Children engaging with the Wāka Kōrero Māori exhibition. Photo / Supplied
MTG Hawke's Bay is a finalist in the Designers Institute of New Zealand Best Design Awards.
Three exhibitions sourced from the taonga Māori collection have placed the museum as a finalists in three categories of the 2020 awards.
This is the third time MTG has been a finalist in the
awards but the first time exhibitions have been sourced from its collections.
Turuturu: Fingers, Feathers & Fibre is a finalist for the Spatial Design Colour Award, which recognises innovative and creative use of colour; Waka Kōrero Māori is a finalist for the Public Good Award, which recognises and celebrates work which is undertaken for the welfare of communities; and Rongonui – Taonga mai ngā tangata, ngā wāhi, me ngā takahanga is a finalist for the Toitanga Award, which acknowledges the unique lineage and origin of Māori storytelling and artistic expression.
MTG exhibitions and facilities co-ordinator James Price said it was a "nice surprise" to have three exhibitions as finalists since there were a record number of entries to the awards this year.
