The official Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery podcast! This podcast channel is for material outside the exhibition space, be it recorded public programme, random series, occasional ponderings or curated content. If it is heard it may well end up here. Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery is the purpose-built gallery of Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington. It initiates, produces and presents a highly-regarded programme of exhibitions, events and publications; manages and develops Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, and provides a vital platform for critical thinking across media, disciplines, cultures and contexts.
Kōrero pono mai Ep2 | (Mis)representations of Te Tiriti in law and policy: the TPB, the RMA and everything in between — Luke Fitzmaurice-Brown
This is a recording of the talk at Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery on the 25th of March 2026, titled ‘(Mis)representations of Te Tiriti in law and policy: the TPB, the RMA and everything in between’ by Senior Lecturer in the Law Faculty at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, Luke Fitzmaurice-Brown, This talk was the final in a four-part series ‘Kōrero pono mai: talks on te Tiriti & The Treaty’ that ran in conjunction with the exhibition ‘Whai Wāhi’.
These talks take heed from Te Waka Hourua, who call upon institutions to kōrero pono mai / tell the truth. Invited speakers will present short talks grounded in their experiences as legal experts, advocates and scholars in relation to te Tiriti and the Treaty.
Fitzmaurice-Brown writes, one of the ways in which te Tiriti o Waitangi has been dishonoured since its signing is through its misrepresentation in New Zealand law and policy. From reference to ‘treaty principles’ in law to attempts to erase the Crown’s te Tiriti obligations altogether, legislation and policy has consistently fallen short of truly honouring the document. This kōrero will focuses on some of the ways that has happened, with particular reference to te Tiriti-based environmental policies, as well as high profile recent examples such as the Treaty Principles Bill. It will also discuss how these failings might be rectified, and what role all New Zealanders have to play in that.
Dr Luke Fitzmaurice-Brown (Te Aupōuri) is a Senior Lecturer in the Law Faculty at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington. His research focuses primarily on te Tiriti o Waitangi, child protection and decolonisation.
2 Jul 2026
Kōrero pono mai Ep1 | Signs of a Nation — Carwyn Jones
This episode is a recording of the talk titled ‘Signs of a Nation’ by leading legal academic Carwyn Jones, at Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery on the 4th of March 2026. This talk was the first in a four-part public programme series ‘Kōrero pono mai: talks on te Tiriti & The Treaty’ that ran in conjunction with the exhibition ‘Whai Wāhi’.
These talks take heed from Te Waka Hourua, who call upon institutions to kōrero pono mai / tell the truth. Invited speakers will present short talks grounded in their experiences as legal experts, advocates and scholars in relation to te Tiriti and the Treaty.
Jones writes, Te Tiriti o Waitangi is recognised as a founding document of government in New Zealand. But what does this really mean for the role te Tiriti has in our national life? Where do we see it reflected in our law and policy and public institutions? The ways in which institutions like Te Papa present te Tiriti helps to shape our collective understanding and the public discussion of the role of te Tiriti. The changing nature of those public, political, and constitutional conversations – from 1840 to today – reveal important insights about the fundamental relationships between Māori and the Crown.
Carwyn Jones (Ngāti Kahungunu) is a Kaihautū of Te Whare Whakatupu Mātauranga at Te Wānanga o Raukawa and the lead academic in the Ahunga Tikanga (Māori Laws and Philosophy) programme there. He is an Honorary Adjunct Professor at Te Kawa a Māui—the School of Māori Studies at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington and a Fellow of Te Apārangi – the Royal Society of New Zealand. His research focuses on Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the rights of Indigenous peoples. He is co-editor of the Māori Law Review, the author of New Treaty, New Tradition: Reconciling New Zealand and Māori Law, a co-author of Treaty Law: The Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi in law and practice, and an editor of the new collection of essays, 50 Years of the Waitangi Tribunal – Whakamana i te Tiriti.
21 Oct 2025
In Response Ep 04 | Chris Tse & fellow poets
The final episode of the series features new poetry in response to photographs of 19th Century Aotearoa from the exhibition A Different Light: First Photographs of Aotearoa.
In this recording of the evening event called ‘Long exposure’, we hear the 13th Poet Laureate Chris Tse and fellow poets Mary Macpherson, Arihia Latham, Margo Montes de Oca, Ada Duffy, Simon Sweetman, and Jackson McCarthy move around the gallery reading new work alongside photographs of their choosing.
This event was developed in collaboration with the Alexander Turnbull Library and The National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa and recorded on 07 May 2025.
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