Exhibition Launch

Kahurangiariki Smith

Time and location

SAT 21 MAR 2026, 4–6pm

Please join us to celebrate the launch of a new exhibition by Kahurangiariki Smith. 
Kahurangiariki Smith (Te Arawa, Tainui, Takitimu, Horouta and Mataatua) illustrates these ancestral beings not as mythical curiosities but as living presences inhabiting the gallery space. Through digital animation, bedazzled velvet, sparkles and stars, Smith, in her nostalgic y2k aesthetic, pays close attention to the multiplicity of taniwha and their role in our daily lives.

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Kahurangiariki Smith

Kahurangiariki Smith

Taniwha are among the most profound figures in te ao Māori as guardians, ancestors, warnings, and gu

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