On show 3 May to 27 July

Pauline Kahurangi Yearbury (b.1928 d.1977 Ngāpuhi) was one of the first Māori artists to introduce Māori cultural narratives into contemporary art. Her work is characterised by a bold and illustrative style. This focused survey includes incised wooden panels featuring figures from Māori whakapapa narratives for which Yearbury is best known, as well as lesser-known drawings and paintings.

Pauline Kahurangi Yearbury

LIFE IN FORMS

On show 15 March to 22 June

Maungarongo Te Kawa (Ngāti Porou) is a takatāpui fabric artist who produces elaborate quilts and sculptures grounded in te ao Māori. Whakapapa and pūrākau are central to Te Kawa’s practice, which he brings to life using vibrant colour and stylised forms. During the exhibition Te Kawa will run workshops at Te Uru, guiding participants to express their creativity and genealogy through fabric.

Presented in association with Te Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki Auckland Arts Festival 2025.

Maungarongo Te Kawa

KOKONGA NGĀKAU

On show 9 March to 25 May

Jelena Telecki (b.1976) makes paintings, drawings, and sculptures that investigate the possibilities of representation and the ways it articulates the politics of personal and shared narratives. Informal and formal power dynamics, intimacy and violence, and how these are recognised and depicted are central to Telecki’s enquiry. Oil and Water reflects on the first two decades of Telecki’s practice (2005–2025) through the development of a new suite of paintings, retracing the figures and ideas central to past works through her primary mode of painting.

Jelena Telecki

OIL AND WATER

On show 16 February to 25 May

Photosynthesisers: Women and the lens includes photographs and videos produced since the 1960s by women artists living in Aotearoa and Australia. As the title suggests, the exhibition is centred on the specific, transformative relationship between women and lens-based media, identifying an enduring, intergenerational regional history via the photographs and videos of artists from Aotearoa, Australia, and Moana Oceania.

Photosynthesisers: Women and the lens

Education Programmes and Workshops

Te Uru offers engaging learning opportunities for every art enthusiast. With scenic views of the surrounding landscape, our purpose built pokapū akoranga learning centre is an inspiring setting for learning how to make and think about art.

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