Rehutai #1 2005
One print remaining in edition.
Rehutai #2 2005
Only 5 prints remaining in edition.
Rehutai #3 2005
Rehutai #4 2005
St Luke's #1 2005
St Luke's #2 2005
Edition of 15 + 2 AP, pigment inks on photo rag baryta, unmounted
1,000 x 1,200 mm $8,500 incl GST
800 x 1,000 mm $6,000 incl GST
1,000 x 1,200 mm $8,500 incl GST
800 x 1,000 mm $6,000 incl GST
Rehutai is the homestead built around 1895 between Menzies Bay and Decanter Bay, on the eastern coast of Banks Peninsula, by John Henry Menzies (c.1840–1919). Menzies was an accomplished carver and cabinet maker and made studies of Māori patterns which he included in his carvings and painted decorations at Rehutai. Menzies also published a book of Māori patterns in 1910. St Lukes is the Anglican church located at Little Akaloa (near Rehutai) and was designed by Menzies and built in 1906. The church is decorated within with Māori patterns both carved and painted. Together St Lukes and Rehutai were two of the most significant buildings on Banks Peninsula.
Rehutai was recently demolished. The whakairo and kōwhaiwhai featured in these images is now in storage at Okains Bay Museum. St Lukes still survives.
