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Tapa unveiling ceremony held
Staff and visitors gathered for a tapa unveiling ceremony
in the Library last week. The tapa cloth was gifted to the University
by Samoan Education Minister Fiame Naomi. She visited the campus in March,
as part of a Samoan delegation studying the Wellington merger.
Undertaking the formal unveiling was Victoria University Samoan Studies
programme director Galumalemana Alfred Hunkin (right), pictured here with
Wellington Librarian Guy Reynolds. Mr Reynolds says the tapa is a worthy
addition to the library’s art collection, which already features
several works on M¯aori and Pacific Island themes by a range of artists,
some of whom were former lecturers.
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