Update Waitui Ātea Saltwater Realm with Daren Kamaili

In this track Daren Kamali gives a post Lockdown update on the reopening of the exhibition and shares a warm invitation to the community to visit. The dates of the exhibition have been extended until September 11th 2020. Interested in bringing in a group for a tour of the exhibition. Feel free to contact Daren to arrange a time. [email protected] You can visit the exhibition from 17 March - 13 September 2020 at Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero Central City Library, Level 2, Mon-Fri 9am-5pm and Sat-Sun 10am -4pm. Waitui Ātea highlights the people of the Saltwater Realm, defined as the Pacific region. The exhibition conveys their rich culture embellished with custom and costume; their language articulated in stories and relayed in chants, songs, dance and music; and their saltwater homelands portrayed in images and brought alive by the saltwater communities that call Aotearoa home. Visitors to the exhibition will be able to experience rare and unique items from Auckland Libraries’ Heritage Collections, as well as treasures loaned from other cultural heritage institutions. The exhibition will also showcase the work of contemporary artists such as Michel Tuffery, Fatu Feu’u and Steve Hikaiti. Significant items on display will include a sample book of eighteenth-century bark cloth collected on the voyages of James Cook, as well as early alphabets and religious texts that are some of the first examples of language materials ever printed in the region, plus photographs, sketches and portraits documenting historic events, places, and personalities.