Te Rākau Taumatua, Te Huinga Manu 2
Selwyn Muru: A Life’s Work
Saturday 27 May, 2-4pm
FREE Event
Drawing Room
On Saturday the 27th of May from 2-4pm, The Arts House Trust and Media Design School will host a panel of speakers sharing kōrero on the life and mahi of senior Māori artist Selwyn Muru whose exhibition, Selwyn Muru: A Life’s Work curated by Dr Moana Nepia closes the following day.
Presenters Include
Rt Hon Sir Anand Satyanand GNZM, QSO, Governor General of New Zealand 2006-2011, former lawyer, judge and ombudsman, Chancellor University of Waikato, and former Chair of the Commonwealth Foundation
Sir Haare Williams KNZM JP (Ngāi Tuhoe, Te Aitanga a Māhaki) pioneer Māori broadcaster, teacher, author, poet, former Dean of Māori education and advisor to the CEO of Unitec
Hare Paniora MNZM (Te Roroa, Ngāti Pou, Ngāpuhi) Pae Ārahi Unitec, Principal in Primary Schools for over 25 years, former Lecturer Auckland Teachers College, trained at Ardmore Teachers College
Te Awhina Arahanga (Ngāti Tuwharetoa, Te Ati Haunui a Paparangi, Ngāti Hauiti ki Rata, Rapuwai, Waitaha, Ngāti Mamoe, Ngāi Tahu) Curator Kaikoura Museum, writer, poet, researcher
Rob Tuwhare (Ngā Puhi, Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Kurī) carpenter, writer, Trustee Hone Tuwhare Charitable Trust
Sarah Dutt (Ngāi Tai, Te Whānau a Apanui, Ngāti Porou) painter, Curriculum Leader Social Sciences Alfriston College, founding member of Kshetra Collective of NZ artists of Indian descent, former student at Te Toi Hou, Elam School of Fine Arts
Te Hira Henderson (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu) Curator Taonga Māori MTG Gallery Hawkes Bay, television producer and former cameraman TVNZ
Waihoroi Shortland (Ngāti Hine, Te Aupōuri) social worker, broadcaster, actor, playwright, politican, reo Māori advocate.
The Arts House Trust kindly acknowledges the support of Creative New Zealand, Media Design School Auckland, The Fletcher Trust, Jacqueline Fahey, and the University of Auckland Art Collection, all the private collectors who lent work for this exhibition exhibtion, and Te Pūkenga Whakaata — The New Zealand Portrait Gallery who is touring this exhibtion.
