Join us as we acknowledge this significant milestone of supporting contemporary visual artists in Aotearoa

Join McCahon House Parehuia artist in residence Rowan Panther as she shares insight into her practice and demonstrates how to make muka lace. This event is held in partnership with the Auckland Heritage Festival.

McCahon House are proud to be taking part in the inaugural Titirangi Whanau Day in September. 

'Ifs' is the first overview of 2024 Parehuia alumni Anoushka Akel's practice, showcasing works made since 2012.

We recently hosted Parehuia Artist in residence, Matthew Galloway and Simon Gennard, Curator Contemporary Art and Collection Govett-Brewster Art Gallery for a special event in the Parehuia studio. 

Please note: This workshop is now fully booked. To join the waitlist, please email mccahon@mccahonhouse.org.nz

In Tree Time
Saturday 9 August, 10:30 am -12 pm, McCahon House Museum, 67 Otitori Bay Road, Titirangi 
Spaces for this event are limited - please RSVP to simran@mccahonhouse.org.nz by Monday 4 August 

Join McCahon House x Bundanon Exchange artist in residence Juanita McLauchlan in conversation with Parehuia alumni Cora-Allan Lafaiki Twiss.

Both artists will delve into how they incorporate textiles and materials into their practice. Cora-Allan's work focuses on the practice of hiapo (Niuean barkcloth), while Juanita’s practice involves using ethically-sourced possum furs from Aotearoa New Zealand. In Juanita’s words, this material “allows her to reconnect with stories and people who have been lost or hidden in history".

This programme has been developed in collaboration between Objectspace and McCahon House.

Tickets
Objectspace have kindly sponsored a number of tickets to this event for McCahon House guests. To reserve your free ticket please visit www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/1309270686869/?discount=MCCAHON Code: MCCAHON

In March, McCahon House and Coastal Signs hosted a special dinner in celebration of recent Parehuia alumni George Watson and her show at the gallery.

Chef Matua Murupaenga (Ngāti Kahu, Ngāti Kuri, Te Rarawa, Te Aupōuri) created a menu that celebrated seasonal huawhenua (vegetables) and bringing friends and family together. 

Join us on Saturday 1 March for Sefton Rani’s Open Studio event. This is your chance to meet Sefton, learn more about his practice and get an insight into what he has been working on while in residence at Parehuia.

Saturday 1 March, 12-4pm 
Parehuia, 69 Otitori Bay Rd, Titirangi

This event is fully booked. Please contact us to join the waitlist.

The House and surrounding Kauri forest is our special place to gather and connect with you all. Join us on Saturday 1 March for an information session on caring for your Kauri with Dr Mels Barton of Kauri Rescue.  

Saturday 1 March, 12 – 2 pm  
McCahon House Museum, 67 Otitori Bay Rd, Ttitrangi 
 
Numbers for this event are limited, please RSVP to mccahon@mccahonhouse.org.nz by Monday 24 February

We're delighted to announce that tickets are now on sale for our McCahon House visit to Gibbs Farm on Sunday 16 February 2025.

This is an unforgettable day with our guests having exclusive access to roam around exceptional artwork and wildlife, while enjoying stunning views across the Kaipara Harbour.

Funds raised will support our activities including the Parehuia artist residency, our international projects and engagement programmes. Gibbs Farm sculpture park is set amongst 400 hectares of farmland on the Kaipara Harbour. The privately owned park is home to an internationally renowned collection of large-scale sculptures by some of the world’s leading artists, including Anish Kapoor, Sol Le Wit and Richard Serra.

Purchase your tickets here - for yourself and as a gift for friends and family!

You can also copy and paste this address into your search bar https://www.iticket.co.nz/events/2025/feb/mccahon-house-gibbs-farm-visit

We look forward to sharing a memorable day on the Farm.

This event is now at capacity. To join the waitlist, please email us at mccahon@mccahonhouse.org.nz. Thank you.

Join us on Sunday 24 November as we gather in the McCahon House Museum with Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki curator Julia Waite and McCahon House alumni Anoushka Akel, to share thoughts on female artists in Aotearoa and their representation through time.

The event will run from 11am through to 1pm on Sunday 24 November at the McCahon House Museum, 67 Otitori Bay Road, Titirangi. Spaces for this event are extremely limited – please RSVP to mccahon@mccahonhouse.org.nz by 21 November 2024. This event will not be recorded.

The work featured on this page is a very special piece by Anne Hamblett, titled Poppies. Poppies can be viewed in person at Modern Women; Flight of Time, on now at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. McCahon House acknowledge Hocken Collections Uare Taoka o Hākena, who have kindly granted permission for the use of this image. 

Please note: This workshop is now fully booked. To join the waitlist, please email mccahon@mccahonhouse.org.nz

Join McCahon House alum Benjamin Work in this free workshop, presented as part of the Auckland Heritage Festival. Benjamin will lead an exploration into the intersection and connection of written text between Waitakere and Tongatapu. 

Benjamin is known for his extensive knowledge of Tongan material culture and iconography and undertook significant research into the histories of the Waitakere landscape during his residency at Parehuia earlier this year. 

Please note that spaces for this workshop are extremely limited. Please register to attend this free workshop by emailing mccahon@mccahonhouse.org.nz

Guests were invited to join us as we entered through ‘Matapā’ - on a journey into the unknown. Carefully curated by our artist in residence Benjamin Work, and chef Touvai Poloniati, this immersive experience of art and food took guests on a journey from the kingdom of Tonga to Aotearoa, through the ancient stories of our ancestors, and interpretive dishes.

Meet our current Parehuia artist in residence, Anoushka Akel as she opens up her studio for the afternoon. You'll have an opportunity to chat with Anoushka, see works in progress and learn about her experience at Parehuia so far. You are welcome to stop by any time between 1-4 pm on the day. This event will be held the artist's studio at Parehuia, 69 Otitori Bay Road, Titirangi. 

Enjoy a unique opportunity to learn about the historic McCahon House Museum from our resident architecture and history expert, Graeme Burgess.

Graeme, who is partner at Burgess Treep & Knight Architects, led the restoration of McCahon House and has remained instrumental in the preservation of this historic home.

Graeme will share an insight into the discoveries, considerations and challenges that arose during the home's restoration. Following Graeme's talk, the Museum will remain open until 4pm. To attend Graeme's talk at 12pm, please RSVP to mccahon@mccahonhouse.org.nz. This event will be held at the McCahon House Museum, 67 Otitori Bay Rd, Titirrangi. 

Anoushka partnered with Samir Allen, owner and Executive Chef of acclaimed restaurant Gemmayze Street, for her Gate Dinner. Samir will drew on both his and Anoushka's shared Lebanese heritage to create a menu that showcases Samir's signature style of Lebanese fare.

Chefs Robbie Kainuku and Lenny Stevens collaborated with Neke to create a menu in response to Neke's practice which centres on adornment and object-making, drawing heavily on materials found in Te Taiao (the environment).

For this dinner, artist Owen Connors and the Lukrecya Craw created a bespoke and inspired menu that guests enjoyed whilst dining by candlelight, amoungst Owen's works.

McCahon House, in partnership with Auckland Writers Festival, was pleased to present the launch of Benesse Art Site Naoshima’s founder, Mr. Soichiro Fukutake’s book, With Art As My Weapon, on Saturday 13th May 2023 In his book, Mr. Fukutake discusses art, architecture, and nature as tools for social and economic revitalisation and regeneration as evidenced by the Benesse Art Site Naoshima in the Setouchi Inland Sea, Japan.

Please scroll down to view Mr Fukutake's presentation on his book With Art As My Weapon, at the 2023 Auckland Writer's Festival. 

The McCahon House Trust warmly invites you to spend a memorable day at the Gibbs Farm Sculpture Park. Your visit will help us to raise funds for our education and public programmes, in addition to the operational costs of running the McCahon House Artists’ Residency.

Spread over almost 400 hectares of rolling hills overlooking the Kaipara Harbour, the privately-owned sculpture park houses the largest collection of monumental sculptures in Aotearoa by internationally recognised artists from New Zealand and abroad. The park also includes several exotic animals such as emus and giraffes. 

$100 Adult
$70 Student (ID required at Gate)
$40 Child (12 years and under)
$250 Family (2 adults and 2 children)
Free (5 and under)

Book tickets here

Artist Michael Stevenson worked alongside Pomona to create a bespoke lunch event, held on Te Uru's roof terrace. Beautifully curated table settings, a unique and inspired menu and views out to the Waitakere Ranges ensured that this event has become one of our most memorable. 

A COLLECTIVE QUILT MAKING PROJECT

For this dinner, Ayesha Green and chef Jamie Johnston (Everybody Eats) worked collabratively to create a bespoke menu that referenced and was inspired by both Jamie's heritage and Ayesha's work.

For this dinner, chef Uelese Mua created a menu that showcased traditional Samoan cusine whilst reimagining it in a contemporary, fine dining context. 

Log cabin patchwork with Bronwyn Lloyd

9 am - 12 pm

Cost: $40
Suitable for all skill levels.
Materials provided. Bring a pair of scissors suitable for cutting fabric.

Jogakbo with Steven Junil Park

1 pm - 4 pm

Cost: $40
Suitable for all skill levels.
Materials provided.

For this dinner, Chef Jack Crosti responded to Zac's practice of bringing together unexpected materials from different time periods, civilizations, and environments, while employing his organic approach to food and cooking which emphasises the gifts of nature and celebrates the hard work of farmers and producers.

Featuring an exhibition of kauri works by Colin McCahon, Emily Karaka, Shane Cotton, Imogen Taylor, and Cora-Allan Wickliffe, natural pigment-making activity for tamariki and whānau, and an artist talk with Emily Karaka, Cora-Allan Lafaiki Twiss, and Nigel Borell on Thursday, 5 May at 6 pm.

Throughout the week, Kauri Ora open editions by Emily Karaka are available to purchase, as well as limited editions of McCahon House Kauri Project saplings. Grown from the very trees that were loved and painted by Colin McCahon from his Titirangi home of the 1950s, this new generation of kauri are confirmed to be free of kauri dieback disease.

To purchase the Kauri Ora editions by Emily Karaka, and McCahon House Kauri Project saplings, visit our online store.

Needlepoint Charm with Bronwyn Lloyd
(Fully booked)

9 am - 12 pm

Cost: $65
Suitable for all skill levels.
Materials provided. Bring a pair of scissors

Weaving with Kathryn Tsui
(2x spaces left)

1 pm - 4 pm

Cost: $40
Suitable for all skill levels.
Materials provided. Bring a pair of scissors and a fork.
Feel free to bring your favourite 8ply wool.

 

For this dinner, Cora-Allan's husband and artist Daniel Twiss (Lakota Sioux, Welsh) and artist Ruby White (Chinese Malaysian Hakka, Australian Pakeha) collaborated on a menu that reflected the different cultures of Cora-Allan, Daniel, and Ruby.

An exhibition of needlepoint works by Bronwyn Lloyd and weaving work by Kathryn Tsui at McCahon House Museum.

The exhibition is complemented by a series of weekend workshops, and an artist talk with Bronwyn Lloyd, Kathryn Tsui, Sebastian Clarke, and Julia Waite.

The McCahon House Gate programme helps build the careers of New Zealand artists. Our premium programme provides supporters with unique insights and experiences into the creative development process of artists and art making.

For this dinner, resident artist Emily Karaka collaborated with her whanaunga, hāngi master Rewi Spraggon. In 2009, the McCahon House artist’s residence was gifted the name Parehuia by Te Kawerau ā Maki elder, Eru Thompson. Throughout the evening, Emily, Rewi and Pita Turei shared Te Kawerau ā Maki stories of Parehuia and Titirangi. We were thrilled to offer hāngi kai to guests.

^{Rewi Spraggon’s Hāngi Master food truck is a well-known fixture both at Otara Markets and outside Auckland Ferry Terminal. For more information visit www.hangimaster.co.nz}

McCahon House have collaborated with Shane Cotton and Michael Lett gallery to release a new limited edition artist print. Waterfall is an edition of 100 and funds raised through the sale of this work will support the future projects of McCahon House.

Contact us to enquire about this edition.

Spend a Sunday on the shores of the Kaipara Harbour. Stroll amongst an awe-inspiring collection of sculpture by world renowned artists, set in the beautiful rolling hills of the Gibbs Farm Sculpture Park, all in support of the McCahon House Trust. 

Tickets and Gourmet Lunch pre-orders are available at the link below.

This dinner was a collaboration between resident artist Richard Frater, K Road based OPEN coffee and social enterprise Whakamanatia. The result was a generous evening sharing stories of displacement, land loss and environmental issues; alongside the sharing and celebrating of kai and rituals towards healing and connection through stories of Te Ao Māori and connection to taiao our natural environment.

In February 2021, to coincide with our booth at the Auckland Art Fair, McCahon House produced a poster featuring Woven Kauri, 1954, a weaving by Ilse von Randow and Colin McCahon.

The first of McCahon's work with Kauri as the subject matter (he would go on to make over 50 Kauri drawings and paintings), and collaborating with the esteemed weaver Ilse von Randow. The work has since been lost to time.

The poster image of Woven Kauri is believed to be the only known image of the work. Sebastian Clarke wrote an essay for the back of the poster, outlining what is known about this painter-weaver collaboration and contextualising the work alongside other artist collaborations across mediums. In the final paragraph of his essay, Clarke prompts us to embark on fresh artistic collaborations and to even consider detective work to uncover the whereabouts of von Randow and McCahon's weaving.

McCahon House hosted two live stream launches to celebrate the publication of ‘Endless Yet Never’ by Martin Edmond. 

On Tuesday 3rd November, Martin Edmond in conversation with Courtney Johnston (Tumu Whakarae/Chief Executive of Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand).

On Sunday 8th November, Martin Edmond in conversation with Rex Butler (Art historian, writer and Professor of Art History & Theory at Monash University).

Watch recordings of these conversations below.

Endless Yet Never can be purchased via our webstore here.

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Martin Edmond was born in Ohakune, New Zealand and lives in Sydney, Australia. He has a BA in English and Anthropology from Auckland University (1975), an MA (Hons) in English Literature and Language from Victoria University of Wellington (1977) and a Doctorate of Creative Arts from Western Sydney University (2013). He has written a number of books on art and artists, including The Resurrection of Philip Clairmont (1999), The Supply Party - Ludwig Becker on the Burke and Wills Expedition (2009), Dark Night: walking with McCahon (2011) and Battarbee and Namatjira (2014). A biography of convict artist Joseph Lycett remains unpublished. He was given the Prime Minister’s Award for achievement in non-fiction in 2013.

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Courtney Johnston took up the role of Tumu Whakarae | Chief Executive at Te Papa in December 2019, after join the museum in September 2018 as Director Audience & Insight. Courtney has lived and worked in Wellington since 2000. She holds a Masters in Art History from Victoria University of Wellington, and was the 2015 recipient of a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Scholarship to research contemporary museum practice in the United States. From 2012 to 2018, Courtney was Director of The Dowse Art Museum, a highlight from this role was curating Gavin Hipkins: The Domain, an expansive survey of this New Zealand photographer's work, and editing the accompanying publication. She was also the visual arts correspondent for RNZ’s ‘Nine to Noon with Kathryn Ryan’ from 2010 to 2019.

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Rex Butler is Professor of Art History at Monash University, Melbourne. He is a great fan of Colin McCahon ever since seeing his 1984 exhibition at the Biennale of Sydney as a university student. He has written on McCahon’s work several times, both by himself and with Laurence Simmons.

McCahon House are pleased to offer for sale this short but highly informative introduction to the life and work of Colin McCahon.

$25.00

If you would like to purchase a copy click here to visit our online store or visit McCahon House during our open hours.  

For this dinner resident artist Ana Iti, chef Martin Bosley and Kono, one of Aotearoa’s foremost whanau-owned, Maōri lead food and beverage producers came together to present a meal that looked to Ana’s indigenous heritage and reflected the tūrangawaewae of the kai moana and wines. 

This event is cancelled.

For this dinner resident artist Steve Carr and Chef Plabita Florence of Forest come together to present a meal centered around slowing down, alchemy and subversion of the everyday.

Join us this Saturday 7 or Saturday 21 to make kauri cone design potato stamp Christmas cards at the McCahon House.

Materials are provided free of charge and all ages are welcome.

For enquiries please contact mccahon@mccahonhouse.org.nz

For this dinner friends and fellow Cantabrians, resident artist Wayne Youle and Chef Yutak Son of Black Estate come together to present a meal centred around concepts of whanau, whakapapa and Aotearoa’s landscape.

We are excited to invite you to a studio visit at Artrite, where current McCahon House Artist in Residence, Wayne Youle, will be making his McCahon House limited edition print.

Our current McCahon House artist in resident, Wayne Youle, will be hosting an open studio as part of Art Week Auckland. The studio will be open for you to wander and Wayne will be presenting an artist talk at 1pm.

A panel discussion led by Ron Brownson with Ralph Paine, Bepen Bhana and Emily Karaka on McCahon's Gate III

1 August marks 100 years since Colin McCahon’s birth. To launch our McCahon100 centenary year we invite you to our Open Home Weekend 17 - 18 August at his 1950’s home in French Bay.

A collaboration between 2019 artist in resident Tim Wagg and family-operated restaurant Cazador, run by Chef Dariush Lolaiy and Rebecca Smidt.

Our most recent Gate dinner for McCahon House Artist Resident, Jess Johnson, saw a post-apocalyptic meal executed by Chef Alex Davies of Gatherings Restaurant. 

For our second Gate dinner the McCahon House invites you to a dinner inspired by the humble kūmara. 

Introducing the McCahon House Gate dinners, a collaborative meal where art and food meet. Our first Gate Dinner features current Artist in Residence, Emma Fitts, and Chef Tom Hishon of Orphan's Kitchen. 

A film by esteemed Japanese artist Taro Shinoda filmed over a 10 year period capturing the full moon from the perspective of 12 of the world’s most iconic cities.