Running daily from 12pm-10pm
In 2025 Te Ara i Whiti brings together a group of ten artists who have created newly commissioned sculptural installations in response to the kaupapa – ‘O mātou tūmanako’ ‘our dreams’.
Te Ara i Whiti is an interactive visual arts experience primarily composed of illuminated installations and sculptural works that celebrate contemporary design and connections to people and place. In 2025 we are proud to welcome Melanie Tangaere Baldwin back as curator with collaboration and support from globally acclaimed lighting designer, Angus Muir.
Now in its seventh year, Te Ara i Whiti has grown significantly in scale and intent, with a diverse range of artistic disciplines and styles breathing life and wonderment into the experience of public art. Te Ara i Whiti has become an exhibition of significance on the national arts calendar, continually showing new works by some of Aotearoa’s most celebrated artists.
“‘O mātou Tūmanako’ is the overarching theme of this year’s exhibition, and while the artworks each speak of the dreams and aspirations of the artists for their communities, they are also a prompt for us all to take the time to pause and think about our collective future and what we dream of for each other.
