New Zealand and Pacific Island passport holders are to get free entry to an exhibition opening in London this week that marks 250 years since the start of Captain Cook’s first Endeavour expedition to the South Pacific.
New Zealand, Tonga and Papua New Guinea are cultural co-sponsors of the Oceania exhibition at the Royal Academy.
It’s one of the largest collections of traditional and contemporary Māori, Polynesian and Melanesian art ever to be displayed in the United Kingdom.
New Zealand-based artists featured include Mark Adams, Yuki Kihara, Fiona Pardington, Michael Parekowhai, John Pule, Lisa Reihana, and the Mata Aho Collective of Erena Baker, Sarah Hudson, Bridget Reweti and Terri Te Tau.
Associate Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister Carmel Sepuloni, who will represent New Zealand at tomorrow’s opening, says themes of the exhibition include journeying and encounters as well as contemporary issues for Pacific nations such as climate change, regional security and sustainable development.
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