Dance, Dance

Kate van der Drift

Sanderson Contemporary

28 May – 22 June, 2025

PhotoForum re-publish Virginia Were’s essay which was first commissioned to accompany Kate van der Drift’s exhibition Dance, Dance at Sanderson Contemporary.

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An Important Collection of Historic New Zealand Photography Part I

Online Auction

Webb’s
33a Normanby Road, Mount Eden

Bidding Opens | Friday 24 April
Bidding Closes | Sunday 10 May, from 8pm

Viewing Dates | 4—10 May

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Belated Accolades - a talk about photographer Rosaline Frank (1864-1954)

Rosalina McCarthy at Nelson Institute

Activities Room, Nelson Public Library
27 Halifax St, Nelson

2pm Sunday, 3 May 2026

Cost: $3

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Whakaahua

Craig Andrew Madsen

Papakura Museum
Level 3, 209 Great South Rd, Papakura

20 April - 20 June 2026

Open from 10am Mon - Sat. Sundays closed.

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Currents Calling Home

Ai Iwane & Mānawatia te Wai

Te Whare Toi o Heretaunga Hastings Art Gallery
201 Eastbourne Street East, Hastings

18 April – 11 July 2026

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Secateur / Sequiter

Megan Jenkinson

Two Rooms
16 Putiki Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland

17 April - 30 May 2026

Opening Thursday 16 April, 5.30 - 7.30 PM

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The Sky Remains the Same

Laurence Aberhart & John Johns

McLeavey Gallery
147 Cuba Street, Wellington

25 March – 18 April 2026

Opening Wednesday 25 March 5.30-7.30pm

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IMBY (in my back yard)

Maurice Lye

PG Gallery
192 Bealey Avenue, Christchurch

24 March – 17 April, 2026

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A Palmful of Parsley

Jessica Fleming

Photosynthesis
6 Battersea Street, Christchurch

24 March - 5 April 2026

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Thank You For Visiting (where ai tells you)

Heather Milne

Photosynthesis
6 Battersea Street, Christchurch

18 March - 22 March 2026

Opening Wednesday 18 March, 5:30pm

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The Inevitable

Mark Adams, Joyce Campbell, Conor Clarke, Megan Jenkinson, Sam Norton

Two Rooms
16 Putiki Street, Newton, Auckland

13 March - 11 April 2026

Opening preview: Thursday 12 March, 5.30 - 7.30 PM

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Life Stories

Marie Shannon

Trish Clark Gallery
142 Great North Road, Grey Lynn
Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

12 March - 2 May 2026

Opening Thursday 12 March, 5:30 - 7:30pm

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Mark Adams: A Survey | He Kohinga Whakaahua

Mark Adams

Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū
Corner Worcester Boulevard and Montreal Street
Ōtautahi Christchurch

7 March – 26 July 2026

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Photographs

Alan Miller

Gow Langsford Gallery Auckland City
28-36 Wellesley Street East, Auckland CBD

Exhibition 6 - 7 March 2026

Publication launch: Thursday 5 March. 5-7pm

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Morphologies

Mickey Smith
The Arts House Trust
72 Hillsborough Road, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

5 March - 24 May 2026

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Plain Sight

Sara McIntyre

Anna Miles Gallery
10/30 Upper Queen Street, Auckland

22 February - 21 March 2026

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Open

Various artists

Photosynthesis
6 Battersea StreetChristchurch

21 February - 15 March 2026

Inaugural exhibition at a new community-driven photography space

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Salome: An Angel of History

Yuki Kihara

New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pūkenga Whakaata

Shed 11, 60 Lady Elizabeth Lane, Wellington

19 February - 10 May 2026

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Slow Burn Ahi Tāmau: Women and Photography Māreikura Whakaahua

Lissa Mitchell

Published by Te Papa Press, February 2026
232 Pages, Limpbound
NZ$35

Exhibition: Te Papa Toi Art, Level 4
28 February 2026 - January 2027

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one foot on the bottom

Mary Macpherson

Published by Rim Books, 2026

112 pages, 54 photographs
Softcover with flaps
Section sewn, layflat binding
Design Mary Macpherson and Katrina Duncan
Editing Peter Black and Mary Macpherson

Edition of 100
RRP $80.00

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