The Cabinet Makers: Prime Ministers of New Zealand
Wednesday 18 November 2009

image of crowd at opening of Prime Minister's exhibition

The Cabinet Makers: Prime Ministers of NZ - photographs, paintings and cartoons
Exhibited at Shed 11, NZ Portrait Gallery
There was a promotional video - 8megs on YouTube
See an edited (7meg) video of Prime Minister John Key opening the exhibition
Curated by Gavin Mclean
19 November 2009 until 10 February 2010

Opening Night

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Grateful thanks to:

Prime Minister John Key for taking time out to open the exhibition.

Blue Tones, a barbershop quartet from St Pats (Town) College

Photographers Ross Becker and Joan McCracken. Ross's photographs can be viewed on this external site. His online collection is here . (Full address at bottom of page)
All photographs used on this page were taken by Ross except for interviewing the prime minister (Joan McCracken).

Pictured above are - from left - former Prime Minister Sir Geoffrey Palmer, Prime Minister John Key and NZ Portrait Gallery Chairman and former Governor General Sir Michael Hardie Boys. Former Prime Minister Jim Bolger looks on from the portrait at right.

Pictured below: Sir Michael Hardie Boys gives the opening speech. In the foreground at left Dr Gavin McLean, the exhibition curator, waits his turn with speech notes in hand (also pictured at right) and beside him Gallery Director, Avenal McKinnon, enjoys the joke, and beside her, Prime Minister, John Key, also awaits a turn on the podium.
Image of Sir Michael Hardie Boys opening speech
Image of Dr Gavin McLean's opening speech
Pictured below are scenes following the official opening
Blue Tones: Bass - Hans To'o, Tenor - Nick Ryan, Lead - Chiranth Bhagavan, Baritone - Josh Ell,

Image of the crowd viewing the exhibition
image of John Key being interviewed by press
Image of St Pat's barbershop quartet

Photographer Ross Becker, website http://www.picasaweb.google.com/rossbeckernz or specifically http://picasaweb.google.com/RossBeckerNZ/NZPortraitGalleryTheCabinetMakers

See the map on our shed 11 page or go to this external site for a map to Shed 11

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