Lisa Walker, New Zealand’s jeweller provocateur
It’s 30 years since Lisa Walker set off on her journey in jewellery. Te Papa marks this achievement with the survey exhibition Lisa Walker: I want to go to my bedroom but I can’t be bothered.
General Horatio Robley and the patu parāoa
Head of Matauranga Māori Puawai Cairns discusses the significance of a whalebone weapon – a patu parāoa.
A paper label fixed to its surface tells of a fleeting association with an English soldier – General Horatio Gordon Robley. Robley fathered a child in Tauranga with a woman called Harete Mauao. Descendant of General Horatio Robley – Googie Tapsell, recounts what she knew about her great-grandfather.
See the patu parāoa the on Collections Online
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