Connection to who we are as Māori is connected to place, land, water, sun, moon, stars. And when I ask myself, ko wai au? Who am I? I remember that I am wai, water.
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Moeraki. It wasn’t so much the boulders themselves that struck me.
It was how I felt when I saw them. And the space around them that intrigued me.
Harakeke reminds me of my mother’s hands; each line, embedded with stories. She is the resilient nurturer who stands in all weather.
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From te kore, the space of nothingness, all things are possible.
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I love creating wharariki paper. It is so strong, just like it's whanaunga (relation) harakeke, but much easier to process because the leaves are already soft.
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When my niece passed away Nov 2021, her passing helped me realise the meaning of this work. That we are born to live on this whenua…
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This work talks about our evolution from fish and the importance of breath and the support structures in our bodies that support breath.
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Tukutuku rākau - a work with many layers that slowly emerged over time, it speaks about the many stories of our rākau Māori embedded in our lives and landscapes.
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Harakeke for me is a journey, a reconnection back to who I am. Above and below the whenua it is buzzing with life and I am forever grateful for the many gifts I’ve received from this plant.
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From te kore, the space of nothingness, all things are possible.
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If there is one message I want to share with any of these works, it is, to heal our whenua, because when we heal our whenua and our relationship to it, we heal ourselves.
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As an artist, I love to encourage other artists on their creative journeys, because creativity is innate in all of us and should be expressed.
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Honouring the cycles of the moon and the cycles of wāhine.
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A work that expresses my curiosity with what’s below the earth, the conversations had between trees through their roots and the importance of healthy soil for growing!
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A spiritual journey of reconnection back to the whenua (land) and to ourselves through connecting with the whenua.
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From te kore, the space of nothingness, all things are possible.
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From te kore, the space of nothingness, all things are possible.
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From te kore, the space of nothingness, all things are possible.
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A mihi to the whenua that nurtures and sustains a child inside a mother’s womb and the whenua that nurtures and sustains us outside the womb. And the whenua to which we will return.
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This work gives a view into the ngahere (forest), the healing energy of trees and their importance as life giving for land and people.
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