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Event Description

Spend an evening with Asher Emanuel, whose book The Valley - Crime and Punishment in a New Zealand City is making waves around the country. 

The book follows three Hutt Valley men through courtrooms, prison, hospital, rehab, boarding houses and welfare offices. Their up-close and personal account brings the realities of the New Zealand criminal justice system to life through the voices of those who experience it first-hand.

Join the author in a discussion with novelist, freelance writer and Wellington based lawyer Brannavan Gnanalingam.

When

6:00PM - 7:30PM
Wednesday 17 June 2026
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Contact

04 570 6633

Where

War Memorial Library
2 Queens Drive
Hutt Central Lower Hutt
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