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He Riri Awatea filming the NZ Awards Maori film makers before and behind the camera

Unfortunately on the day of our visit there was only a very small selection of art to view. The majority of gallery space was being overhauled for a new exhibition. A Lovely historic wharf building is home to this gallery and there could have been more information on it's previous use.

I'm telling you later, I've to visit the inside again,well a very cool idea I liked it.All around the world yeh yeh yenI'm gone..find my baby do u know the song Lisa Stansfields?! I like the interior realistic portraits interesting to me

There were a couple of really interesting exhibits on while I was there. The struggle of the maori authors made for fascinating reading

Fantastic set of diverse portraits - well worth a wander through - close to CBD and on the way around the waterfront.

Absolutely loved the quality of the work in here and the variety. We popped in for a look and it was peaceful and relaxing and I particularly loved this seraphine pick painting stunning!

Quite small and much of it taken up with an exhibition of the work of Selwyn Muru, which was not just portraits

Great work by supporters to keep this compact gallery alive to display nz art.

My favourite art gallery in Wellington. It's quite compact, so you can spend time looking at each painting photo and not get overwhelmed by hundreds. They change their exhibits regularly, which is a bonus.

Its fine. A lot crammed in to an already small space, and injudicious use of the centre of the room, made it feel cramped and forced us up close to the works. We were there to see the Cook exhibition on Hamilton East in the 1990s.