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Touring exhibitions

Kupe Sites

Kupe's sites

Kupe Sites presents thirty-six stunning black-and-white photographs that show physical landmarks associated with Kupe’s voyage to Aotearoa. It also tells some of the stories of these special places.

Originally shown as part of the Voyagers exhibition, this exhibition has been developed for tour to venues nationally.

The photographs are supported by a map locating the sites as well as an audio-visual of iwi representatives from the four Kupe Sites districts (northern New Zealand, Wairarapa, Wellington, and northern South Island) talking about the meanings, significance, and histories of the sites.

A teachers' resource has been developed in conjunction with this exhibition.  Click here to view the resource.

For more details about this, or any of the touring exhibitions, please contact Andy Lowe by email andyl@tepapa.govt.nz.

Touring Schedule

  • Te Manawa 
    Palmerston North 4 May - 31 August 2005 
  • Aratoi 
    Masterton  9 September - 16 October 2005
  • The Rotorua Museum of Art and History
    Rotorua  22 October - 11 December 2005
  • Lake Taupo Museum & Art Gallery
    Taupo 17 December 2005 - 19 January 2006 
  • Whangarei Art Museum
    Whangarei 20 February - 16 April 2006
  • Puke Ariki 
    New Plymouth  28 April - 11 June 2006
  • Waikato Museum of Art & History
    Hamilton 20 June - 23 September 2006
  • Southland Museum and Art Gallery
    Invercargill 23 October 2006 - 15 January 2007
  • Millenium Art Gallery
    Blenheim 2 June - 15 July 2007
  • South Canterbury Museum
    Timaru 1 August - 31 October 2007
  • Canterbury Museum
    Christchurch 9 November 2007 - 3 February 2008