Oreo's Sampler: A New Voice - Talk by Vivien Caughley

In a letter to his London employers on 1 December 1820, New Zealand-based missionary John King enclosed a ‘sampler’ which he said had been marked by ‘Oreo’, who had been living with his family.

Both the sampler’s current location and the identity of ‘Oreo’ remain unknown, but it is believed to be the earliest sampler made in New Zealand and reveals an important new voice – that of a Māori woman taught by a Pākehā woman.

Join author and honorary research associate at Auckland War Memorial Museum, Vivien Caughley, as she explores this remarkable sampler’s story in free gallery floor talk, as part of the 'X-Marks: Conversations in Cloth' exhibition currently on show at Northart. No bookings required.