To help ensure that art and taonga of
significance to the region remain here,
the Trust has been collecting pieces over
the past 14 years. The Collection, now
comprising over 230 pieces, is housed
and exhibited at the Waikato Museum in
Hamilton. This ensures the pieces are
properly conserved in museum conditions
and that communities have ongoing access
to their precious art and taonga.
The Trust relishes the opportunity to share
the Collection with as many people as
possible. Each year we display several
selected pieces at our Annual Public
Meeting held in different towns across
the region.
Art and taonga are important symbols of who we are
and where we have come from. They form part of the rich
cultural and artistic heritage of our region.
Holidays in Huntly,
a life-sized Huntly
brick caravan by artist Peter Lange, was
added to the Collection in 2010. It has
been exhibited in numerous towns over
the past 2 1/2 years. More recently the
caravan was transported from Otorohanga
to Ngaruawahia where it will remain until
May 2014.
In 2011 the Trust purchased an oil painting
of Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu,
painted by New Zealand artist Ida Harriet
Carey. The painting was restored to its
original condition and then reframed. Trust
Waikato representatives had great pleasure
in gifting the painting to Kiingi Tuheitia.
preserving
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