Dazzling the RWC crowd with treasures from Oceania

Dual exhibitions in Wellington run the gamut somewhere between mana and merchandising.

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27th August, 2011

I heard a squelch across the wooden floorboards of Te Papa, looked up from a cabinet of ancient fish hooks and watched another gallery-goer pass wearing jandals in the middle of winter. Well, it doesn’t get much more real than that. Welcome to Oceania, a dual exhibition running in two landmark institutions and a key part of the Real New Zealand Festival, designed to dazzle Rugby World Cup visitors with our culture. The complementary shows Early Encounters at Te Papa and Imagining the Pacific ...

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