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150th Celebrations for Rawene School - Easter 2009
The 150th reunion for Rawene School will be held during Easter 2009. The event, held over the weekend of April 11 and 12, promises to be a big occasion including formal commemoration events, entertainment, historical displays and a wide range of social activities.
Registration forms can be obtained from the School Secretary, Vicki Leef on 09-405-7885, email office@raweneprimary.school.nz, or write to Rawene School, P.O.Box 59, Rawene. Registrations are $25.
Te Huringa/Turning Points
Pākehā Colonisation and Māori Empowerment
Paintings from some of New Zealand’s best known modern and historical artists feature in an exhibition toured by Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui – the Sarjeant Gallery of Wanganui – and supported by the Fletcher Trust, Te Puni Kōkiri and Māori Television.
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Bell Francis Dillon ’New Zealand Bush’ |
Te Huringa/Turning Points – Pākehā Colonisation and Māori Empowerment charts a stunning visual history of Aotearoa’s journey from early European contact, settlement and colonisation through to contemporary perspectives by 20th and 21st century artists.
The exhibition features magnificent paintings from the Fletcher Trust Collection as well as the Sarjeant Gallery Permanent Collection, and includes work by Darcy Nicholas, Sandy Adsett, Robyn Kahukiwa, Emare Karaka, Shane Cotton and Peter Robinson as well as Augustus Earle, Nicholas Chevalier, Francis Dillon Bell, Charles Goldie, Colin McCahon and Gordon Walters.
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Matthew Dowman |
The diverse range of works are devoted either to the representation of Māori and Māori subject matter by Pākehā in New Zealand's art history or, as the turning point, the way in which Māori as art practitioners have reflected their own ideas and concerns.
Te Huringa/Turning Points has been co-curated by Peter Shaw, curator of the Fletcher Trust Collection, and Dr Jo Diamond (Ngapuhi), a lecturer in art history from the University of Canterbury. Each painting in the exhibition has a dual interpretation by the two curators reflecting their culturally different viewpoints.
For more information about the exhibition, go to www.fletchertrust.co.nz
Te Manawa, Palmerston North
May 2008 – Aug 2008
Suter Gallery, Nelson
Sept 2008 – Nov 2008
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
Dec 2008 - Mar 2009
Christchurch Art Gallery
April 2009 – June 2009
Auckland Museum
Aug 2009 – Oct 2009
(with Te Hokinga from Peabody Institute, Salem Mass., USA)
Whangārei Art Gallery
Feb 2010 – May 2010
Tauranga Art Gallery
TBA