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Welcome – nau mai haere mai
Kei Te Ararau o Tangaroa / Pathways Across Oceania is an attempt to understand the Gallery’s collection from the perspective of our place in Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, the Pacific Ocean.
Te Wheke: Pathways Across Oceania
This magnificent book features a selection of art from the collection and beyond, and tells a new story of Aotearoa’s art history, looking from the Pacific outwards.
Te Tāhū o ngā Maunga Tūmatakahuki
There is a gorgeous new addition on the side of Te Puna o Waiwhetū. Artist Kelcy Taratoa has created a wall work to replace Kay Rosen’s Here Are the People and There Is the Steeple, which was in place for eight years.
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The Gallery is a perfect safe space for some quiet contemplation, art appreciation and select shopping.
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Deborah Hyde
Notes
Colouring in: Cats in the Trees
This artwork is a linocut print called Cats in the Trees. The artist, Eileen Mayo, loved all animals, but cats were her favourite. What's your favourite animal?
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Colouring in: Doric Dairy
In the old days, milk was delivered to people's homes by horse and cart. The milk was ladled into tin pots (called billies) from a big metal urn. Can you find the urn where the milk is kept in this linocut? What colour is it?
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Colouring in: Victorian Jug
There are lots of beautiful flowers in the jug in this screenprint by Eileen Mayo. How many different types of flowers can you find?
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Colouring in: Toroa / Northern Royal Albatross
Did you know that the Toroa (also called the Northern Royal Albatross) is the world's largest seabird? Where do you think they live? Take a look this live web feed of a chick for a clue...
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Colouring in: In the Orchard
This gorgeous painting In the Orchard is by British artist Lucy Kemp-Welch, who was famous for her incredible paintings of horses. She also became known as 'the artist who painted Black Beauty'. Have you heard of or read the book Black Beauty? It's a story by Anna Sewell about a beautiful black horse.
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Colouring in: Flowers in a Vase
This lovely painting of flowers was painted a very long time ago, about 1685. It is called a still life, which is a drawing or painting of an arrangement of everyday objects.
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Akaroa, The Riviera of the South
Michael Purdie and I worked at Akaroa Museum recently, assisting museum staff with an influx of passengers from cruise ships visiting the town.