Kā Kaupapa o te Wā
What’s On
Made in the Pacific: A Collection of Tāoga
A selection of Pacific tāoga from the Canterbury Museum in conversation with contemporary artworks that highlight the continued strength in culture and traditional art forms.
Mark Adams: A Survey | He Kohinga Whakaahua
A comprehensive survey spanning the artist's career.
Ana Iti: Ngahere Behind a Pile of Metal
An immersive installation considering the legacies of deforestation and significance of kauri trees.
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
Exhibition
Archive Lounge: The Art of the Map
A book without a map is like toast without butter. Explore the magic that maps bring to books.
Collection
John Gould, Elizabeth Gould, Charles Hullmandel Neomorpha Gouldii (The Huia)
English naturalist and artist duo John and Elizabeth Gould spent nineteen months in Australia, mainly New South Wales, from 1838. The birds they drew and painted – including two (now extinct) huia brought across from New Zealand – became The Birds of Australia, a vast series of hand-coloured lithographs that was published in London between 1840 and 1848. Sadly, Elizabeth died in 1841, long before completion of their grand project.
(Out of Time, 23 September 2023 – 28 April 2024)
Collection
Madison Kelly Cloud Forest, Te Korowai o Mihiwaka
In addition to making art, Madison Kelly is a kaiārahi, or forest guide, at Te Korowai o Mihiwaka Orokonui Ecosanctuary, which operates in partnership with Kelly’s local hapū Kāti Huirapa ki Puketeraki. This community-led, not-for-profit conservation project near Ōtepoti Dunedin contains 307 hectares of protected cloud forest. Nourished by the mist that clings to the slopes of two mauka on either side, the kahere is home to ancient rimu and other native podocarps and offers sanctuary to many threatened native birds, reptiles, frogs, fish and insects. As kaiārahi, Kelly spends long hours in, and with, the kahere. This small field drawing – full of mottled shadows and tilting leaves – testifies to that familiarity, revealing a profound interspecies exchange that continues to deepen and strengthen under the canopy.
hapū ~ sub-tribe
mauka ~ mountains
kahere ~ bush, forest
(He Kapuka Oneone – A Handful of Soil, 2025)
