TeTuhi

Yona Lee
In Transit (Arrival), 2017 (installation view)
commissioned by Te Tuhi, Auckland, in association with Auckland Arts Festival
photo by Sam Hartnett

Te Tuhi is one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s foremost contemporary art spaces and a leader in supporting experimental practice. We are committed to contemporary art that is locally engaged, regionally responsive and internationally ambitious. Te Tuhi is an independent charitable trust supported by Auckland Council and the Contemporary Art Foundation, and we rely on your support. To find out how you can support us, visit here. Our exhibitions are free and open to all.

History

Te Tuhi began as the Pakuranga Arts Society in 1969. Initiated by Iris Fisher and Nanette Cameron, the Society's founding members also include Patricia Hunt, Jean Stewart, Jean Thompson, Elizabeth Venter, Anette McDonald and Andrew Venter. Many others were instrumental in the establishment of the Pakuranga Community Centre (1975) and the Fisher Gallery (1984), including Lois Perry and Sir Barry Curtis. In 2001, the Pakuranga Community Centre and the Fisher Gallery were amalgamated to become Te Tuhi. Read an extended history of Te Tuhi here.

Our name

Te Tuhi's name was gifted by local tangata whenua Ngāi Tai, and is in reference to the ancestor Manawatere, a great explorer who signalled his arrival in Aotearoa New Zealand by making his tuhi, or mark, on a pōhutukawa tree using karamea, a red ochre. To this day, a large pōhutukawa at Cockle Bay in Howick is called 'Te Tuhi a Manawatere' by Ngāi Tai. Two trees grafted from the tree at Cockle Bay now flank Te Tuhi's main entrance.

Ko Te Tuhi tētahi o ngā whare toi matua o Aotearoa e hāpai ana i ngā mahi me ngā tikanga toi hou o nāianei. Ka aronui a Te Tuhi ki ngā toi hou e whai pānga ana ki tēnei hapori, e hāngai ana ki tēnei rohe, e toro atu ana ki te ao whānui. He whare ohaoha motuhake a Te Tuhi e tautokona ana e Te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau me te Contemporary Art Foundation. Ka ora hoki mātou i tō whakaaro nui mai. Rapua ngā ara e taea ai e koe te tautoko mai ā-pūtea, ki konei. Kāore he utu mō ngā whakaaturanga, e tuwhera ana ō mātou kūaha ki te katoa.

Te hītori o Te Tuhi

Kua puta mai a Te Tuhi i te Pakuranga Arts Society i te tau 1969. Nā Iris Fisher rāua ko Nanette Cameron te kaupapa i kōkiri, ko ngā mema tuatahi o te Society ko Patricia Hunt rātou ko Jean Stewart, ko Jean Thompson, ko Elizabeth Venter, ko Anette McDonald, ko Andrew Venter. Tokomaha rātou i ārahi te whakatūnga o te Pakuranga Community Centre (i te tau 1975) me te Fisher Gallery (i te tau 1984), otirā, ko Lois Perry rāua ko Tā Barry Curtis ētahi. I te tau 2001, ka whakakotahihia te Pakuranga Community Centre me te Fisher Gallery, ka puta ko Te Tuhi. Pānuihia te roanga o ngā hītori mō Te Tuhi ki konei.

Tō mātou ingoa

Nā te iwi o Ngāi Tai te ingoa 'Te Tuhi' i tapa mō tō rātou tupuna, mō Manawatere. Nō tana taenga mai ki Aotearoa ka tuhia e ia tana tohu ki runga i te rakau pōhutukawa mā te karamea. I tēnei wā tonu, kei Tūwakamana, ki Ōwairoa tētahi rākau pōhutukawa ko 'Te Tuhi a Manawatere' te ingoa. Nā Ngāi Tai te rākau i tapa. Kei te tomokanga o Te Tuhi ngā rākau e rua e tū ana, he mea hono mai i te rākau matua i Tūwakamana.

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