Current exhibitions

Mischief Makers

27 November 2021–6 February 2022

Image: Layne Waerea, (Waiting-for) Free-rain, video still

Whiti te rā

The story of Ngāti Toa Rangatira

Until mid 2022

Tuhiwai mere pounamu nephrite weapon 1500_1800 Otago maker unknown Gift of the Wineera family

Our Harbour

Te Awarua-o-Porirua

Children’s Interactive Gallery Space

Our Harbour – Te Awarua-o-Porirua, 2017, illustration detail by artist Mat Tait.

Melvin Day

A Modernist Perspective

27 November 2021 – 6 February 2022

Orongorongo, 1982 Oil on canvas Collection of BNZ

If the shoe fits

17 December 2021 – 20 February 2022 Bottle Creek Gallery

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Melvin Day — the legacy

Still Life and Landscape works from the Oroya & Melvin Day Charitable Trust collection

10 December 2021 – 30 January 2022

MD-Cubist Still_life_with_fish-bottle_and_fruit-1959.

If the shoe fits

17 December 2021 – 20 February 2022 Bottle Creek Gallery

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Events

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Te Wānanga o Aotearoa:
Toi workshops at Pataka

Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd January 2022

Opening soon

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Robèrt Franken – Reflections in a pond

4 FEBRUARY – 20 MARCH 2022
TOI GALLERY

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Lisa Reihana: Nomads of the Sea

27 FEBRUARY–3 JULY 2022
FREE ENTRY

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School programmes

Kids at Whiti Te Ra exhibition

Whiti Te Rā!

The story of Ngāti Toa Rangatira
Until mid 2020 - Years 1-13. 90 min

School visit to the children's gallery

Our harbour

Te Awarua-o-Porirua
Years 1-13. 90 min

Hei tiki created by students

Taonga Tuku Iho

Treasures of our Past
Years 1-10. 90 min

History Tour Rangikura - Following First Footprints School Programme

Following first footprints

You provide the transport
Year 3+. 2 Hours - Half a day

Sustainability - a fish made from found materials inspired by George Nukus Bottled Ocean

Sustainability

Reduce, Reuse and Recycle it!
All levels, 90 minutes

Eco Art in production

"Eco" Art

Art from Nature
All levels, 90 minutes

Where do we plug in

Where Do I Plug In?

Domestic Technology of the Past
Years 1-8. 90 min

Toys & games of the past

From different cultures and times
Years 1-8. 90 min

Kiwiana

Art & culture
Years 1-10. 90 minutes

Working on our art in Pasifika school programme

Pasifika Art

Art & culture
Years 1-8. 90 min

Sandy Adsett. Manu, 1985, acrylic on canvas. Artist collection

Toi Koru: Sandy Adsett

Venues for hire

Spine/Atrium

Helen Smith Community Meeting Room

Performing Arts Studio 3

Performing Arts Studio

Tāwara Meeting Room

Rangituhi Meeting Room

Hapori Meeting Room

Pataka Commercial Kitchen

Kitchen

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