Kā Kaupapa o te Wā
What’s On
Taniwha Talks: Artist Kōrero
Join artists Lisa Reihana, Maungarongo Te Kawa, Francine Spencer, Kahurangiariki Smith and Madison Kelly for a lively kōrero.
Whāia te Taniwha Book Launch
Bring your whānau and join the writers of our new pukapuka as they read excerpts from their taniwha tales.
Te Pō Taniwha
It’s party time. Celebrate the opening of Whāia te Taniwha with a night of music and kai.
E tuwhera ana te wharetoi i kā rā e 7 o te wiki, 10am - 5pm
Ka tuwhera ki te 9pm i kā pō Wenerei
Open 7 days, 10am - 5pm
Late night Wednesday until 9pm
Uruka utukore, ahokore utukore
Free entry, free wifi
1979 advertising
Recently uncovered in the archives was this 1979 slide advertising the exhibition Glass: a survey of two millennia of glassmaking.
Over the Reefs and Far Away
Always on the lookout for connections between New Zealand and overseas artists, one interesting visitor to our shores was the renowned Irish wood-engraver Robert Gibbings who first visited New Zealand in late 1945.
Digital forensics
I'd been meaning to nail the location of Petrus van der Velden's moody 1890 charcoal drawing, 'Near Sumner', for a while...
Sounds of the city
Justin commented recently on the colours of a city, but cities – including this one – have no less distinctive trademark sounds.
