Permanent display
Closing soon
Te Ra: Navigating Home
18 Nov 2023 — 17 Aug 2025 at Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
· Auckland Region
Te Ra: Navigating Home is an exhibition at Auckland Museum (2023–2025) centred on the harakeke sail — a sail woven from New Zealand flax (harakeke) — as a symbol of Maori and Pacific voyaging traditions.
The exhibition invites visitors to explore the art, craft, and cultural significance of this remarkable object, tracing the threads of ancestral navigation, community, and belonging. Through the harakeke sail, the show reflects on journeys across the Pacific and the enduring meaning of finding one's way home.
The exhibition invites visitors to explore the art, craft, and cultural significance of this remarkable object, tracing the threads of ancestral navigation, community, and belonging. Through the harakeke sail, the show reflects on journeys across the Pacific and the enduring meaning of finding one's way home.
About the venue
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
· Auckland Region
The Auckland War Memorial Museum, also known as Auckland Museum, is one of New Zealand's most important museums and war memorials. Its neoclassical building constructed in the 1920s and 1950s, stands on Observatory Hill, the remains of a dormant volcano, in the Auckland Domain, near Auckland CBD…