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Pacific art

The Gallery's collection of contemporary Pacific art is the broadest in Australia. With the establishment of the Asia Pacific Triennial (APT) in the early 1990s, the Gallery recognised the importance of actively developing the Pacific collection.

The Pacific collection, with an emphasis on New Zealand, reflects the diversity of the region's contemporary art, as well as innovation in customary practices. Primarily composed of works made after 1970, it includes paintings, prints and drawings, sculpture, photography, installation, textiles, weaving, body adornment, video and film.

Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Lake Mahinerangi: winter image 1976
Artwork Dahorue & Nionihanoe (Omie mountains and jungle) this artwork made of Natural pigments on barkcloth, created in 2006-01-01

Dahorue & Nionihanoe (Omie mountains and jungle) 2006
Artwork Sihae 1 (Sahote clan design of fruit from the tree 1) this artwork made of Natural pigments on barkcloth, created in 2006-01-01

Sihae 1 (Sahote clan design of fruit from the tree 1) 2006
Artwork Ibe vakabati (Mat) this artwork made of Woven voi voi (pandanus) with commercial wool, created in 2005-01-01

Ibe vakabati (Mat) c.2001
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Tamboran lizard (Spirit lizard) 1968
Artwork Personal archive this artwork made of Six books, one Indonesian children's game, four postcards, two photocopies, one map, two newspaper clippings, one magazine page, created in 2004-01-01

Personal archive 2004-06
Artwork Rua tekau ma tahi, Kohuwai Heitiki, Taranaki, Okains Bay Maori and Colonial Museum, Okains Bay, South Island, Aotearoa/New Zealand (from 'Te mate o te aroha/The pain of longing' series) this artwork made of Gelatin silver photograph, gold toned on Forte Hungarian fibre-based archival paper, created in 2002-01-01

Rua tekau ma tahi, Kohuwai Heitiki, Taranaki, Okains Bay Maori and Colonial Museum, Okains Bay, South Island, Aotearoa/New Zealand (from 'Te mate o te aroha/The pain of longing' series) 2002, printed 2005
Artwork Wha tekau ma tahi Auhunga Heitiki, Okains Bay Maori and Colonial Museum, Okains Bay, South Island, Aotearoa/New Zealand Heitiki made by a Parihaka ploughman imprisoned in Dunedin (from 'Te mate o te aroha/The pain of longing' series) (from 'Quai Branly' this artwork made of Gelatin silver photograph, gold toned on Forte Hungarian fibre-based archival paper, created in 2002-01-01

Wha tekau ma tahi Auhunga Heitiki, Okains Bay Maori and Colonial Museum, Okains Bay, South Island, Aotearoa/New Zealand Heitiki made by a Parihaka ploughman imprisoned in Dunedin (from 'Te mate o te aroha/The pain of longing' series) (from 'Quai Branly' 2002, printed 2006
Artwork Toru tekau ma rua, Inanga Heitiki North Island, Okains Bay Maori and Colonial Museum, Okains Bay, South Island, Aotearoa/New Zealand (from 'Te mate o te aroha/The pain of longing' series) (from 'Quai Branly' suite) this artwork made of Gelatin silver photograph, gold toned on Forte Hungarian fibre-based archival paper, created in 2002-01-01

Toru tekau ma rua, Inanga Heitiki North Island, Okains Bay Maori and Colonial Museum, Okains Bay, South Island, Aotearoa/New Zealand (from 'Te mate o te aroha/The pain of longing' series) (from 'Quai Branly' suite) 2002, printed 2006
Artwork Ngahuru ma waru, female Ngai Tahu Inanga Heitiki, Okains Bay Maori and Colonial Museum, Okains Bay, South Island, Aotearoa/New Zealand (from 'Te mate o te aroha/The pain of longing' series) this artwork made of Gelatin silver photograph, gold toned on Forte Hungarian fibre-based archival paper, created in 2002-01-01

Ngahuru ma waru, female Ngai Tahu Inanga Heitiki, Okains Bay Maori and Colonial Museum, Okains Bay, South Island, Aotearoa/New Zealand (from 'Te mate o te aroha/The pain of longing' series) 2002, printed 2006
Artwork Odunege 1 (Jungle vines 1) this artwork made of Natural pigments on barkcloth, created in 2006-01-01

Odunege 1 (Jungle vines 1) 2006
Artwork Odunege 4 (Jungle vines 4) this artwork made of Natural pigments on barkcloth, created in 2006-01-01

Odunege 4 (Jungle vines 4) 2006
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

I yara yara 2006
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

I yara yara (Baby mat) 2005-06
Artwork Ibe vakabati (Mat) this artwork made of Woven voi voi (pandanus) with commercial wool, created in 2005-01-01

Ibe vakabati (Mat) 2005
Artwork Obohutaigue & Dahorue (Tree bark and Omie mountains) this artwork made of Natural pigments on barkcloth, created in 2006-01-01

Obohutaigue & Dahorue (Tree bark and Omie mountains) 2006
Artwork Man daravim elikopta (Man flying a helicopter) this artwork made of Screenprint on smooth wove paper, created in 1975-01-01

Man daravim elikopta (Man flying a helicopter) c.1980
Artwork Bwana (Money mat) this artwork made of Woven pandanus, created in 2000-01-01

Bwana (Money mat) 2000
Artwork 2-10 August 1998. Indian Island, 360 degree panorama after William Hodges 'View in Dusky Bay', Tamatea - Dusky Sound Te Waipounamu (suite) (from 'Cook's sites' series) this artwork made of Gold-toned silver bromide fibre-based print on archival linen taped to archival foamcore, created in 1998-01-01

2-10 August 1998. Indian Island, 360 degree panorama after William Hodges 'View in Dusky Bay', Tamatea - Dusky Sound Te Waipounamu (suite) (from 'Cook's sites' series) 1998, printed 2006
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Basket 2008
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Basket 2008
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Salusalu (Necklace) 2008
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Basket 2008
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Basket 2008
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Basket 2008
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Basket 2008
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Basket 2008
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Basket 2008
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Soru'e (Omie custom creations) 2006
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Subudeje (The garden beetle) 2005