Waipapa Marae entrance

Remember and reflect: The Declaration of Independence and the National Day of Commemoration for the New Zealand Wars

28 October 2022 marks the anniversary of the signing of He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tirene: the Declaration of Independence of the United Tribes of New Zealand in 1835. Te Pūtake o te Riri, He Rā Maumahara, or the National Day of Commemoration for the New Zealand Wars, is commemorated on the same date.  Read more…

Nigel Bond, Team Leader, Cultural Collections, sits in front of Don Binney's 'In the Lee of a Looted Island' (1966).

Collection connections: In the Lee of a Looted Island

The University of Auckland art collection is a significant part of Cultural Collections, and we are extremely excited to have a painting from the collection recently installed in the Special Collections Reading Room, Ground Floor, General Library.   

The painting, ‘In the Lee of a Looted Island’ (1966), is by Don Binney and has recently been returned from having some routine conservation. Read more…