FUTUNA EXHIBITION – PUBLIC TALKS

FUTUNA CHAPEL EXHIBITION - FROM THE ARCHIVE: THE MAKING OF FUTUNA

PUBLIC TALKS

DESCRIPTION

The public talks presented in Futuna Chapel will inform and enhance the experience and comprehension of Futuna Chapel, a collaboration of the Chapel architect John Scott, Chapel artist Jim Allen and the Building Brothers of Futuna.

This exhibition will, in words, drawings, images, sound and physical objects, explore the commissioning, architectural design, art works and the physical construction of this combination of masterworks.

This work was produced when John Scott and Jim Allen were both in their mid-thirties and constructed by a dedicated team of similar aged voluntary building lay brothers.

The exhibition will be brought to life with a series of public talks over the three Sundays of the exhibition. These talks are presented by James Charlton and Tina Barton on Sunday 3 November, Chris Moller and Frances Martin on Sunday 10 November, and Barbara Fill and Puawai Cairns on Sunday 17th November.

See separate Eventbrite page for the 3 dates for presenters information, timing and booking details.

BOOKINGS ARE ESSENTIAL TO ATTEND THIS EVENT

The Futuna Trust is a completely voluntary organisation and all funds raised from the Futuna Exhibition Public Talks go towards the ongoing care, maintenance and operation of Futuna Chapel and also to support various initiatives undertaken by the Trust. This year the Trust continues, in accordance with its evolving tikanga. Booking for these talks is on a koha/donation basis. There is a free ticket type but if you would like to make a koha/donation to the Trust to support the Chapel, please register using the ticket types of $10, $ 15, $20 or $25. Ticketing and GST fees will be absorbed by the Trust.

Sunday 17th November 2:00 – 4:00pm

Barbara Fill

TITLE: What it took to legally protect Futuna 20 years ago and would it happen today

Barbara has a B.A. in Social Anthropology from the University of Auckland and a M.Phil. in Environmental and Resource Planning from Massey University. She has also attended a course in the Conservation of Architectural Heritage/Historic Structures, at ICCROM in Rome.

She has researched over 1,000 heritage buildings, sites and reserves in New Zealand for: registration under the former Historic Places Act 1993; conservation plans; local authority data bases and heritage inventories; planning documents; reserve management plans; and heritage orders.

She has provided heritage policy and planning and funding advice on Wellington’s built heritage to developers, Council, Hearings Committees and the Environment Court, owners, and other interested government and non-government organizations as well as the wider community. She has prepared plan changes for heritage buildings including the District Plan Change for Futuna Chapel in 2003.

In the 1990s she developed, implemented and monitored funding polices in the natural, physical and cultural heritage sectors in line with relevant legislation and national policy statements and international conservation standards for the Lottery Grants Board.

She has also been a guest lecturer at Victoria University in papers dealing with heritage conservation, planning law, urban design and museum studies.

At a local level Barbara has worked with community groups for over 30 years on local environmental and heritage issues.

Sunday 17th November 2:00 – 4:00pm

Puawai Cairns Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāti Pukenga and Ngāi Te Rangi

Exploring aspects of heritage with a Māori history nerd.

Puawai Cairns is of Māori descent from Tauranga Moana and belongs to the Ngāti Pūkenga, Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Ranginui tribes. She has worked in the museum and culture sector for twenty years and presently works as the Director of Audience and Insight at Te Papa Tongarewa where she oversees the audience facing work of the national museum. Puawai has a curatorial and research background, and previously was the Head of Mātauranga Māori for Te Papa where she specialised in contemporary social history research and collecting to reflect the stories of Māori communities. Puawai co-wrote a book on the material culture of protest (Gibson, S., Williams, M., & Cairns, P. (2019). Protest Tautohetohe: Objects of resistance, persistence and defiance), which won the 2019 Ockham book award for Best Illustrated Non-fiction and completed co-writing a book about the blockbuster Gallipoli exhibition at Te Papa (Cairns, P., Pugsley, C., Keith, M., & Taylor, R. (2022). Gallipoli: The Scale of our War (1st ed.). Te Papa Press.). Puawai serves on numerous boards across Aotearoa, including Heritage New Zealand, Māori Heritage Council, and Atamira Dance Company, among others. She advises nationally and internationally on museum practices, advocating for greater indigenous participation and leadership in the heritage sector. Puawai lives in Wellington with her daughter and partner.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Futuna Chapel, 67 Futuna Close, Wellington, New Zealand