Forthcoming Talk, Sunday 7th April by Tim Walker - Horatio Robley, Tauranga and New Zealand

‘Maori War-Canoe at Tauranga, New Zealand’
Watercolour painting by Horatio Gordon Robley, c. 1865
Collection of MTG Hawke’s Bay Tai Ahuriri, Ref. 33528

Mark your calendars now. On 7^th April Tim Walker will talk to the Society about Horatio Robley’s relationship with Tauranga and New Zealand, and our changing relationship with him.

Tim Walker is an Auckland-based arts & culture consultant. Previously he worked in art galleries and museums for three decades – at the Waikato Museum of Art and History, National Art Gallery and Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand, Dowse Art Museum and Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland Museum.

Tim is chair of Te Kura Toi Whakaari; NZ Drama School. He has a MA (Hons) in Art History from the University of Auckland and was awarded an Honorary Degree in Creative Technologies by the Wellington Institute of Technology for his work at The Dowse.

Tim wrote his Art History Master’s thesis on Horatio Gordon Robley. He has maintained an interest in the subject since, including friendships with Robley’s descendants in the Bay of Plenty and Whanganui. He is currently writing a book centred on Robley’s extraordinary life.

Erratum - In an earlier version of this article, the title incorrectly showed Tim's talk for 4th April, although the date within the body of the article was correctly shown as Sunday 7th April. Apologies for any confusion.