Helen Kedgley and Jo Torr have spent many months working together this year – on “Nga Kakahu,” a stunning exhibition showing at Pataka until February 13, 2011.

Tapawera is little more than a blip on the map – a tiny rural community of around 400 people in the Motueka River Valley.

Heather Galbraith has only just put her feet under her new desk at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa but she’s excited about her new role as Senior Curator, Art.

When a small, inland museum plasters a bold sign across its frontage declaring its height above sea level, I’m already half in love before I’ve put a toe through the door.

For Cherie Meecham, Deputy Director of Rotorua Museum of Art & History, every object, every taonga has a story.