Whirinaki Whare Taonga — Attraction in North Island

Magnificent, exquisitely conceived, painted and wonderfully presented exhibition by Heather Main. Oh to spend all that time in her magical land. I will be back to see it again as there was so much to take in. This is the first time I have been to Whirinaki Whare Taonga and I loved its exhibition spaces.

However I do not believe the cafe/bakery is up to par or client focussed enough. We came across from Kapiti for this exhibition and were absolutely disappointed by the food. This really should be a cafe providing cafe food and drink. I believe it would undoubtedly make a higher income and provide what is actually needed...

Pop Garden

It’s amazing how much magic you can make with seemingly very little. The installation ‘Pop Garden’, dubbed ‘multimedia and multi-sensorial experience is inspired by the world of Pop Art and Andy Warhol's work 'Flowers'.

It’s the place of beaming colours, fleeting reflections and exaggerated distortions, in short, one room Emerald City with the added benefit of lingering music.

The photographer caught his little subject immersed in the world of...

Two very focused well setup exhibits of artsmanship. Each one different yet similar. The first was a dispay of quilting for a competition. All were well done and some were quite beautiful. The second was a very special project, a series of tapestries. Mount felix tapestries is a beautiful portrail of the the story of the 27,000 wounded new zealand soldiers of ww1 lovingly cared for at the hospital at...