Sunday 19th February 2012 at 2pm
Presenter: Shigeyuki Kihara
Duration: 45 minute talk and 15 minute Q & A
In August 2011 performance artist Shigeyuki Kihara travelled to Germany with the support of the Visitor's program from the Goethe-Institut to investigate museum archives held across Germany to research materials related...
Sunday 12 February 2012 at 2pm in the gallery at Pataka
To celebrate the iti bity exhibition coming to an end we are presenting storytelling with Soul Food Storyteller Moira Wairama. Moira will be weaving some stories about the toys that we all love.
A fun, free event for the whole family. Come dressed as your favourite toy character.
There will be...
PATAKA
Festival of the Elements
6th February 2012
Up close and intimate
Helen Smith Community Meeting Room
11.15 The Sybils...
Saturday 24 September 1pm
Grahame Sydney: Down South Recent Paintings 2001 – 2011 is a survey of artist Grahame Sydney's work in the past decade. One of New Zealand's major artists, Sydney is best known for his luminous, trans-cendent paintings of Central Otago. This exhibition presents 30 major landscape paintings, from 2001 to the present day, including a recent series of winter paintings of Central...
19 August - 25 September
Below is the full programme of events for the Migrating Kitchen Exhibition
MIGRATING KITCHEN - EVENTS PROGRAMME
Migrating Kitchen Trust www.migratingkitchen.org
TONGA
Saturday 17 September
- Tongan cooking and food tasting event at the Migrating Kitchen table 2...
6th - 9th of October
MAORI ART MARKet is an iconic biennial event produced by Toi Maori Aotearoa. Pataka Museum and Gallery and Te Rauparaha Arena in Porirua City, Wellington will once again play host for MAORI ART MARKet. The 2011 Market will be on from the 6th - 9th of October. Click on the following link for the Maori Art Market website http://www....
Saturday 8 October 10am – 4pm in the Spine
We are getting all crafty again at Pataka. Once again we bring you the best in handmade and a
fantastic shopping experience. Come and join the energy of the market, the Spine will be buzzing.
We have jewellery, weaving, kids and adults clothes, sculptures, cushions and much more to delight you. Tell everyone you know and come shopping.
Every Saturday and Sunday
12.30pm – 1.30pm,
17 September – 30 October,
Delight your musical senses with a range of musical genres from Live in the Spine at Pataka. Enjoy a coffee at Kaizen and listen to some great live music.
Sunday 9 October, 2pm.
In 1965 as an up-and-coming 16 year old rugby player, Bunmei Okabe was involved in a scrum mishap which left him paralyzed from the waist but with some degree of movement in his upper body. Towards the end of his two year hospitalisation, he received a surprise visit by four members of the New Zealand Universities Rugby Football team. The visit and encouragement of the team members left a lasting...
