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'Absolute force': Live storytelling event honours late founder's legacy

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Weekend writer·Bay of Plenty Times·
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Tell Me Tauranga/Kōrerohia Mai, is an organisation devoted to the craft of storytelling. It’s real people telling true stories, live and without notes. And they’re on the hunt for new speakers for their latest event, themed “Legacy” and dedicated to the group’s late founder, Dawn Picken.

When Kenneth Setiu stood in front of a packed house to tell an eight-minute true story about his life, he was barefoot and held no notes or props.

Instead, he spoke from the heart.

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