the audience were treated to a video
of the famous Lange Oxford Union debate speech which is included in transcript form in Russell’s new book. This was
followed with a panel argument about New Zealand featuring Public Address’s Che Tibby, Jim Traue (who wrote Ancestors of
the Mind: A Pakeha Whakapapa, one of the essay’s in the book), Frontseat Producer Gemma Gracewood and Russell. Photos by
Alastair Thompson.
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