Wednesday 25 March
Pastorius Waller Theater
Nikau Hindin & Jae Hoon Lee
with Dr Kyla Mackenzie (Curator, Planted)
In conversation with Craig Potton
A Fundraising Evening for The Suter
ARATOI launches a new series of live artist conversations created to raise vital funds for The Suter’s exhibitions and public programmes.
For the first event in the series, artists Nikau Hindin and Jae Hoon Lee are joined by Dr Kyla Mackenzie for a panel discussion connected to the exhibition Planted. Together they will explore the role of plant life in art, culture and contemporary practice.
The discussion will be moderated by photographer and conservation advocate Craig Potton.
Event Schedule
5:30pm — Live music in the foyer (O & the Mo)
6:15pm — Panel discussion (approx. one hour)
Plant-based refreshments | Bar open
Support The Suter – Pay What You Can
This event is presented as Pay What You Can to ensure accessibility, while raising essential funds for The Suter.
This evening includes live music, visiting speakers and refreshments. Your contribution helps cover these costs and supports The Suter’s exhibitions and public programmes.
Contributions of $45 or more per ticket include a 12-month Friends Membership (which can be gifted if you are already a Friend).
As a charitable trust, The Suter relies on the generosity of our community to make events like this possible.
About the Speakers
Nikau Hindin (Ngāpuhi / Te Rarawa / Ngāi Tūpoto)
Nikau Hindin is a contemporary Māori artist reviving the Māori aute (bark cloth) tradition in Aotearoa, a practice not sustained here for over a century following the near-extinction of the paper mulberry tree. Working with harvested and prepared aute (paper mulberry bark), she incorporates Māori motifs and references to manu (kites/birds), which hold histories of navigation, communication and divination.
Jae Hoon Lee
Korean-born and based in Aotearoa New Zealand, Jae Hoon Lee creates moving image and digitally manipulated photographic works that explore transformation, identity and interconnectedness. His work Space Tree (2024), featured in Planted, reflects on a shifting, boundaryless self and the relationship between earth and sky.
Craig Potton MNZM
Craig is a Nelson-based landscape photographer, author and conservation advocate. Awarded a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2013, he is also a former Chair of The Suter Art Gallery Te Aratoi o Whakatū Trust.
Dr Kyla Mackenzie
Kyla is Curator and Collections Manager at The Suter Art Gallery Te Aratoi o Whakatū and the curator of the exhibition Planted. An art historian and writer, she has published widely on New Zealand art in journals including Art New Zealand, The Journal of New Zealand Art History, and Grove Art Online.
