Plans for the Newtoun communitys Waitangi Day celebrations are well under way. The Tape Orchestras practising like mad. Monty and Mr Steve Vibrant are designing a poster. Rishis trying to land Lil Yacht Shifty and Ms Ropatas juggling it all because everyone wants in. Therell be curry and cake, kapa haka, halal sausages, foam blasters, the Naenae dirtman, and kiss-the-goat -- if Constable Rutene can manage to chase one down. In the meantime, Dreadflocks considering a blog, Brionys Mums being a helicopter, and everyones eating a lot of lolly cake. In the boundary-riding tradition of the Annual project, Annual Inks latest title #Tumeke! brings you the lives, loves and larrikin spirit of an inner-city neighbourhood. The story is told through texts, Instagram posts, emails, fliers, committee minutes, posters, diary entries, blog posts, chatrooms, school homework, raps and the reliably bonkers community noticeboard. Stuffed with big personalities, surprising friendships and a little intrigue, this multimedia story brims with creativity and comedy, and everyday heartaches, too. Debut novelist Michael Petherick juggles a large cast and multiple story threads with panache, giving us a window on a vivid, warm-hearted community.
Michael Petherick lives, writes, and plays music in Wellington, New Zealand. He wrote the popular Rhyme Ninja poems in Annual, and first introduced readers to the seething world of Newtoun in Annual 2s prequel, Community Noticeboard.
