In this track Sue Berman talks with Frances Walsh from the NZ Maritime Museum and Britomart's Jeremy Hansen about the exhibition Bon Voyage, Good Trip, Be Good : An exhibition of photographs by John Rykenberg.

On show in December and January at Britomart - https://britomart.org/festivities-and-farewells-britomarts-summer-exhibition/

"Summer can be a time of exciting excursions, of reunions and departures, of times of contemplation accompanied by a soundtrack of the ocean.

This summer, Britomart celebrates the season with a look back before the era of mass air travel, when Auckland’s wharves were the place where the city connected to the rest of the globe.

From 1958-62, photographer John Rykenberg roamed Princes Wharf taking pictures of festivities and farewells as passengers gathered with their whānau before departing for destinations across the seas.

This exhibition at The Pavilions and in the Atrium on Takutai is presented by Britomart, Auckland Libraries and the New Zealand Maritime Museum Hui te Ananui a Tangaroa reproduces some of Rykenberg’s photographs, a reminder that even as times change, the thrill of travel and the emotion of reunion and farewell remain".

Rykenberg Collection on Kura Heritage Collections Online: https://tinyurl.com/49cde36r

https://www.maritimemuseum.co.nz/

Image: Departure of the Tofua, Auckland, 1959, Rykenberg Photography https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/81369/rec/86

Music: https://archive.org/details/78_now-is-the-hour-maori-farewell-song_bing-crosby-ken-darby-choir-maewa-kaihan-clem_gbia0004764a