A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.
A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.
ALL are invited to attend an arts forum to discuss ideas and opportunities in the lead-up to the 2019 sestercentennial commemorations, Tairawhiti Musesum director Eloise Wallace says in her seasonal update. The Te Ha Trust/Tairawhiti Museum meeting will be on at Lawson Field Theatre on October 10 (1.30pm). To geton board, contact trust member Nicky Solomon (nicky.solomon@teha2019.co.nz).
ELSEWHERE at the museum, Wallace says the new touring exhibition Kermadec: Lines In The Ocean (see page 25) is going to be “stunning” and staff are planning a special programme of events to complement it. Dates are yet to be confirmed but, she says, it’s all going to happen in early November.
WALLACE has also announced the confirmation of a community-based cultural event . . . an exhibition in a carpark. The National Army Museum will next month bring its travelling exhibition Heartland: New Zealanders Of The Great War to Gisborne, where it will be exhibited in the Grey Street Carpark (October 28/29, 10am-6pm).
Displayed in the three adapted shipping containers it travels in, the show aims to bring the stories of the soldiers who fought in World War 1 back to the communities where their journey began. As well as providing an overview of New Zealanders’ involvement in the war, the stories are supported by artefacts that belonged to these people.
And the exhibition also includes an Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Digitisation Unit, which will enable visitors to search the database for information on soldiers who have served.
