Ūkaipō: Decolonising the Documentary Lens

Ūkaipō: Decolonising the Documentary Lens

Months of operation

Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Dec

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Ūkaipō: Decolonising the Documentary Lens brings together photography, moving image and sound to explore relationships between people, whenua, identity and place across Waikato and the King Country.

Developed through collaboration and wānanga involving Tom Roa, photographic artist Rodrigo Hill and mana whenua, Ūkaipō considers how documentary practice can move beyond colonial ways of seeing towards approaches grounded in Indigenous authority, mātauranga Māori and relationships with place. The exhibition invites visitors to think differently about the documentary lens: who stands behind the camera, whose perspective is centred, and how the stories of people and place are represented. Through photography, film projections and sound, Ūkaipō creates a space to encounter whenua not simply as landscape, but as a place of whakapapa, memory, knowledge and belonging. Opening to the public: 27 November 2026 Showing until: May 2027

Pricing

Free

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