Korowai & Pou To me
Korowai & Pou To me, my Aunty Janet is both korowai and pou. One cannot stand if the other lets go. The korowai needs lifting, a pou standing tall. The pou needs the korowai, its cloak over all. Together they’re whole, a bond deep and true. The strength and the shelter that carry us through. […]
I Write.
ToiTU te Haumaru #MeTOO #YouToo #eTu
These artworks were inspired by two campaigns, The Toitu Te Tiriti movement in Aotearoa 2024 and the #MeToo campaign started by Tarana Burke in 2006 in America for survivors of abuse. Toitu te haumaru means – let safety remain upstanding. I believe our tupuna originally signed Te Tiriti O waitangi with the brittish crown for […]
Colourful People
This piece is my way of showing what community feels like to me. It’s not about everyone being the same – it’s about how our differences make us stronger. Each shape and colour in this artwork stands for a different kind of person: loud, quiet, young, old, bold, gentle – all with their own story. […]
One draws. Another Colours
My moko gifted her nanny a colouring page, together we weave a story.
Action
Others as Yourself
Voiceless
This poem gifts insight into the experience of an individual who’s community responds in celebration to the harm that has happened to them.
The Anchor in their hands
Art brings community together