Meretoto – Wero

Meretoto/Ship Cove - encounters 250 years on

Neil Pardington, Denise Copland, Michel Tuffery, Nigel Brown, Barry Cleavin, John Walsh
19 November to 13 December 2019

Leading fine artists respond to Meretoto (Ship Cove), 250 years on from first encounters between Māori and Captain James Cook. They explore concepts of received histories, connections with Tupaia, ideas around motifs of colonisation. More details below.

A Love for Nature
Nigel Brown

Plain Song – For the Gorse and Broom
JS Parker

Ashburton Riverbook III
Gregory O’Brien

When You Return
John Pule

Whale Years / Migratory Species
Gregory O’Brien

Raoul Island Whale Survey
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Gregory O’Brien

Star Navigators
John Pule & Greg O’Brien

Ode to the Fishing Rock Derrick / Raoul Island
Gregory O’Brien

In a Green Night
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Gregory O’Brien

On the Naming and Renaming of Islands
Gregory O’Brien

Navigational Aids/Waihi
Gregory O’Brien

Where to Go to
John Pule & Greg O’Brien

Sailing to Raoul
John Pule & Greg O’Brien

Pacific Mandala
Jim Wheeler

Five Finger Summer Pentangle
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Jim Wheeler

Mimic
Graham Bennett

Hidden Depths
Graham Bennett