Ko Waihemo Te Awa 2021
Te Whata Pāraerae, Ko Waihemo Te Awa 2021
Taki Te Uru, Matakaea 2021
Koekohe, Moeraki 2021
Kātiki, Moeraki 2021
Matakaea 2021
Kā Pehu, Huriawa #1 2021
Kā Pehu, Huriawa #2 2021
Tauraka Toi 2021
8 images, pigment inks on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta 315 gsm.
Archival mounting to ACM, framed in white wood.
8 images, pigment inks on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta 315 gsm.
Archival mounting to ACM, framed in white wood.
Ara ki te Araroa, Maramai Te Whata, Huriawa 2021
Rimurapa, Huriawa 2021
Hue, Koekohe, Moeraki 2021
Trig Station & Hikaroroa, Huriawa (bullet holes) 2021
Koekohe, Moeraki (café) 2021
Te Awa o Waikouaiti (crossing) 2021
Te Awa o Waikouaiti (hedge) 2021
Te Awa o Waikouaiti me Te Mauka o Hikaroroa. 2021
Te Awa o Waikouaiti (substation 1) 2021
Te Awa o Waikouaiti (substation 2) 2021
Te Marama and Quarry, Palmerston, Otago 2021
Waihemo 2021
Individual images
Edition of 15, pigment inks on photo rag baryta, unmounted
1,000 x 1,500 mm $8,500 incl GST
700 x 1,060 mm $6,000 incl GST
400 x 600 mm $4,600 incl GST
Edition of 15, pigment inks on photo rag baryta, unmounted
1,000 x 1,500 mm $8,500 incl GST
700 x 1,060 mm $6,000 incl GST
400 x 600 mm $4,600 incl GST
Multiple image works
pigment inks on photo rag baryta, unmounted
editions and prices shown in image captions
pigment inks on photo rag baryta, unmounted
editions and prices shown in image captions
These images of Moeraki, Matakaea, Waihemo, Huriawa and Waikouaiti were made for the exhibition Tauraka Toi: a landing place (Dunedin Public Art Gallery 2021). The Moeraki takiwā was home to my tūpuna wahine – and so Moeraki and nearby Kāti Huirapa Rūnaka ki Puketeraki were chosen as the starting point for this ongoing series.
This series represents sites significant to Waitaha, Kāti Māmoe and Kāi Tahu iwi. Waitaha lived in Te Whata Pāraerae, Waihemo from as early as 1300 AD. Te Raka-a-hineatua, the pā site of Taoka at Kātiki, and Te Pā a Te Wera, the pā site of Te Wera at Huriawa, were both fortified pā set in dramatic coastal landscapes.
The waka Āraiteuru was wrecked on Taki Te Uru reef, Matakaea. Its cargo of kumara, hue and hīnaki washed overboard to transform into the Moeraki boulders.
As part of the Pūtahi / Confluence kaupapa, the image group also reflects on the impact of colonisation on whenua, awa, roto and moana. While the pure landscape images may seem idyllic, the awa are some of the most polluted waterways in Aotearoa due to the impact of deforestation, the draining of wetlands, industrial pollutants, farming practices, urban environments and stormwater run off.
