Pohutukawa Gallery – April 2020

Covid 19 Update

What a month it has been!

Due to Covid 19, the shop has been closed for the past month and we have been at home with our families. We have really missed your smiling faces and can’t wait to begin this trip back to normality with you!

From Tuesday 28th April, when the country enters Level 3, we will be able to start processing online orders once again (Hurrah!!). Any orders that come in before this date will be processed first thing.

Our plan initially is to have the shop staffed Monday through to Saturday 10am-3pm. During this time we will be sending out web orders, preparing items for contactless collection and answering phone calls. We are here to help you in any way we can, so please do not hesitate to contact us. If you are unsure about ordering online, or if there is something you have seen in store and can’t find on our website, please call and one of our friendly staff will help you.

If you opt to pick up your order in-store, rest assured we have a contactless pick up system in place. Please bring your order details (digitial or print out) and hold this up to the glass doors. Once a member of staff has your details, we ask that you stand back 2m (which will be marked out) and we will sit your order outside the door for your collection. These steps will be posted on our door.

We are also running a promotion to kick off the return of web sales. See below for details!

We look forward to seeing many of you back instore, hopefully in the not too distant future!

From the Team at Pohutukawa Gallery

 

 

Feature Artist -Glenn Jones

This months featured artist is Glenn Jones. Glenn Jones is a freelance graphic designer and illustrator working in the design industry in New Zealand and abroad for over 25 years. A former creative director, Glenn worked on some of New Zealand’s most well known brands such as Tip Top, Lotto and Frucor. His images are very popular instore and online and are priced from just $49.90.

 

Facebook Promo

We are kicking off the return of web orders with a framed print for one lucky person! Entries close 11.59pm 30/04/20. Winner will be announced 01/05/200. Visit our facebook page here to enter!

Pohutukawa Gallery: Newsletter – Jan 2020

Hello and welcome to 2020 and our first ever Pohutukawa Gallery Newsletter.

First a bit about us.. Pohutukawa Gallery is owned and operated by Kirk and Nicki O’Donoghue. You may have spotted Kirk’s name on the wall in the gallery as many of the photographic pieces are his. Kirk and Nicki have been working hard in the background for the past 12 years, striving to give you the best possible shopping experience, both in store and online. They are currently working on an exciting new loyalty programme so keep your eyes peeled.

New In Store

Evolve New Release

Evolve released their new 2019/2020 catalogue in November ’19. View the new catalogue below or click here to view the Evolve range in our website.

Kirk O’Donoghue Black and White Bird Prints

Kirk has some beautiful new photographic prints in store and online now. 59cm x 59cm, these prints sit out from the wall. Professionally printed and mounted on matte black 9mm MDF. They have a hole in the back so they can be hung on the wall. View the whole range online here.

Jo Luping Porcelain Bowls

New Jo Luping Porcelain bowls arrived just before Christmas. These have been extremely popular and come with their own box and information card. They are priced from just $15.90. View here.

Feature Artist – Jane Crisp

In each newsletter, we will pick a New Zealand artist we find popular with our customers and will give you a little background info on them. This month, we would like to introduce Jane Crisp.

Jane Crisp‘s art is inspired by, and imbued with, her love of the natural world. Born in Auckland, the artist moved to the more rural surrounds of the Waikato in the 1990s, and the wildlife of the region has provided the ideal subjects for her skills.

Crisp, who is largely self-taught, has been painting professionally for over a decade.

Wild birds in particular are a major feature of her art. Living as she does within easy walking distance of native bush, birds of many varieties are frequent visitors to Crisp’s garden. This idyllic retreat is a major influence on the artist, who is at her happiest working free from the interruptions of urban life, either photographing nature or working at her easel. If you would like to see more prints from Jane Crisp, please click here.

VR Tour

Do you want to walk around the shop without leaving the couch? You can kind of can do that now! We have set up something like Google’s Street View but for inside the store. You can move about, look around and some items have clickable links that take you to the website for more information.

Have a look around (VR Tour)

Take a tour of the shop – November 2019

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Clickable links to products open in new windows also

International Postage

New Zealand post just recently (1st July, 2018 ) increased their prices and changed how the price is calculated.

As a result the cost of sending a lot of things on our website internationally have gone up. Some have stayed the same… ish… but basically, if it doesn’t fit in a large shoe box the price has increased quite a bit.

Its worth noting that we do not charge packing or handling fees. We strive to have the price we charge for postage to be the price we are charged for postage.

Free Postage within New Zealand

Well… It’s bad news I’m afraid.

Due to increased courier costs we need to introduce a shipping cost for orders under $30. It is only $5 if your order is under $30 but still we are not happy about it as we liked the simplicity of blanket free shipping. But there you have it… insert sad face here 🙁 … very good.