Wairau Māori Art Gallery
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The Wairau Māori Art Gallery is the first dedicated public Māori art gallery in Aotearoa.
It joins a select group of public indigenous art galleries internationally and is housed within the stunning new Hundertwasser Art Centre in Whangārei. Hundertwasser himself proposed plans for the building before he passed away in 2000.
The name ‘Wairau’ is Te Reo Māori for One Hundred Waters, just as Hundertwasser means One Hundred Waters in the German language. In Te Ao Māori the notion of multiple waters has deep symbolic meaning since water is the basis of all living things.
Wairau Māori Art Gallery will celebrate and showcase the best of contemporary Māori art and customary practice in Aotearoa.
The gallery is overseen by the Wairau Māori Art Gallery Trust. There will be a changing programme of exhibitions which will be designed by guest Māori curators. From time to time other indigenous communities, curators and artists may be invited to participate and exhibit at Wairau.
Running alongside the Gallery’s programme there will be a tuakana/teina (teacher/mentor) strategy to support the next generation of Māori arts professionals.
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