Reading Pictures: Paul Diamond

Paul Diamond will speak about Mark Adams’ photograph of the site of Hinemihi at the time of the Tarawera eruption, and his own journey to visit Hinemihi in England, and Rauru, another whare whakairo photographed by Adams.

Paul Diamond (Ngāti Hauā, Te Rarawa and Ngāpuhi) is a writer and historian who has worked as the inaugural Curator, Māori at the Alexander Turnbull Library since 2011 and previously as an oral historian and broadcast journalist. He is the author of three pukapuka that range across histories of Māori representation.

This talk is associated with a new lunchtime talk series Reading Pictures. Each fortnight an invited speaker responds to a photograph in our current exhibition Tēnei Ao Tūroa – This Enduring World, drawing on their particular insights, interests and knowledge.

Image: [Image: Mark Adams, Installation view 11.5.2000. Hinemihi. Te Wairoa, Hot Lakes District, New Zealand. The site of Hinemihi at the time of the Tarawera eruption of 1886, C type prints from 10 x 8 inch C41 negatives, 1275 × 3060 mm, three parts, collection of Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand]