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These articles have been formatted as downloadable MS Word or PDF documents many of which contain large photos suitable for use in various media. In the case of exhibition notices especially, the resources below contain the full length info pack.

Dates on this page indicate either the date of the announced event (e.g. when an exhibition will start) or in the case of non-event related articles the date of the articles' release.

Title (links to web site article)	Word .doc	PDF
WOW Magazine - Rainbow Warrior and Remainders - An Exhibition marking 25 years since the bombing of the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior opens in Whangarei next week.		449 KB
Susan Wilson 18/05/2010) - TO CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL MUSEUMS WEEK - Whangarei Art Museum is delighted to announce an important new gift from London to the Art Museum Taonga Collection.- SUSAN WILSON  RAHERA WINDSOR QSM KUIA NGATI RANANA -  (The London Maori Club). OIL ON CANVAS 2003		108 KB
Rainbow Warrior and Remainders 10/07/2010) - Rainbow Warriors and Remainders will include photographs taken by Gil Hanly of the arrival of the Rainbow Warrior into Auckland Harbour and the subsequent welcoming party on board with dignitaries; the bombing and its aftermath; and the images of the trials and public outrage at the time. Many of these images have not been seen publically since 1985.		481 KB
Savvy Art - Epic Stories (01/03/2010) Part 1 - Sometimes even the smallest painting can be a window into a filmic panorama of history.		80 KB
Savvy Art - Epic Stories (01/03/2010) Part 2- Sometimes even the smallest painting can be a window into a filmic panorama of history.		318 KB
Art News - Fertile Points of Contact (10/03/2010) - A major touring exhibition provides rich samples of works by artists from the post-contact period.		199 KB
Exhibition: Korea - The Land of Morning Calm (08/03/2010)		65 KB
Exhibition: Te Huringa (15/02/2010)		346 KB
Exhibition: Duality of Exile (30/11/2009)		44 KB
New Acquisition - Hatupu & the Bird Woman c.1966 (30/11/2009)		424 KB
Exhibition: Baha’i Martyrs of Iran (23/11/2009)		37 KB
Exhibition: Exiles – Rudolf Boelee (17/11/2009)		129 KB
Exhibition: ey! iran (12/11/2009)		340 KB
‘Sweet As’ – More than Looking (12/11/2009)		124 KB
Exhibition: ‘Sweet As’ – More than Looking (26/10/2009)		101 KB
Goldie - Sperrey Profile (01/10/2009)		48 KB
Competition: Win a Prize Winner! (19/8/2009)		81 KB
Acquisition of Selwyn Wilson Memorial Collection (2/7/2009)	127 KB	102 KB
3 Concurrent Exhibitions(29/06/2009): Rembrandt - The Experimental Etcher Nieuw Zeeland – and Petrus van der Velden Editions – a history of New Zealand printmaking To be opened by Her Excellency Annelies Boogaerdt, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, 5.30pm, Monday 29 June, 2009	- " 132 KB	336 KB " 344 KB
Acquisition of Drummond's "Whangarei Heads" for International Museum's Day (18/5/2009)	600 KB	216 KB
Event: International Museums Day, 2009 (18/5/2009)	539 KB	256 KB
Exhibition: Plumb Lines (09/03/2009)	276 KB	456 KB
Exhibition: Len Castle: Mountain to the Sea (15/12/2008)	-	254 KB
Concurrent Exhibitions (13/10/2008): Turuki, Turuki! Paneke, Paneke! Turning Point	52 KB	136 KB
Exhibition: Cultural Memory (04/08/2008)	544 KB	684 KB
Concurrent Exhibitions (02/06/2008): Ralph Hotere: Figurative Works Makereti: Taking Maori to the world Paul Diamond Book Signing at Opening (June 2, 2008)	596 KB -	336 KB 148 KB
Exhibition: Echoes of the Landscape (28/04/2008)	60 KB	68 KB
Concurrent Exhibitions (07/04/2008): Subjects to Hand (drawings of Joanna Margaret Paul) The Hand as Subject (imagery of the hand)	920 KB 492 KB	680 KB 688 KB
Exhibition: Entwined (10/03/2008)	304 KB	568 KB
Exhibition: All Dogs Shot (10/02/2008)	52 KB	124 KB
Exhibition: In the Making of Chalk (04/02/2008)	64 KB	156 KB
Exhibition: Creating the Ultimate Living Environment (07/01/2008)	316 KB	346 KB
Exhibition: The Cursive Line - Adele Younghusband (15/10/2007)	-	824 KB

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