WhakakitengaExhibitions

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Nekenekehia Tukua: A WharehokaSmith exhibition

2 July 2022 - 12 March 2023

This exhibition invites you to explore elements of design, space, tradition, and gently challenges your expectations about what Toi Māori is, was, and can be.

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Impermanence: The Tongapōrutu Coastline - a 20 year odyssey

20 May 2022 - 27 November 2022

A 20-year photographic and scientific journey of discovery into the effects of climate change along the Taranaki coastline.

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Reef Alive!

Ongoing

Welcome to a magical underwater world in project reef. Take a ride out to the reef on our boat and learn about the creatures that inhabit the deep.

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Te Takapou Whāriki

Ongoing

Enter Te Takapou Whāriki o Taranaki (The Sacred Woven Mat of Taranaki) gallery and experience the rich, deep tones of a karakia welcoming you to a place of tales and taonga.

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Taranaki Naturally

Ongoing

Trace the steps of the land from the very beginning to today. Meet the creatures that have made Taranaki home and find out about the conservation efforts underway to care for them.

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Taranaki Life

Ongoing

From a child’s toy to a soldiers’ uniform to a teapot, the Taranaki Life gallery contains a treasure trove of items telling the stories of Taranaki people, past and present.

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