“I see the curatorial process as an art practice. I don’t get to make my own work very often. And I don’t like the idea that I’m taking up space that could go to somebody who’s working full time on their toi.” — Karl Chitham.
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“There is little or no information recording where the taonga came from, who they belonged to, who made them, what their names were, or how they were used.” — Matariki Williams on how the majority of taonga stored in collections have been separated from their stories.
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“The ’nesian body was not welcome, nor was anything that adorned it — unless it was ‘in fashion’, doomed to disappear when the next trend arrived. The New Zealand mainstream media did not reflect the world I inhabited.”
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