We tell the stories of New Zealanders through the art of portraiture.
The New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pūkenga Whakaata was founded in 1990 as a charitable trust. We have been in our permanent home in Shed 11 on Wellington’s waterfront since 2010.
We enable audiences to encounter portraits of New Zealanders who, in all their diversity, have shaped our country’s development or influenced the way we think about ourselves. Through portraiture, we offer perspectives on ourselves, our history, our creativity, and our place in the world.
The Gallery relies almost exclusively on donations from individuals and organisations to fund for its ongoing work, and on sponsors to fund its annual portrait competitions – the Adam Portraiture Award and the Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award. We would not exist without the hard work and dedication of our many volunteers who serve on our Board of Trustees our committees and as team members.
Trustees
Chair
Dr Alan Bollard CNZM
Hon. Treasurer
Mike Curtis
Monique Cairns
Elizabeth Cunningham (Ngai Tahu, Ngati Mutunga)
Dr David Galler
Phillip Green
Marianne Hargreaves MNZM
Helen Kedgley
James Kember
Diane Morcom CNZM, CVO
Garry Nicholas (Te Atiawa, Taranaki, Ngati Ruanui, Tauranga Moana, Ngati Haua)
Richard Thomson
Trustee Emerita
Elizabeth Stringer
Team
Director
Jaenine Parkinson
Registrar & Exhibitions Coordinator
Becky Bean
Audience Engagement Coordinator
Holly Walker
Donor Support and Friends Coordinator
Denise Almao
Donor and Development Coordinator
Allison Groves
Office and Awards Administrator
Mike Tiller
Gallery Hosts
Sam Walker, Renati Waaka, Frankie Millar, Madison Nurkka, Peachy Fulford-Wierzbicki
Volunteer Gallery Hosts
Di Berry, Rosemary Cole, Jane Wright, Margaret Walls, Paul Lambert, Kath O'Shaughnessy, Elizabeth Ellis, Kendall Gibson, Shona de Sain, Jude Campion, Miranda Pittaway, Gillian Orsman, Harrison Schwertfeger.
Friends Committee
President
Janet Waite
Jane Aim
Denise Almao
Jo Beetham
Tricia Briscoe
Jennifer Button
Joy Dunsheath MNZM
Sue Upton
Carla Wild
Shona Willis
Kaitiaki Komiti
Chair
Phillip Green
Elizabeth Cunningham
Helen Kedgley
Garry Nicholas
Management Committee
Chair
James Kember
Denise Almao
Dr Alan Bollard
Mike Curtis
Phillip Green
Marianne Hargreaves MNZM
Helen Kedgley
Heather Ann Moodie
Diane Morcom
Jaenine Parkinson
Janet Waite
Programming and Acquisitions Committee
Chair
Jaenine Parkinson
Barbara Brookes MNZM FRSNZ
Mark Crookston
Helen Kedgley
Dr Rebecca Rice
Julia Waite
Matariki Williams