What’s On
Edith Amituanai and Sione Tuívailala Monū: Toloa Tales
New video works trace migratory threads across Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa as the artists return to their ancestral homeland.
Marilynn Webb: Folded in the Hills
A major survey exhibition of Ngāpuhi, Te Roroa and Ngāti Kahu artist Marilynn Webb.
From Here on the Ground
Populated places and cityscapes converge with backyards, factories and remote railway stops. Open now!
Open 7 days, 10am - 5pm
Late night Wednesday until 9pm
Free entry, free wifi
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Malevich was a sailor
My recent visit to Nelson's Founders Heritage Park last week was motivated by the incredible collection of ancient printing equipment in the Nelson Printery. However, a surprise lay in wait for me on entering the Maritime Building.
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Along the Heaphy Highway
An invitation to stay with friends at Mapua recently was an offer too good to turn down, and provided a thankful respite from the beaten and bruised town of Christchurch.
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Hopping up North
Malt is the soul of beer and yeast gives it life but the kiss of the hop is the vitality of that life. Tom Inglis
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Heavy metal and the black arts
To a self-confessed printing-press spotter like me, this Diadem treadle platen press, which belonged to Leo Bensemann, is quite simply an awesome machine.
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Who watches the watchmen?
John Robert Godley (1814–1861) and William Rolleston (1831–1903), two key players in the history of Christchurch, both tumbled off their perches on 22 February.
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The Easy Ride
Cycling is still one of the easiest way to get round the inner suburbs of Christchurch after the run of recent earthquakes, but you have to have your wits about you.
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Flying Flywheels
Leo Bensemann's Diadem platen press being transported from the Gallery back to its home at the Ferrymead Printing Society today.
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Smith's Bookshop
Julian Dashper's drawing/collage Blue Cross at Smith's Bookshop captures something of the friendly chaos that welcomed visitors as they stepped off the footpath of Manchester street and into one of Christchurch's most well-known and best-loved bookstores.
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Space for reflection
This week saw us begin the return of Petrus van der Velden's Otira paintings and drawings to public and private collections throughout New Zealand.