February's Artbeat features an interview with Pasifika artist Nina Oberg Humphries and her installation of the lives and times of Pacific Island communities in their homes in Otautahi Christchurch. Plus news about new galleries opening or relocating to new spaces in Christchurch, an interview with the new director of the contemporary art space, The Physics Room, new and temporary public art works, and coverage of galleries in Waitaha Canterbury; the Ashburton Art Gallery, Arts in Oxford, Art on the Quay in Kaiapoi, Chamber Gallery Rangiora and the Aigantighe Gallery in Timaru