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Private View 5 May – 26 October 2026

Toi Tauranga Art Gallery 108 Willow Street Tauranga 3141 Enter from Masonic Park

Open daily 10am – 4pm

Private View opens the door to some very special artworks drawn from private homes across Tauranga Moana.

Hung and clustered around dining tables and in the heart of living rooms, these artworks carry stories of their makers and their collectors. A Toss Woollaston painting that was a gift from a father to a daughter; two sisters who meet Reuben Paterson in his New York studio as he is making an artwork glimmer; a protest piece by Ralph Hotere, that reminds the collector of their brother’s career as an All Black in the 70s and the political uproars of the time; manu (bird) figures, created by an artist named Te Maari, who receives personal letters and creates artefacts based on the stories they receive — and many other precious belongings on display.

Together with furniture, lighting and rugs curated by interior designer Kathrine McDonald and supplied by exceptional designers from Aotearoa New Zealand and beyond, Private View invites us to consider the conversations between art, interiors, and everyday life.

This exhibition is a collaboration between Toi Tauranga Art Gallery and Kathrine McDonald Design. This exhibition was made possible by Sheila Morgan Charitable Trust. Naming Partner: The Pitau.

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Dr P & Shiraz Sadikeen Artisan Chocolates With special guest, Te Maari 14 November – 6 December 2025 In collaboration with Treadler 454 Karangahape Road via Cobden Street, Auckland Opening Friday 14 November 6pm Artist talk: Tea & Toast With Dr P Saturday 15 November 12pm

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Title: Epicenter (E) Creator: Te Maari, author; Mokopōpaki, author Contributor: Mokopōpaki, issuing body; Laree Payne Gallery, issuing body Series: Mokopōpaki (Series), 27 November–21 December 2024 Publisher: Auckland, New Zealand: Mokopōpaki and Laree Payne Gallery ISSN: 2537-8783 Publication Date: November 2024 Format: 1 folded sheet: 30 cm, unfolded to 60 x 42 cm Edition: 138 Notes: Screenprint, ink on paper, made by Greg Thomas and JBB

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Te Maari Epicenter (E) 27 November – 21 December 2024 He aronga hou, he tirohanga hou He mahi tahi a Mokopōpaki me Te Maari me Laree Payne Gallery In collaboration with Laree Payne Gallery 286 Victoria Street, Hamilton Opening Saturday 30 November 11am – 1pm Epicenter (E) by Te Maari for Laree Payne Gallery, spans from research on shopping, luxury, values in art, and new concepts for Mokopōpaki as an entity, to the creation of 10 unique artworks that reference particular birds, locations and family members. Beyond restructuring the physical reality of the gallery space, Te Maari’s virtual presence is defined through in-studio technology including handspun shetland, corriedale and merino, enhancing the tactile, three-dimensional qualities of her soft sculptures. The combination of these aspects generates an integrated exhibition structure that enables the artist to provide a new sense of originality, but also to reinforce the diverse and intriguing aura of her practice. Epicenter (E) is conceived as a specific insertion both in relation to the artist’s network of existing artworks as well as the city and cultural context in which the exhibition is situated. Epicenter (E) is accompanied by a new, limited edition screenprint, made by Greg Thomas and JBB, co-published by Mokopōpaki and Laree Payne Gallery. More information Ka nui te mihi ki a em45 rāua ko Eva Morunga Image: Te Maari, (E) Hōri Taranaki, Kākāpō-Groundparrot of Broadway, 2024. From the series Manu Figures, 2018 –

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E H McCormick Research Library

Hongerwinter is a stapled, A5-sized publication accompanying the exhibition at Envy gallery, Wellington. Organised by Mokopōpaki, the exhibition featured sculptural work by Yllwbro, A.A.M. Bos, Dr P and Te Maari.

Since 2017, the Auckland-based Mokopōpaki has variously operated as a dealer gallery, exhibition committee and publisher: ‘We are a critical collective or whānau who want to make “art for people” accessible. We apply Māori approaches to exhibition-making and the production of artwork. We work together to encourage and support emergent and established artists from across the generations.’

Their exhibition catalogues are often self-published and limited-edition booklets in various formats which elucidate and expand on the practices of represented artists. 

Hongerwinter is presented in a plastic slip that has been screen-printed to look like a Vogel’s mixed grain bag, with Dr P’s Very Thin Vogels, 2024 seemingly stamped on top.

The introductory text expresses artist A.A.M. Bos’s appreciation for sparrows – their ubiquity and tenacity, and as a symbol of peace and plenty for the artist’s mother who lived through devastation and famine during World War II in the Netherlands. The nursery rhyme ‘Mary, Mary Quite Contrary’ is broken down line by line as an apparently innocuous verse containing layers of disturbing historical fact and imagery relating to Mary Tudor (1516–1558). Yllwbro authors a conversation between siblings Kōkako and Miss Wētā, observing the dust-bathing habits of the migrant sparrows.

Reading this little publication is like being thrown from a garden into the bush then back onto the lawn, with a dizzying array of references seamlessly woven through its otherwise modest pages.

Melanie Kung, Five New Books at the E H McCormick Research Library 2024 (Auckland: E H McCormick Research Library, 20 August, 2024)

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Hongerwinter is a new book, co-published by Mokopōpaki and Envy to accompany the exhibition by Yllwbro, A.A.M. Bos, Dr P and Te Maari at Envy, Wellington.

Hongerwinter (2024) ka puta mai i WARY—A Survey (2018) ki Mokopōpaki, Ākarana.

Title: Hongerwinter Creator: Yllwbro, A.A.M. Bos, Dr P, Te Maari, authors; Mokopōpaki, author Contributor: Mokopōpaki, issuing body; Envy, issuing body Series: Mokopōpaki (Series), 10 May–8 June 2024 Publisher: Auckland, New Zealand: Mokopōpaki and Envy ISSN: 2537-8783 Publication Date: May 2024 Format: 24 pages; 21 cm Edition: 200 Notes: Screenprinted bag made by Greg Thomas

Purchase here

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Yllwbro, A.A.M. Bos, Dr P, Te Maari Hongerwinter 10 May – 8 June 2024 Ko tēnei te wā, ka kōrero Mokopōpaki o te kotahitanga i waenganui o Mokopōpaki me Envy, he whare whakaatu toi o Pōneke In collaboration with Envy Level 2, 22 Garrett Street, Te Aro, Wellington Opening Friday 10 May 5:30 – 7:30pm No one really makes a point of noticing the sparrow, but my mother did. She lived in a war zone and endured famine. In September 1944, after the intense Allied bombing of the Netherlands that preceded the failed British-led attack on Nijmegen, my mother, aged 14 years, and two boys from her street, were out in the countryside foraging and searching for food. Like many, the children were desperate and starving, roaming a landscape totally ravaged and destroyed by conflict. My mother said, while wandering this landscape, what she remembered about this terrible time, was that everywhere they went, everything had gone. Nothing was left. No trees, no birds, no rats, no cats, nothing, not even sparrows. All gone. Annihilated. Blown to bits or eaten. For my mother, a sparrow sitting on a fence was a sign of peace and plenty. May this symbol speak also to you. —A.A.M. Bos Hongerwinter is accompanied by a new book, co-published by Mokopōpaki and Envy More information Image: Dr P, Very Thin Vogel’s, 2024

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Te Maari, Karauria, Rēri Kōtare ō Mokopōpaki (Claudia, Lady Kingfisher of Mokopōpaki), 2022 Felt, wool with mohair (knitted elements), cotton (embroidery) c. 36 x 10 x 6 cm Photo: Arekahānara