Exhibitions
Events
On display
Te Rā Closing Event
Ariana Tikao, photograph by Ebony Lamb, 2021
Te Rā: The Māori Sail
Special Event
Past event
Philip Carter Family Auditorium
Te Rā performances $5 per person
Celebrate the taonga Te Rā: The Māori Sail with a performance from Ariana Tikao.
Ariana will be reading from her book Te Rā: The Māori Sail, accompanied by Mat Tait's illustrations and taoka puoro soundscapes. The book tells Te Rā's imagined life story in a series of poems, from conception, through being taken away to the other side of the world, to its reconnection with the people of Aotearoa. This special event commemorates Te Rā's return to Aotearoa and presence here in Ōtautahi. Performances at 1pm and 3pm, running time 30-35 minutes.
Whakaarahia anō te rā kaihau! Raise up again the billowing sail!
Ensure you arrive early to check out the 11am kōrero between weaver Ranui Ngarimu and pouarataki curator Māori Chloe Cull in front of Te Rā.
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Exhibition
Te Rā: The Māori Sail
8 July – 23 October 2023
Kaua mā te koroingo noa iho, engari mā te werawera rānō
Interview
The More we Learn, The Less We Know
In July 2023 Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū welcomes Te Rā. This taonga from the collection of the British Museum will be on public display in Ōtautahi for three months before travelling to Auckland Museum and then returning to London. The homecoming of this taonga is a deeply significant moment. In March, pouarataki curator Māori Chloe Cull, was joined by Ranui Ngarimu ONZM (Ngāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Ngāti Mutunga) and Dr Catherine Smith, two members of the research group that has led the project to bring Te Rā to Aotearoa, to talk about what this homecoming means to them.