Kā Tae Colours

A rainbow of art is celebrated in the newest book hitting the shelves at Dunedin Public Art Gallery. Kā Tae Colours is a joyful board book illustrated with works from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery Collection. Created by teacher and curator Jen Boland, it encourages whānau to look, listen, talk, play and imagine together. Designed by Karina McLeod, Kā Tae Colours offers a new way to look at this selection of works from across the Gallery collection.

Kā Tae is the perfect introduction to the gallery for our youngest audiences and their loved ones. Following the well-known children’s song ‘Mā is White’, the book creates a familiar space for readers and combines art, rhythm, colour and verse to create an engaging shared-reading experience.

While this book has arrived at the Gallery, we are also preparing to bring the artworks off the page and into the gallery with an accompanying exhibition opening in the Whānau Gallery in early December. Keep your eye on website for all the details.


Noho ora mai,
Lucy Hammonds
Kairauhī Curator
Dunedin Public Art Gallery