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Wednesday 10:30am - 2:30am Thursday 10:30am - 2:30am Friday 10:30am - 2:30am Saturday 10am - 12:30pm

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A volunteer-run photographic gallery, studio, and workshop venue, to support, promote, and provide professional development opportunities for photographers in Northland.

28/10/2026

It's that time of the year!

We need YOU, our members, to join us, for some brownie, coffee, tea, and AGM business.

This is your opportunity to contribute and meet the team, and we need YOU our members to show up and support our efforts on your behalf.

It's been a pretty massive year, and our Light Catchers will know how well the Photo Studio is set up now too.

Message from Callum, our Secretary:

The Shutter Room Collective will be holding the 2026 AGM on Sunday 1st November, 10:00 a.m. at the Gallery and via the InterWeb for those who cannot attend in person.

After the formal proceedings have been wrapped up, we will have a break for coffee, tea and cake (those joining via interweb will have to supply their own). Then for a bit of fun, we will host a Portrait Session, which will give you chance to hone skills either as a Photographer or Model.

Register your intention to join the AGM , in person or online here.

forms.gle/5v7hQwJgEBLTjz8T8

You need to be a financial member to be in attendance and eligible to vote on any motions. Follow this link to read about and purchase a membership.

https://www.theshutterroom.com/membership

Hope to see your happy faces on the day either at the Studio or on the big screen via Google Meet.

08/10/2026

Ellie didn't buy all the good books ...there are still lots of beautiful books left and so we are holding the sale for another morning.

THIS WEEKEND FOLKS!

2nd hand photography book sale
Shutter Room
this Saturday morning

Saturday 10 October 9am-1pm
The Shutter Room (behind the old library)
Rust Ave
Whangārei

02/10/2026

TODAY folks!

Come on in to the Shutter Room on our sale days/times

Saturday 3 October 9am-1pm

Bring cash and a carry bag to get photography books to add to your collection.

Make a koha to the Shutter Room for the books you want.

Bring in any good photography books you are willing to donate so they can go out on the tables and back into circulation.

(small print)
cash only
pay what you can to support the Shutter Room
you can just bring in your book donations on the Friday and Saturday we are open
proceeds go towards exciting initiatives at the Shutter Room
magazines in good condition are welcome
any unsold books will be donated to local Op Shops or recycled

27/09/2026

NEXT WEEKEND

Used Photography Book Sale @ The Shutter Room

- getting our used photo books back in circulation

Do you have good photography books you no longer want?

Would you like some cool new-to-you inspirational/instructional photo books?

How it will work
Come in to the Shutter Room on our sale days/times

Friday 2 October 3-6pm
Saturday 3 October 9am-1pm

Bring cash and a carry bag to get photography books to add to your collection.
Make a koha to the Shutter Room for the books you want.

Bring in any good photography books you are willing to donate so they can go out on the tables and back into circulation.

(small print)
cash only
pay what you can to support the Shutter Room
you can just bring in your book donations on the Friday and Saturday we are open
proceeds go towards exciting initiatives at the Shutter Room
magazines in good condition are welcome
any unsold books will be donated to local Op Shops or recycled

20/01/2026

Mōrena koutou,

We are closed today, Wednesday 21st and tomorrow, 22nd of January due to the high chance of severe weather.

We want to keep our volunteers safe !

Take care everyone and stay dry !

06/12/2025

We live our volunteers and we ARE our volunteers!

So many people keep this place alive, we had Pizza lunch this weekend to thank our wider team.

Such fun!

Here’s to many more years of doing cool photographic projects, and having fun with friends.

01/12/2025

It's Christmas without the tree!

A few behind the scenes photos from the install of The Shutter Room Members Show 2025 - 2026.

HOME opening night!

Please join us for the opening of HOME The Shutter Room Members Show 2025 - 2026.

This Friday 5th December, 5 - 7pm.

Celebrate the work of The Shutter Room Members! The exhibition is a collection of works in response to the theme of HOME, curated by Chloé Mannix, this is one of our biggest group shows!

Many thanks to the install and curation team, Chloé Mannix, Jason Povey, and Angela Rowe.

Big congratulations to our members who have submitted work, we have a record number of new members and first time submissions for our Member's Show. Well done!

Thank you to our long time supporters and funders, Creative Northland, Whangarei DC, and Lotteries Grants Board.

06/11/2025

Opening tomorrow night!

A Lovely Spot for a Cuppa – Chris Schreuder
7 – 29 November 2025
Opening: Friday, 7 November, 5:00 pm

Beaches, rivers, roadsides — quiet pauses in a life on the move.
In A Lovely Spot for a Cuppa, photographer Chris Schreuder transforms everyday landscapes into delicate studies of stillness and impermanence.

Each image is absorbed into the stained surface of a used teabag, merging image and object to explore memory, ritual, and the quiet passage of time. Suspended to move freely in the air, the works invite reflection on the fragile and transient nature of our daily moments.

Experience this contemplative exhibition at The Shutter Room, Old Library Building, Whangārei.

https://www.theshutterroom.com/exhibitions/a-lovely-spot-for-a-cuppa-ddrcg

12/10/2025

Just talking about HOME

Saturday 18 October

11am-12pm @ the Shutter Room (please use the back entrance)

Open to all Shutter Room members + gold coin donation

Are you wanting to participate in our members exhibition called HOME?

Are you wanting to get together with other Shutter Room members to share ideas and discuss possibilities?

How does an hour of discussions and presentations to extend and shed light on this theme HOME sound?

> > > join us on Saturday18 October from 11am - 12pm to hear presentations about others who have made images around ideas of HOME

> > > followed by an open floor discussion

> > > ALSO hang around afterwards from 1-2pm if you have questions about sizing and formatting your images for print/display/exhibition

(Ellie Smith will use the Shutter Room computer and Photoshop to show you the easiest way to format your images correctly and give you a hand with your images if you bring them on a stick)

Our annual member's show (December 2025 - January 2026) is one way we aim to support you to get your work out there. There is no cost to submit and exhibit work, we cover the opening night food and drink, work can be for sale (no commission!) no pressure to fill the whole gallery!

We DO ask that works are ready to hang, and you must complete the online form, this makes it easy for us, avoids spelling errors, and helps us plan. Approach the theme creatively, with an open mind, and have some fun.

HOME
One or two new works
Due: 15 November 2025
Drop-offs: 22–28 Nov, Opening night: 5 December
Questions? Email us here: [email protected]

This annual show is a highlight of our calendar and we’d love you to be part of it.

Whether your take on home is tender, political, playful or abstract, we’re ready to see it.

Image credit:

Richard Kalvar Son watches television in the living room, mother has coffee in the kitchen. Suire family. Niort. France. 1997. © Richard Kalvar | Magnum Photos

09/10/2025

Opening tonight! 5-7pm at The Shutter Room

Pioneers – Chris Brady | The Shutter Room, Whangārei

The Shutter Room presents Pioneers, a new exhibition by Chris Brady exploring what it means to be a pioneer today. Through sculpture, installation, and photography, the show contrasts human ambition with the quiet resilience of nature, highlighting weeds and wild plants that restore damaged landscapes. By examining these parallel stories of exploration, colonisation, and regeneration, Pioneers invites reflection on coexistence, sustainability, and the ways we might live and create in balance with the world around us.

Dates: 11 October – 1 November 2025

Address

9 Rust Avenue
Auckland
0110

Opening Hours

Wednesday	10:30am - 2:30am
Thursday	10:30am - 2:30am
Friday	10:30am - 2:30am
Saturday	10am - 12:30pm

Website

http://www.theshutterroom.com/

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