New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pūkenga Whakaata

Jess O'Brien, via The New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pūkenga Whakaata

Courtesy of The New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pūkenga Whakaata. Works from 'Robyn Kahukiwa: Tohunga Mahi Toi.'

Housed in a heritage red-brick warehouse on the waterfront, this estimable gallery presents a diverse range of NZ portraiture and caricature from its own collection, plus frequently changing guest exhibitions. It's New Zealand history as told through the faces of its people – which all sounds a bit serious, but there's plenty of levity here too.

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