Okaioceanikart

Okaioceanikart
Okaioceanikart
Alternative names	Okai
General information
Address	65 Karangahape Road
Town or city	Auckland
Country	New Zealand
Coordinates	36°51′28″S 174°45′45″E / 36.857868284023155°S 174.7624822390847°E
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Okaioceanikart, also known as Okai was a pan-Pacific commercial art gallery based in what was Langham Hotel Mall, situated on Karangahape Road, Auckland, New Zealand. The name Okaioceanikart combined ideas of kai (food) for the soul, kart (internet shopping), as well as art, ocean and kairos, the Greek concept of time and space.^[1]

Some of the artists represented or exhibited by Okaioceanikart include Fatu Feu'u, Dagmar Dyck, Leua Latai Leonard, Sylvia Marsters, Abraham Lagi, Daniel Waswas, Kopotama Jacobsen, Dan Taulapapa McMullin, Sekio Fuapopo, Brian Feni and Sina Panama.^[2]

History

In 2007, Marilyn Kohlhase co-founded Okaioceanikart with Bridget Marsh a pan-Pacific art gallery, on Karangahape Road, Auckland, after an invitation from artist Fatu Feu'u. Kohlhase at the time has worked with Creative New Zealand and Bridget as a mentor in business.^[3]

The gallery, which represented exclusively contemporary artists of the Pacific and Oceania, is believed to be the first gallery in the world to have this focus, the gallery also has a strong focus on Polynesian and Melanesian cultural heritages.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Kohlhase also opened Okai@Reef Gallery with a similar purpose. Kohlhase is known by some as the "art lady". Okaioceanikart closed in 2013.^[7]

References

^ "Okaioceanikart, Auckland - Eventfinda". www.eventfinda.co.nz. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
^ Punch, Pantograph. "Marilyn Kohlhase". Pantograph Punch. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
^ "Pacific art turns heads - Aucklander News". NZ Herald. 7 September 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
^ "Okaioceanikart". Stuff Events. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
^ Delilkan, Sharu. "Right place, right time – Lifestyle News". NZ Herald. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
^ "Tautai June 2016 by Tautai Pacific Arts Trust – Issuu". issuu.com. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
^ Kohlhase, Marilyn. "The Okaioceanikart Story". Pantograph Punch. Retrieved 26 January 2022.^{[permanent dead link]}

[1] "Okaioceanikart, Auckland - Eventfinda". www.eventfinda.co.nz. Retrieved 29 May 2025.

[:22-2] Punch, Pantograph. "Marilyn Kohlhase". Pantograph Punch. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

[3] "Pacific art turns heads - Aucklander News". NZ Herald. 7 September 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2025.

[4] "Okaioceanikart". Stuff Events. Retrieved 26 January 2022.

[5] Delilkan, Sharu. "Right place, right time – Lifestyle News". NZ Herald. Retrieved 26 January 2022.

[6] "Tautai June 2016 by Tautai Pacific Arts Trust – Issuu". issuu.com. Retrieved 27 January 2022.

[:12-7] Kohlhase, Marilyn. "The Okaioceanikart Story". Pantograph Punch. Retrieved 26 January 2022.^{[permanent dead link]}

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v t e Karangahape Road and environs, Auckland, New Zealand
Buildings and organisations	Artspace Aotearoa Auckland Baptist Tabernacle Bergman Gallery Body Positive The Charlotte Museum Cordis Ironbank Karangahape Rocks Mercury Theatre Musical Electronics Library Okaioceanikart Rainbow Youth Samoa House Symonds St Public Conveniences and Former Tram Shelter Tautai Pacific Arts Trust
Geographic features and green spaces	Grafton Gully Symonds Street Cemetery
Infrastructure	Central Motorway Junction Grafton Bridge Karanga-a-Hape railway station
Government	Auckland Council Waitematā Local Board Waitematā and Gulf ward Auckland City Council (defunct)
Events and historical locations	1993 Auckland mid-air collision KG Club

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