Artist Dick Frizzell’s new memoir Hastings: Dying, lying and a Hawke’s Bay childhood

In a recent feature for the The New Zealand Herald, Dick Frizzell reflects on memory, storytelling and the blurred line between fact and fiction ahead of his new memoir Hastings: A Boy’s Own Adventure. Speaking with writer Kim Knight, Frizzell revisits his Hawke’s Bay childhood through a series of vivid, often humorous recollections that balance truth with imaginative reconstruction.

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March 9, 2025