MQ Museum Quarterly Issue 77 March 1999

Page 1: Image – Celebrations outside the north entrance on Auckland Anniversary Day for the official opening of the new Pacific Galleries; Festive mood for Galleries Opening – Pacific Masterpieces and Pacific Lifeways galleries open with celebration of prayers and blessings from Auckland’s palagi and Polynesian communities. Welcomes and addresses by Rev Takutai Wikiriwhi, Rev Asora Amosa, Rev Abera Abera, Rev Sione Ha’angan and Dr Rodney Wilson. Entertainment by Tahiti Ora, Michelle Rounds, Daphne Collins, the Dominion Road Tongan Methodist Choir, and Esra Shuster and Boys; Natural History breaks new ground for Museum – 400 guests from various natural history fields enjoyed a viewing of the new Natural History galleries in February;

Page 2: Natural History breaks new ground for Museum Cont’d; Compaq says ‘Well done’ – Compaq is the information technology partner of the Museum and is providing assistance in four superb new Natural History galleries; Library conservation project assured – New Zealand Insurance to give conservation funding to the Auckland Museum Library; Free Public Lecture Series – Collaboration between Auckland Museum and University of Auckland – Introduction to the Photography Collection at Auckland Museum, Daguerreotype to Digital the treasures of the Photography Collections at Auckland Museum by Gordon Maitland, Margaret Matilda White by Fiona Amundsen and Deborah Smith, When and Where and Melanesia by Ron Brownson, Just a Moment Taking Snapshots Seriously by Richard Wolfe, Doing Ethnography in Pictures by Roger Neich, Robin Morrison’s Ireland by Hugh Maquire; Image – Unlabelled photograph of nurses;

Page 3: The Mulvany Sisters – Exhibition on the pioneers of New Zealand weaving Sybil and Josephine Mulvany; Image – Unlabelled photograph of weaving tools and blankets; Museum and University to share resources – Agreement signed between Auckland Museum and the University of Auckland that cements future joint working relationships; Image – Signing the memorandum are Prof Dick Bellamy, Prof Doug Sutton, Prof Phillippa Black, Prof Elizabeth Rankin, Michael Evans, Dr Roger Neich, Mere Whaanaga, Tom Finlayson, Barry Turley, Anthony Lisner, Dr Rodney Wilson, and Prof Alastair MacCormick;

Page 4: Members – Museum vs Institute Sports and Fun Afternoon, Awesome Forces Lecture Series, Membership reminders, New president and vice president; A day at the mill – Jan Riddick’s brief report on Museum field trip to Huia and Whatipu with Bruce Hayward; Museum hosts Sound Art – Soundculture 99 festival has installations all over Auckland with Auckland Museum showing a selection from ‘Electronic Threads’ on display; New administrator – New membership and events coordinator Daniel Malone; Image – Daniel Malone.