Objectspace 2019

The Single Object: The wood planks that hid Polynesian students from the police

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Nina Tonga searches for the hidden history of the Dawn Raids at an Auckland high school. I hold Tip Top bread close to my heart. Not because it’s my preferred loaf (not by far) but because it reminds me of my Uncle Neini, one of the first from my family to move to New Zealand … Read more

The back country record cutter putting New Zealand music on plastic

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The Single Object is a series exploring our material culture, examining the meaning and influence of the objects that surround us in everyday life.  In a shed at the foothills of the Southern Alps, Peter King has made special lathe cuts of recordings by an eclectic array of musicians. Kiran Dass writes here about her … Read more