Brett Graham, Rāwhiti, 2014, carved beechwood, gold leaf, 1500 × 825 × 250 mm, Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, purchased 2013. Installation view, Not a solitary feeling, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2026. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Installation view, Not a solitary feeling, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2026. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Colin McCahon, Gate III, 1970, acrylic on canvas, 3050 × 10675 mm, Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, purchased 1972 with assistance of the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council. Installation view, Not a solitary feeling, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2026. Photo: Ted Whitaker. 

Ross Hemera, Tahito: A Bird for the Future, 1995, tōtara, No.8 wire, galvanised steel bolts, variable dimensions, 3000 mm width, Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, formerly Wellington College of Education Art Collection, accessioned 2009. Installation view, Not a solitary feeling, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2026. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Fiona Connor, A Letter to the Unwritten Future, July 10, 2009–, letter, website (www.alettertotheunwrittenfuture.org), agreement, A4 text page, variable measurements, Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, purchased 2018. Installation view, Not a solitary feeling, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2026. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Mark Harvey, Whakahokia 2025, 13 minutes 55 seconds, single channel, digital video, colour, sound. Camera: Maija Stephens, Editing: Mark Harvey, with thanks to Ngāti Tukorehe, Huhana Smith and all marram ball kickers, courtesy of the artist. Installation view, Not a solitary feeling, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2026. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Tanya Ashken, Sea Creatures, 1971 (foreground) and Melissa Macleod, a borrowed chorus, 2026 (background). Installation view Not a solitary feeling, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2026. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Tanya Ashken, Sea Creatures (detail), 1971, five-part mobile, shaped duralumin sheeting, variable dimensions, largest approximately 1400 × 840 × 600 mm, Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, formerly Wellington College of Education Art Collection (gift of The Renaissance Singers of Wellington 1971), accessioned 2009. Installation view, Not a solitary feeling, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2026. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Installation view with works by Yuki Kihara (left) and Ayesha Green (right), Not a solitary feeling, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2026. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Ayesha Green, There is Power in Grief, 2024, acrylic on canvas, 1210 × 1680 mm, Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, purchased 2024. Installation view, Not a solitary feeling, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2026. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Yuki Kihara, Mal, 2025, and Zazu, 2025, pandanus mats, embroidered with the assistance of Moata’a Aualuma Community, Upolu Island, approx. 1600 × 2400 mm. Courtesy of the artist and Gow Langsford Gallery; and Winds of Change, 2026, installation of 100 pandanus fans handmade by Sāmoa Victim Support Group Nofotane, suspended, dimensions variable, courtesy of the artist.

Yuki Kihara, Winds of Change (detail), 2026, installation of 100 pandanus fans handmade by Sāmoa Victim Support Group Nofotane, suspended, dimensions variable, courtesy of the artist. Installation view, Not a solitary feeling, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2026. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Installation view, Not a solitary feeling, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2026. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Christine Hellyar, Situations, 1969, archival black and white ink-jet prints on double weight art paper; toned to match vintage prints, 250 × 250 mm each, Collection Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth. Installation view, Not a solitary feeling, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2026. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Layla Rudneva-Mackay, Grey Stones and Blue Velvet, 2007, C-type photograph, 1145 × 1145 mm and Yellow Curtain, 2008, C-type photograph,1145 × 1145 mm, both Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2008. Installation view, Not a solitary feeling, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2026. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Melissa Macleod, a borrowed chorus (detail), 2026 (iteration #3), dawn air Pukehīnau/ Kelburn hill -41° 17' 18.96" S, 174° 46' 8.40" E, aluminium, cable ties. 1100 × 2200 × 4400 mm each structure, courtesy of the artist. Installation view, Not a solitary feeling, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2026. Photo: Ted Whitaker.