Thanksgiving Foundation

<p><strong>Michael Parekowhai</strong><br /> <em>The Story of a New Zealand River</em> 2001<br /> The Auckland Triennial Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki on loan from the Thanksgiving Foundation, 2001</p>

Michael Parekowhai
The Story of a New Zealand River 2001
The Auckland Triennial Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki on loan from the Thanksgiving Foundation, 2001

Formed in 1998 the Thanksgiving Foundation's intention is to build a collection of international master works.

To date these include Frances Hodgkins' Refugee Children, c1916, the Gallery's first Picasso painting, Verre et pichet, 1944, and Michael Parekowhai's Story of a New Zealand River, 2001.