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A photo exhibition, which takes a long-term view of recording the district’s growth through the lens of a camera, will be held as part of the Kowhai Festival in October.
Captured: A Photographic Time Capsule of Warkworth will be exhibited in the Southgate Room, at The Oaks Retirement Village, from October 17 to 19.
The project involves repeating the photographs taken from exactly the same seven vantage points around Warkworth five years ago. Drone shots of the township, also taken in 2019, will also be replicated.
The exhibition is being organised by planner Burnette O’Connor, communications specialist Rachel Callender, Mahurangi Matters editor Jannette Thompson and One Mahurangi administrator Claire-Marie Blair. Photographs are being taken by Anna Thoroughgood.
They say the idea is to build a library of images over time, recording the area’s growth, which will be a valuable resource for years to come.
“Warkworth’s status as a satellite town in the Auckland Plan means the town will see unprecedented growth over the next 30 years. When our neighbourhoods expand to cover the green fields we see around us today, it will be easy to forget that it wasn’t always like that.”
The exhibition will also include photographs of the district from the 1980s, thanks to the generous support of the Warkworth District Museum.
Sharing the Southgate space during the exhibition will be Warkworth Quilters, who will display examples of their work.
The organisers are grateful for the support of sponsors Buckton Surveyors and Planners, and The Planning Collective.
Festival colouring comp
Mahurangi primary school children have been invited to enter the annual Kowhai Festival art and colouring competition. The theme this year is vintage fashion through the decades, with prizes for both the junior and senior winners. Budding artists will be competing for vouchers and a trophy, and entry forms are available from local schools. The entries will be judged at the festival on Saturday, October 19, at 3pm. In the lead-up to the festival, entries will be displayed in the Pets North window in Queen Street.
For further information, contact kowhaifestival@gmail.com.
