As acclaimed Kiwi photographer Marti Friedlander travelled around the country, she made a point of seeking out artists, capturing portraits of them in their homes and studios. This combined exhibition features those photographs together with works by each of the artists. We can follow Rita Angus, Ralph Hotere, Toss Woollaston and more along a timeline of cultural changes, and...
According to ancient worldviews indigenous to China, the universe, humanity and all existence evolved from a single origin, inheriting a spiritual and physical reality. Such perspectives have informed this exhibition of visual arts by Tessa Ma'auga, which seeks to convey the genealogical, philosophical, cultural and artistic connections that flow between Southern China and Aotearoa through...
Our annual exhibition of NCEA Level 3 artwork returns. Each year we display the folios of students from around the region who received the Excellence grade in painting, photography, printmaking, design and more.
Toi Koru presents the first major survey exhibition of paintings by the Māori master of colour and kōwhaiwhai, Dr Sandy Adsett. Featuring sixty paintings created over six decades, Toi Koru tracks the trajectory of Adsett’s painting practice from the late 1960s to today. The exhibition features artworks from major public collections, including the National Museum...
Do you have too little wool, or find you're missing just the right kind or colour? The Fibre Fest is the place to go! Vendors from our region and beyond will set up shop in the museum and you can browse their wares, swap tips and discuss techniques.
Our annual exhibition of NCEA Level 3 artwork returns. Each year we display the folios of students from around the region who received the Excellence grade in painting, photography, printmaking, design and more.
Toi Koru presents the first major survey exhibition of paintings by the Māori master of colour and kōwhaiwhai, Dr Sandy Adsett. Featuring sixty paintings created over six decades, Toi Koru tracks the trajectory of Adsett’s painting practice from the late 1960s to today. The exhibition features artworks from major public collections, including the National Museum...
Welcome to the School Holidays at Te Manawa! For an overview of our activity programme, click here. To see the programme on our calendar, click here.
Our annual exhibition of NCEA Level 3 artwork returns. Each year we display the folios of students from around the region who received the Excellence grade in painting, photography, printmaking, design and more.
Toi Koru presents the first major survey exhibition of paintings by the Māori master of colour and kōwhaiwhai, Dr Sandy Adsett. Featuring sixty paintings created over six decades, Toi Koru tracks the trajectory of Adsett’s painting practice from the late 1960s to today. The exhibition features artworks from major public collections, including the National Museum...
Head back to the 19th century for a taste of life in the olden days. Make your own butter, bake pikelets and dress up as someone from 150 years ago! Butter churning begins at 10am; pikelet baking at 10.30am and washing at 11am. Please note that because these activities are processes, to join in you...
Dress up as your favourite book character and head to the museum for an evening of fun, games and dancing.
Our annual exhibition of NCEA Level 3 artwork returns. Each year we display the folios of students from around the region who received the Excellence grade in painting, photography, printmaking, design and more.
Did you know that almost 50% of gamers are women? Though they still comprise less than 10% of the industry, the contribution of women is enormous. Press play at Codebreakers: Women in Games, a free exhibition that transforms our upstairs gallery into an immersive and interactive game zone. Grab a controller and play an array...
Toi Koru presents the first major survey exhibition of paintings by the Māori master of colour and kōwhaiwhai, Dr Sandy Adsett. Featuring sixty paintings created over six decades, Toi Koru tracks the trajectory of Adsett’s painting practice from the late 1960s to today. The exhibition features artworks from major public collections, including the National Museum...
Step into the Yorb Cosmodome, launch into space and find out what makes our planet so special. Presentations begin at 10am, 11am, 12 noon and 1pm.
Head back to the 19th century for a taste of life in the olden days. Make your own butter, bake pikelets and dress up as someone from 150 years ago! Butter churning begins at 10am; pikelet baking at 10.30am and washing at 11am. Please note that because these activities are processes, to join in you...
Cap off the school holidays with Party Pigs!, a delightful puppetry story set around the excitement and anticipation of a child’s birthday party – piggy style! After accidentally spoiling one little piggy’s birthday, nine little piggies decide to throw a surprise party for their friend. Working together, the excitement builds until they just can’t wait any...
Cap off the school holidays with Party Pigs!, a delightful puppetry story set around the excitement and anticipation of a child’s birthday party – piggy style! After accidentally spoiling one little piggy’s birthday, nine little piggies decide to throw a surprise party for their friend. Working together, the excitement builds until they just can’t wait any...
The story of Gallipoli - told by those who were there Voices of Gallipoli (by Maurice Shadbolt and adapted by Arthur Meek) is a collection of verbatim testimonies from veterans who fought at Gallipoli and lived to tell the tale. Join us at Te Manawa to hear three of them spoken out loud as a...
Did you know that almost 50% of gamers are women? Though they still comprise less than 10% of the industry, the contribution of women is enormous. Press play at Codebreakers: Women in Games, a free exhibition that transforms our upstairs gallery into an immersive and interactive game zone. Grab a controller and play an array...
Toi Koru presents the first major survey exhibition of paintings by the Māori master of colour and kōwhaiwhai, Dr Sandy Adsett. Featuring sixty paintings created over six decades, Toi Koru tracks the trajectory of Adsett’s painting practice from the late 1960s to today. The exhibition features artworks from major public collections, including the National Museum...
Our annual exhibition of NCEA Level 3 artwork returns. Each year we display the folios of students from around the region who received the Excellence grade in painting, photography, printmaking, design and more.
Dr. Leonard Bell is an esteemed New Zealand art historian. He has taught art history at the University of Auckland and a number of other Universities around the world since 1973, and written many books on New Zealand art history and photography. Most recently he published Marti Friedlander: Portraits of the Artists to coincide with...
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Aotearoa New Zealand
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(Opens 1pm Anzac Day. Closed Good Friday, Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. Open Mondays during School Holidays)
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