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The Wake: A Poem in the Forest
The Wake: A Poem in the Forest

The Wake: A Poem in the Forest

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Te Moananui a Kiwa
Te Moananui a Kiwa

Free entry

Te Moananui a Kiwa

Free entry

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John Pule: Hauaga (Arrivals)
John Pule: Hauaga (Arrivals)

Free entry

John Pule: Hauaga (Arrivals)

Free entry

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Yuki Kihara and John Pule
Yuki Kihara and John Pule

Free entry

Yuki Kihara and John Pule

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Poetry reading
Poetry reading

12pm

Free

Join members of Auckland Latin American Community (ALAC) and Letras Latinas Biblioteca Comunitaria for a poetry reading and discussion.

Poetry reading

12pm

Free

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Sxster Speaks Poetry
Sxster Speaks Poetry

2.30–3.30pm

Free

To celebrate the landmark new exhibition, Declaration: A Pacific Feminist Agenda, we are proud to host an afternoon of poetry with three of the most powerful voices of the Pacific: Dr Karlo Mila, Dr Selina Tusitala Marsh and Courtney Sina Meredith.

Join us in our South Atrium, underneath Sione Monū & Manu Vaeatangitau's dazzling installation, Kindred: A Leitī Chronicle, for an afternoon of spoken word that promises to be equal parts funny, moving and inspiring.

Sxster Speaks Poetry

2.30–3.30pm

Free

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The riches of New Zealand poetry
The riches of New Zealand poetry

12pm

Free

Join us for the return of Writers Lounge – a series of engaging discussions and conversations between writers and social commentators in our auditorium.

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No More Magical Realism, Gracias!
No More Magical Realism, Gracias!

1pm

Free

Senior Lecturer Leonel Alvarado discusses whether Latin American poetry has fallen under the spell of magic, monsters and militarism that for decades have shaped how Latin American fiction has been perceived.

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SOLD OUT | Pride Poetry Slam
SOLD OUT | Pride Poetry Slam

1 – 3.30pm

Free - bookings essential

SOLD OUT | Pride Poetry Slam

1 – 3.30pm

Free - bookings essential

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Ngā Hinepūkōrero – Spoken Word Poets
Ngā Hinepūkōrero – Spoken Word Poets

3.30 – 4pm

FREE

This Waitangi Day, feel the power of the spoken word from these wāhine toa, with poetry that mixes witty and sassy with profound and hard hitting. 

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La danza de la realidad (The Dance of Reality) 2013
La danza de la realidad (The Dance of Reality) 2013

1pm

Free

Based on Jorodowsky’s life, the film blends his personal history with metaphor, mythology and poetry and reflects his philosophy that reality is not objective but rather a 'dance' created by our own imaginations. 

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Auckland Zinefest 2016
Auckland Zinefest 2016

11am–4pm

Free

Auckland Zinefest, the annual non-profit festival celebrating zine culture and all things DIY, is coming to Auckland Art Gallery.

Auckland Zinefest 2016

11am–4pm

Free

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She Claims: Art Matters – Courtney Sina Meredith and Sarah Longbottom
She Claims: Art Matters – Courtney Sina Meredith and Sarah Longbottom

5.30–7.30pm

Members $25, General Admission $75 Book now

Join us at She Claims: Art Matters, a series of events where you’ll rub elbows with creatives and critics while celebrating the ideas, voices and power of creative women. We kick off this series, just before the 125th anniversary of women’s suffrage in New Zealand, with a conversation between two inspiring women: Auckland Art Gallery Director Rhana Devenport and visual artist Judy Darragh.

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Poets
Poets

10am – 5pm

Free

The final Space to Dream themed weekend brings to the forefront the power of language.

Poets

10am – 5pm

Free

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Toi Tū Toi Ora Opening Weekend: Troy Kingi
Toi Tū Toi Ora Opening Weekend: Troy Kingi

5—8pm

FREE - limited capacity

Join us for an exclusive performance.

Toi Tū Toi Ora Opening Weekend: Troy Kingi

5—8pm

FREE - limited capacity

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Enchanted Worlds perfume workshop
Enchanted Worlds perfume workshop

10.30am–4pm

Members $335, Non Member $399 (includes a one-year Gallery Membership) Book now

In anticipation of our exhibition Enchanted Worlds: Hokusai, Hiroshige and the Art of Edo Japan, opening Sat 7 Mar, host Samantha Copland will guide you through a full day of fragrance design, inspired by Japanese flavours. 

Enchanted Worlds perfume workshop

10.30am–4pm

Members $335, Non Member $399 (includes a one-year Gallery Membership) Book now

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New Zealand Dance Week
New Zealand Dance Week

2pm

Free

Celebrating New Zealand Dance Week, this programme presents three engaging works by Auckland dance artists. 

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Late Night Art
Late Night Art

5–9pm

FREE

Explore the Gallery after hours during Artweek Auckland's 'Late Night Art' event. Experience an evening of programmed activities and events and enjoy access to all exhibitions, including Guerrilla Girls: Reinventing the ‘F’ Word – Feminism! on its last day before the exhibition closes.

Late Night Art

5–9pm

FREE

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Asian Migration: Our Stories
Asian Migration: Our Stories

2pm - 3.20pm

Free - bookings essential Book now

Asian Migration: Our Stories

2pm - 3.20pm

Free - bookings essential Book now

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Ngā Hinepūkōrero Public Workshop
Ngā Hinepūkōrero Public Workshop

1–2pm

$5 per person Book now

Experience working alongside Ngā Hinepūkōrero in their public workshop focusing on growing writing skills and individual confidence for performing. 

Ngā Hinepūkōrero Public Workshop

1–2pm

$5 per person Book now

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Ngā Hinepūkōrero – Spoken Word Poets in residence
Ngā Hinepūkōrero – Spoken Word Poets in residence

FREE public performances | $5 workshop

Spoken word poets Ngā Hinepūkōrero are in residence, running workshops and performing in the Gallery’s North Atrium over five days.

Ngā Hinepūkōrero – Spoken Word Poets in residence

FREE public performances | $5 workshop

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Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art | Opening Weekend
Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art | Opening Weekend

Sat 5 Dec 11am—9pm, Sun 6 Dec 10am—5pm

FREE

Gather friends and whānau to celebrate with us at the opening of the largest exhibition in the Gallery's 132-year history. 

Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art | Opening Weekend

Sat 5 Dec 11am—9pm, Sun 6 Dec 10am—5pm

FREE

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Auckland Zinefest 2022
Auckland Zinefest 2022

11am – 4pm Saturday and Sunday

FREE

Auckland Zinefest 2022

11am – 4pm Saturday and Sunday

FREE

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Art After Hours: F'Rock Da Base
Art After Hours: F'Rock Da Base

6–10pm

$25 + fees Buy tickets

Pacific Sisters present Art After Hours: F'rock Da Base

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Zinefest
Zinefest

11am–4pm

FREE

After last year's online event, Auckland Zinefest is back IRL, physical, in-the-flesh market! We’re back to celebrate everything zines and DIY at the Auckland Art Gallery.

Zinefest

11am–4pm

FREE

Artworks

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Epistomadologies (15)
Epistomadologies (15)

John Reynolds

Production date
2001
Medium
oil stick on metallic paper
Size (h x w)
1000 x 700 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the Patrons of the Auckland Art Gallery and the artist, 2002
Accession no
2002/26/8
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Epistomadologies (32)
Epistomadologies (32)

John Reynolds

Production date
2001
Medium
oil stick on metallic paper
Size (h x w)
1000 x 700 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the Patrons of the Auckland Art Gallery and the artist, 2002
Accession no
2002/26/4
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Poetry is the tongue of the poor
Poetry is the tongue of the poor

Colin McCahon

Production date
1969
Medium
watercolour
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, on loan from a private collection
Accession no
L1998/28/43
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Poetry isn't in my words
Poetry isn't in my words

Colin McCahon

Production date
1969
Medium
watercolour
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, on loan from a private collection
Accession no
L1998/28/44
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In Search of Vanished Blood
In Search of Vanished Blood

Nalini Malani

Production date
2012
Medium
single channel digital video, 16:9, colour, sound
Size (h x w)
11min
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of an anonymous donor, 2014
Accession no
2014/11
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Poetry Single
Poetry Single

Peter Madden

Production date
2012
Medium
perspex panel, found images and text
Size (h x w)
767 x 575 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2012
Accession no
C2012/1/13/2
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No Ordinary Sun
No Ordinary Sun

Ralph Hotere

Production date
1984
Medium
enamel on board
Size (h x w)
1560 x 1180 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Dame Jenny Gibbs in memory of Ralph Hotere, 2013
Accession no
2013/16
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High Spirits
High Spirits

John Reynolds

Production date
2001
Medium
vinyl on aluminium
Size (h x w)
300 x 210 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2002
Accession no
C2002/1/2/1
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Mustang Sally
Mustang Sally

John Reynolds

Production date
2001
Medium
vinyl on aluminium
Size (h x w)
300 x 210 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2002
Accession no
C2002/1/2/3
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Fuzzi Duck
Fuzzi Duck

John Reynolds

Production date
2001
Medium
vinyl on aluminium
Size (h x w)
300 x 210 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2002
Accession no
C2002/1/2/5
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Silveraider
Silveraider

John Reynolds

Production date
2001
Medium
vinyl on aluminium
Size (h x w)
300 x 210 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2002
Accession no
C2002/1/2/2
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Time to Burn
Time to Burn

John Reynolds

Production date
2001
Medium
vinyl on aluminium
Size (h x w)
300 x 210 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2002
Accession no
C2002/1/2/7
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Small Magellanic Cloud
Small Magellanic Cloud

John Reynolds

Production date
2001
Medium
vinyl on aluminium
Size (h x w)
300 x 210 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2002
Accession no
C2002/1/2/8
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NINE FROG POEMS: RING - RANG - RUNG (MARES TAILS), FOR E.W.
NINE FROG POEMS: RING - RANG - RUNG (MARES TAILS), FOR E.W.

Robert MacPherson

Production date
1991-1992
Medium
cotton
Size (h x w)
2130 x 7650 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 1997
Accession no
C1997/1/10/1-13
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Coalsack
Coalsack

John Reynolds

Production date
2001
Medium
vinyl on aluminium
Size (h x w)
300 x 210 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2002
Accession no
C2002/1/2/4
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Black painting
Black painting

Ralph Hotere

Production date
1964
Medium
acrylic on wood
Size (h x w)
1207 x 1207 x 40 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965
Accession no
1965/24/2
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Wild Duck Cluster
Wild Duck Cluster

John Reynolds

Production date
2001
Medium
vinyl on aluminium
Size (h x w)
300 x 210 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2002
Accession no
C2002/1/2/6
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Illustration to Poem I Blazing Taper on Lofty Hills
Illustration to Poem I Blazing Taper on Lofty Hills

Graham Sutherland

Production date
1943
Medium
colour lithograph
Size (h x w)
258 x 382 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Rex Nan Kivell, 1953
Accession no
1953/2/2
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Blasted Trunk and Folded Hills
Blasted Trunk and Folded Hills

Graham Sutherland

Production date
1943
Medium
colour lithograph
Size (h x w)
253 x 382 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, transferred from the E H McCormick Research Library, 1984
Accession no
1984/36
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Miss Tuckey (Translater of Romany Poetry)
Miss Tuckey (Translater of Romany Poetry)

Percy Thomas

Production date
1876
Medium
etching and drypoint
Size (h x w)
118 x 163 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Mrs Ada Chapman Taylor, 1930
Accession no
1930/4/9
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Illustration to Poem II Blasted Tree - Folded Hills
Illustration to Poem II Blasted Tree - Folded Hills

Graham Sutherland

Production date
1943
Medium
colour lithograph
Size (h x w)
243 x 365 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Rex Nan Kivell, 1953
Accession no
1953/2/3
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Song Cycle
Song Cycle

Ralph Hotere

Production date
1988
Medium
lithograph
Size (h x w)
547 x 432 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1990
Accession no
1990/4/1
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Cockatoos
Cockatoos

Rosalie Gascoigne

Production date
1991
Medium
paint on hardwood pieces on a wooden panel
Size (h x w)
1235 x 2050 x 48 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the Patrons of the Auckland Art Gallery, 1999
Accession no
1999/29
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Perseus assisted by Minerva, killing Medusa
Perseus assisted by Minerva, killing Medusa

Alexander Runciman

Production date
1774
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
165 x 258 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
M1885/16/5
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Passport (Argonauta) (iv)
Passport (Argonauta) (iv)

Zac Langdon-Pole

Production date
2018
Medium
paper nautilus shell, Muonionalusta meteorite (iron; fine octahedrite, landsite:, Norrbotten, Sweden)
Size (h x w)
95 x 33 x 65 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased with funds from Auckland Contemporary Art Trust 2018
Accession no
2018/19
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Meine Heimat ist ein düsteres, wolkenverhangenes Land (My home is a dark and cloud-hung land)
Meine Heimat ist ein düsteres, wolkenverhangenes Land (My home is a dark and clo...

Julian Rosefeldt

Production date
2011
Medium
4-channel film installation
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased with the assistance of Mathias Arndt and Tiffany Wood Arndt and the International Ambassadors 2020
Accession no
2020/16
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White Cross
White Cross

John Nixon

Production date
Unknown
Medium
enamel on cardboard on poetry book (Baxter)
Size (h x w)
212 x 140 x 5 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the artist, 2014
Accession no
C2014/1/32/13
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Linda Gill Research Papers on Frances Hodgkins
Linda Gill Research Papers on Frances Hodgkins

Linda Gill

Production date
1987-2013
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Linda Gill, 2017
Accession no
RC2018/3
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Tony Green Archive
Tony Green Archive

Tony Green

Production date
1950-2011
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Tony Green, 2011
Accession no
RC2011/15
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Landscape of Bleached Objects
Landscape of Bleached Objects

Paul Nash

Production date
circa 1934
Medium
oil on canvas
Size (h x w)
620 x 747 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1994
Accession no
M1994/7
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Trout, Lake Taupo
Trout, Lake Taupo

Peter Peryer

Production date
1987
Medium
gelatin silver print
Size (h x w)
464 x 306 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1988
Accession no
1988/30/5
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Death of a White Elephant (Kanada Ragini)
Death of a White Elephant (Kanada Ragini)

Unknown artist

Production date
late 18th century
Medium
gouache
Size (h x w)
338 x 250 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2003
Accession no
2003/40/3
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A group of lynx with their kittens in a cave
A group of lynx with their kittens in a cave

Johann Ridinger

Production date
1761
Medium
etching and engraving
Size (h x w)
287 x 407 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Ann Andrews and Robert Newton, 2017
Accession no
2017/38/2
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Seedling, Urho Karhumäki’s Olympic Oak, Tervalampi, Finland. In 1936 Olympic Medals were still awarded in what was called The Arts Competitions where artists competed in categories such as sculpture, drawing, painting and architecture. Karhumäki was awarded Gold in the poetry competition for his composition Avoveteen (Into free water). Today only a stump remains at the corner of the small, private graveyard where Karhumäki is buried
Seedling, Urho Karhumäki’s Olympic Oak, Tervalampi, Finland. In 1936 Olympic Med...

Ann Shelton

Production date
2005
Medium
C-type print
Size (h x w)
1568 x 1261 x 54 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2018
Accession no
2018/7/3.1-2
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Linda Gill Research Papers on Frances Hodgkins
Linda Gill Research Papers on Frances Hodgkins
Production date
1987-2013
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Linda Gill, 2017
Accession no
RC2018/3
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Marti Friedlander Archive
Marti Friedlander Archive
Production date
1955-2017
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, on loan from the Gerrard and Marti Friedlander Charitable Trust, 2002
Accession no
RC2007/11
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Tony Green Archive
Tony Green Archive
Production date
1950-2011
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Tony Green, 2011
Accession no
RC2011/15

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