Past Exhibitions and Events

Exhibitions and events that have been held at Te Kōputu in the past are presented below in reverse chronological order (newest first).

In The Calm Glowing Warmth I Remembered

Date:

Sat, 14/09/2024 - 10:00am to Sat, 26/10/2024 - 2:00pm

Light Speed Ahead: Carved Stories Back to the Future

Date:

Sat, 27/07/2024 - 1:00pm to Sat, 14/09/2024 - 2:00pm

Through storytelling and creative expression, Elliott centralises the practice of whakairo as an apparatus for mana wāhine storytelling and world-building through the hands of a wahine. Light Speed Ahead: Carved Stories Back to the Future takes the audience on a radical journey of resistance, self-determination, healing and well-being that celebrates Indigenous bodaciousness.

About Zena:

Zena Elliott (Ngāti Awa, Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Rangitihi, Te Whānau ā Haraawaka)

Bay of Plenty Family History Month

Date:

Mon, 05/08/2024 - 10:00am to Sat, 31/08/2024 - 4:00pm

Keen to learn more about family history and whakapapa? Visit Te Whare Taonga o Taketake this month to learn about our research collections, or pop along to one of many regional events.

Ao te Pō: Pō te Ao

Date:

Sat, 06/07/2024 - 10:00am to Sat, 31/08/2024 - 2:00pm

A series of 18 drawings, in ink and Tūhourangi black sand, which collectively tell a story of a particular journey into the night realm, Te Pō.

It begins at the very beginning of space and time, when creation was still forming. This story starts with Hine-tītama (Light) retreating from Te Ao Marama, into the sanctuary of Te Pō (Night).

Not to represent, but memorialise

Date:

Sat, 06/07/2024 - 10:00am to Sat, 31/08/2024 - 2:00pm

Not to represent, but memorialise is a three channel video work that explores ways of engaging with tensions inherent in museums, archives and gardens. Thinking through the idea of the encounter in a museum context it addresses ways of engaging with taonga Māori in European collections, but also thinks through the broader British colonial project and the movement of plants and animals.