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New rotation in the back-of-kāinga for Hōngongoi with mahi by Olivia Asher, Ed Bats, Will Bennett, Gerard Dombroski, Eilish Dwyer, Sophie Greig, Turumeke Harrington, Bena Jackson, Reece King, Michael Mahne Lamb, Ben Pyne, Sara Tautuku Orme, and Hannah Valentine. We also have a beautiful new selection of Rings by Anthea Tucker Baillie.

Catalogues in bio x

Pictured:
Michael Mahne Lamb
Recall the corners, 2019
C-type print mounted on aluminium
750mm × 1130mm

Anthea Tucker Baillie
Pearl Classic, 2025
Sterling Silver, Cultured Pearl
size N

Olivia Asher
barbed and wired, 2026
acrylic and oil on calico
605mm x 605mm by @peg_gallery_

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‘Traditionally, Maaori used soil as adornment; on bodies, on bones, on the beloved dead. Whaanau would clean and paint their loved ones in paru or kookoowai before the tangihanga, preparing them for the final gathering of iwi. Among the mourners, someone might haehae their limbs with obsidian, scratching their skin to make visible the pain of loss. Ash could be rubbed into the cuts so the scars remained. For Maaori, the symbolic becomes literal and the literal becomes symbolic. We are tangata whenua, people of the land, and also made of the land, descendants of Hineahuone, shaped from clay and gifted with breath.

Harrington’s mahi gathers these old practices into a contemporary form. The through‑line is whakapapa: to place in layers, to build meaning through accumulation. On each canvas, colours stack together then a layer of pigment made from soils is added gathered from different whenua; from Moeraki, Rakiura, Noti Hinetamatea, Kura Taawhiti and Cape Reinga. From South to North, fittingly in the place that all souls leap off of the land to return back to Hawaiki. That top layer of soil is scratched back, revealing the colours beneath. The technique, sgraffito, echoes the preparation of the body and the haehae of old: first the painting in soil, then the scratching of the skin to mark the impact of someone’s presence in your life and their departure from it.’
– Midden Rahurahu, Scratching Beyond the Surface @fireinthefern

ĀKE, AKE, ACHE (Forever is a long time) surrounding us for one more week, the gallery is open from 11am–4pm today 💚

Pictured:
Turumeke Harrington, Hot boxed (Te Hau-kai-takata), 2026, acrylic and whenua on canvas [Kura Tāwhiti]
1800mm x 1000mm by @peg_gallery_

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A Drawing For A Group Show is on now at @whangareiartmuseum.

The premise is stonkingly good and simple: hundreds of sheets of cotton paper sent out across the motu with a return post bag, no names on the wall, a mammoth snapshot of art practice in Aotearoa right now.

PEG’s raranga is woven through this show, with works from:
Olivia Asher
Ed Bats
Megan Brady
Eilish Dwyer
Matthew Galloway
Erika Holm
Turumeke Harrington
Bena Jackson
Michael Mahne Lamb
Brie Rate
Hannah Valentine

Go find them among 150+ drawings from across the country (and world).

@whangareiartmuseum
Curated by Simon Bowerbank
images by Sam Hartnett by @peg_gallery_

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Turumeke Harrington, Whana, whana (Final Boss) A, 2026, acrylic and whenua on canvas [Moeraki]
355mm x 305mm

ĀKE, AKE, ACHE (Forever is a long time) is in its final weeks, on the walls until Saturday 01 August.

Turumeke Harrington, Whana, whana (Final Boss) A (detail), 2026, acrylic and whenua on canvas [Moeraki]
355mm x 305mm

Turumeke Harrington, Whana, whana (Final Boss) B, 2026, acrylic and whenua on canvas [Moeraki]
355mm x 305mm

Turumeke Harrington, Whana, whana (Final Boss) B (detail), 2026, acrylic and whenua on canvas [Moeraki]
355mm x 305mm

Turumeke Harrington ĀKE, AKE, ACHE (Forever is a long time) installation image by @peg_gallery_

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We are delighted to share that two works by Bena Jackson, ‘Raking leaves from gravel (bike stand)’ and ‘Raking leaves from gravel (chain)’, have been acquired by The Dowse Art Museum

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First presented with @play_station.space at the Melbourne Art Fair, before showing at PEG in Civic Weeds, these works continue Jackson’s study of the everyday realities of our cities.

Working with salvaged urban materials; handrails, gutters, bollards, found steel, Jackson’s practice traces the histories held in infrastructure.

As writer Bronte Heron notes in Gutter Junk, the essay written to accompany the Melbourne Art Fair presentation, Jackson’s work reveals “a city that behaves less like a finished surface and more as a palimpsest, written over again and again by use, neglect, care, and improvisation.”

Bena Jackson is a Te Whanganui-a-Tara–based artist working across sculpture and installation, examining how gestures, structures, and makeshift interventions shape our experience of city space. She holds an MFA from Whiti o Rehua School of Art, Massey University, and was awarded the Iris Fisher Scholarship in 2023. Recent exhibitions include PLAY_STATION’s presentation at Melbourne Art Fair (2026), Civic Weeds (PEG Gallery, 2026), Urban Legend (Te Tuhi, 2024), Castle Mall (RM Gallery, 2023), and Here We All Are (The Engine Room, 2023).

Pictured:
Bena Jackson
Raking leaves from gravel (bike stand), 2026
Mild steel, string
1000 × 185 × 400 mm

Bena Jackson
Raking leaves from gravel (chain), 2026
Dimensions variable by @peg_gallery_

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6 days ago

Sun is out! The gallery is open today 11am–4pm 💛🌟

@turumeke by @peg_gallery_

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8 days ago

Turumeke Harrington, 'Hey, what's up, hello', 2026
Acrylic and whenua on canvas [Rakiura]
255mm x 205mm
$1,300.00

A little beauty tucked in the corner of ĀKE, AKE, ACHE (Forever is a long time), on until 01 August.

Full catalogue in bio x by @peg_gallery_

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10 days ago

'The titles carry their own whakapapa; inside jokes, lyrics from Fetty Wap, Outkast, Blink‑182, untethered phrases, place names and whakataukii are scattered across the works with relevance and meaning that only a close friend could understand fully. They feel like overhearing two mates bantering in the front seat while you ride in the back. Even when you don’t catch every reference, the warmth of familiarity settles around you and you are aware that what you are seeing is built from years of back and forth.

Humour threads through the works themselves but also a sense that the art must represent a change, a pulling away from what is fully recognisable. Traditional koowhaiwhai shapes appear, then stretch, distort, and reimagine themselves as you move through the exhibition. In Haeata (Partyline, Boner), classic pitau patterns are etched into soil. By the time you reach Catching things & eating their insides or Whana whana (final boss) A & B, the forms have swollen, loosened, dissolved into colour.'

Excerpt from Midden Rahurahu's SCRATCHING BEYOND THE SURFACE, written to accompany ĀKE, AKE, ACHE (Forever is a long time). @fireinthefern

Mānawatia a Matariki e hoa mā! Catch you on the other side x

Pictured:
Haeata (Partyline, Boner), 2026
Acrylic and whenua on canvas [Cape Reinga]
1800mm x 1000mm
DM to enquire by @peg_gallery_

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17 days ago

Turumeke Harrington is a Toi Iho registered artist.

Toi Iho is the registered trademark of authentic Māori art, recognising artists who whakapapa Māori and whose practice meets the standards of the tohu. It champions Māori creativity, protects artists and their intellectual property, and supports the strength and future of Māori arts.

The whakaaro behind Toi Iho stretches back to the vision of Sir Āpirana Ngata in 1936 and was realised through decades of advocacy, consultation and leadership by Māori artists before its official launch in 2002. When public funding ended in 2009, artists and supporters fought to keep Toi Iho alive, establishing the charitable trust that continues its work today.

If you're a Māori artist, you can apply to become a registered Toi Iho artist through an assessment process. If you're a collector or supporter of the arts, one of the best ways to tautoko Toi Iho is to seek out and purchase work by registered artists, support the Trust, and help amplify its kaupapa.

Support Māori artists, tautoko Toi Iho!

@toi_iho
@turumeke by @peg_gallery_

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18 days ago

Kia ora koutou,

Just a wee heads up that the gallery will be closed on Friday 10 July and Saturday 11 July.

This Matariki, both the artist and the gallerist are taking a couple of days to rest. We’ll be spending time with friends and whānau, reflecting, recharging, and remembering that it’s okay to step off the treadmill every now and then (aye @turumeke)

We certainly don’t want anyone to miss the chance to spend time with Turumeke’s mahi over Matariki. So, if these two days are your only opportunity to visit before the exhibition closes on 01 August, we’ll be open by appointment.

And “by appointment” isn’t scary or overly formal. Just flick me a message or call. I’ll be no more than 30 minutes away over both days and would be more than happy to come and open the gallery for you. There’s no pressure, no expectations, just an opportunity to spend some time with the work.

We’re just taking things a little slower for a couple of days. I hope you all have a beautiful Matariki. Spend time with the people you love, remember those who are no longer with us, reflect on the lives they lived and the paths they laid before us, and take a moment to appreciate the people who continue to shape our lives today.

Mānawatia a Matariki.

Ngā mihi nui,
Peg

Pictured:
Hā ki roto (Not the Florence and The Machine album), 2026, acrylic and whenua on canvas [Rakiura and Cape Reinga], 610mm x 510mm by @peg_gallery_

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19 days ago

Exhibition documentation and the catalogue for ĀKE, AKE, ACHE (Forever is a long time) are now online, links in bio.

The exhibition page also includes beautiful accompanying kupu by Midden Rahurahu @fireinthefern. He taonga. by @peg_gallery_

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23 days ago

Note from The Artist:

My friend Liv was fucking awesome. They were a fierce friend and cheerleader. They were clever and kind and made really cool things and had really cool ideas. They loved walking and the land they lived on. They loved the manu and the ngahere. They were beautiful and I miss them heaps.

I made this show thinking about them a lot, trying to cement my memories of them in my mind before they slip off into wherever memories slip off to.

Fuck cancer, hug the people you love, help each other out.

Recycle your soft plastics (it’s easy enough, google it) and if you want donate some pūtea $$ or time to an environmental project near you.

Kā mihi me te aroha nui,

Turumeke

[Liv hanging out in the tussocks, hanging out w us in the gallery ❤️‍🩹] by @peg_gallery_

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