Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū

Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū OPEN 7 DAYS

10am - 5pm

LATE NIGHT WEDNESDAY

10am - 9pm
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Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū is the largest art institution in the South Island and home to one of New Zealand's most important public art collections. Located in the heart of the city's Cultural Precinct, our name, Te Puna o Waiwhetū, relates to the life-giving properties of the artesian spring on which the Gallery is built and our role in contributing to the cultural wellbeing of the community.

Join us this Sunday at 9am for a free yoga session to celebrate International Yoga Day with Kotte .wellness 🧘‍♀️This yea...
17/06/2026

Join us this Sunday at 9am for a free yoga session to celebrate International Yoga Day with Kotte .wellness 🧘‍♀️

This year's theme is World Peace, so take some time out for community connection, movement and a moment of peace in the Gallery.

Bring your mat and bring a friend or come solo - everyone is welcome!

Free Entry
Sunday 21 June at 9am
Gallery Foyer

🚨 The Design Store will be closed for stocktake this coming Tuesday 16th and Wednesday 17th of June!Christchurch Art Gal...
14/06/2026

🚨 The Design Store will be closed for stocktake this coming Tuesday 16th and Wednesday 17th of June!

Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū will be open our usual hours of 10am - 5pm daily and late night Wednesday 10am - 9pm, so please come in for a visit!

Join us this Friday (12/06) at 12pm for a free Art Bite talk about the exhibition ‘Mark Adams: A Survey | He Kohinga Wha...
10/06/2026

Join us this Friday (12/06) at 12pm for a free Art Bite talk about the exhibition ‘Mark Adams: A Survey | He Kohinga Whakaahua’ presented by Visitor Host and Volunteer Guide, Gail Anderson.

Hinemihi o Te Ao Tawhito (Hinemihi of the Old World) is a whare whakairo or carved meeting house, pictured here in its current site at Clandon House in Surrey, England.

It was created by celebrated Ngāti Tarāwhai tohunga whakairo, master carvers, Tene Waitere (1853 – 1931) and his mentor, Wero Tāroi (c. 1810 – c. 1880s). Hinemihi was commissioned by Tūhourangi chief Āporo Te Wharekāniwha of Te Wairoa at Lake Tarawera and opened in March 1881. It was named after a female ancestor.

Te whare whakairo was used for customary purposes by local hapū (subtribe) Ngāti Hinemihi, and by tourist guides such as Te Paea Hinerangi, Guide Sophia, to welcome visitors to Ōtūkapuarangi and Te Tarata, the Pink and White Terraces.

After surviving the 1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera, the whare was bought by departing Governor William Hillier Onslow, who reassembled it in the garden of his stately home, Clandon House. In 1956 Clandon Park was transferred to the care of the United Kingdom’s National Trust.

For many years, Hinemihi has been a cherished beacon for Māori living in the United Kingdom. While Clandon House was destroyed by fire in 2015, Hinemihi itself was unaffected. In 2019, the National Trust announced that the whare would return to Aotearoa New Zealand at a future date.

Free Entry
7 March - 26 July
Mark Adams: A Survey | He Kohinga Whakaahua

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Mark Adams 13.11.2000. Hinemihi. Clandon Park. Surrey. England. Ngā tohunga whakairo: Wero Tāroi, Tene Waitere 2000. Colour inkjet prints. Collection of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the Patrons of the Auckland Art Gallery, 2014.

Exhibition developed and organised by Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

The Worldwide Travel Showcase is coming to the Gallery on Tuesday 9th June! Join APT and Travelmarvel — two of Australia...
03/06/2026

The Worldwide Travel Showcase is coming to the Gallery on Tuesday 9th June!

Join APT and Travelmarvel — two of Australia’s most trusted travel brands — and their experts as they guide you through their diverse range of tours, travel styles, and unique experiences available across the globe.

Event Schedule:

10:00am – 10:45am: Europe River and Ocean Cruising featuring Amsterdam to Budapest and Portugal River Cruising, plus Small Ship Cruising and Croatia Coastal Cruising.

11:00am – 11:45am: Canada and Alaska featuring Land and Rail Touring, plus Alaska Ocean Cruising.

12:00pm – 12:45pm: Discover the World featuring a range of worldwide cruises, tours, and 4WD adventures.

Free event but register your place now at:
www.aptouring.com/event

Yes, we are open our usual hours (10am – 5pm) every day this long weekend! Come in and see our full range of exhibitions...
27/05/2026

Yes, we are open our usual hours (10am – 5pm) every day this long weekend! Come in and see our full range of exhibitions on at the moment, including this harakeke (flax) work in our collection exhibition ‘He Kapuka Oneone — A Handful of Soil’.

This installation work was created collaboratively by Te Kāhui Hono, a group of weavers from Ōtautahi Christchurch. It highlights the ongoing significance of harakeke to the wellbeing of Māori life and culture.

Traditionally, harakeke was critical to life as a source of healing and as a raw material to make clothing, sandals, baskets, mats, nets, lines and sails, traps and cordage, bedding and adornment.

These days, harakeke remains significant within te ao Māori, offering endless opportunities for artists. Through this traditional material, weavers nurture connections to the whenua, to their tūpuna and atua, and across iwi, hapū, whānau and wider community.

In this installation, the porowhita (circular) form represents the endless value harakeke has to past, present and future generations – he taonga mutunga kore.

The members of Te Kāhui Hono are Christine Brown, Pounamu Higgs, Tania Nutira (Kāi Tahu, Ngāti Toarangatira), Patty-Anne Oberst (Kāi Tahu), Linda Rangipunga (Te Kāhui o Taranaki Iwi, Kāi Tahu), Toni Rowe (Maniapoto, Taranaki Tūturu), Kay Stevens, Ngaio Tuari (Kāi Tahu, Kāti Irakēhu, Kāi Tarewa, Whakatōhea), Trixie Woodill.

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Te Kāhui Hono, He Taonga Mutunga Kore II, 2024. Harakeke. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, purchased 2025.

'Made in the Pacific: A Collection of Tāoga' celebrates Pacific tāoga, bringing together examples made by moana ancestor...
20/05/2026

'Made in the Pacific: A Collection of Tāoga' celebrates Pacific tāoga, bringing together examples made by moana ancestors with new work by their distant mokopuna.

"The museum treasures in this exhibition are by makers who gained their knowledge from elders and specialists in their communities. Their work contains precious cultural histories within both the materials and visual language.

These historical tāoga were used in the creative practice of making barkcloth, known variously in the Pacific realm as tapa, hiapo, siapo, ate, ngatu and masi. As the exhibition’s curator, and a hiapo maker myself, I gravitated towards these objects and the contemporary artists who work with these materials and share their own stories in textile.

The artists in this exhibition are all expert visual orators, using pattern, symbology and text to eloquently depict important narratives. Their individual practices have developed as the result of years of making, research and experimentation with new technologies and materials." ⁠— Cora-Allan, 'Awhitu Wānanga', Bulletin Issue 223

Made in the Pacific: A Collection of Tāoga
On now until 11 October
Free Entry

13/05/2026

Haere mai to our collection exhibition 'He Kapuka Oneone: A Handful of Soil' where you'll be able to view these uku (clay) works by Māori artists!

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