

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Opening Day Artist Talk: Cora-Allan
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 31 Jan, 2026 at 12:00 am
- **Event Description**: Join us to celebrate the opening of Recording Mauri: Moments of Light and Earth with an artist talk by Cora-Allan (Ngāpuhi, Ngātitumutumu and Niue: Alofi, Liku). In this exhibition, Cora-Allan explores experimental ways of tracing mauri and wairua from the natural world, using materials and processes that connect to traditional knowledge systems from Niue and Aotearoa.

Cora-Allan (b.1986) is a multidisciplinary artist of Māori (Ngāpuhi, Ngātitumutumu) and Niuean (Alofi, Liku) descent, originally from Waitākere. Her practice is centred on reviving the art form of hiapo (Niuean barkcloth), connecting contemporary art to traditional knowledge systems. She holds a Master’s in Visual Art and Design from AUT and has exhibited widely across Aotearoa and internationally. Her work is held in major collections including Te Papa Tongarewa and Auckland War Memorial Museum. Recent awards include the McCahon House Residency (2021), Creative New Zealand Pacific Heritage Artist Award (2020), and Arts Foundation Springboard Award (2021). She is a founding memeber of the BC Collective.

IMAGE Cora-Allan (2024) Portrait courtesy of Drew Furtado.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/wellington/opening-day-artist-talk-cora-allan/200029400249947
- **Event Categories**: art, exhibitions, fine-arts
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 180

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Wellington
- **state**: WG
- **country**: New Zealand
- **location**: National Library of New Zealand
- **lat**: -41.276531818777
- **long**: 174.77843105793
- **full address**: National Library of New Zealand, Alexander Turnbull Library, Aitken St, Thorndon, Wellington 6011, New Zealand, Wellington

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- **organizer**: City Gallery Wellington (https://allevents.in/org/city-gallery-wellington/26222982)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 31 Jan, 2026 at 12:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** National Library of New Zealand, Alexander Turnbull Library, Aitken St, Thorndon, Wellington 6011, New Zealand, Wellington
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** City Gallery Wellington
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, exhibitions, fine-arts
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Opening Day Artist Talk: Cora-Allan ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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