Growing up, we used to have this big grey couch in our sitting room. It was hard and patterned and losing its springs. And behind it, was yellow green wallpaper with distinct 70s patterns that seemed to translate into my clothes. I would probably wear a dress like that now if it was available!
Read MoreWhere You Are - A book about my mother and me and dementia.
Read MoreI wrote this story over 10 years ago. I wanted to share my childhood experiences in a creative way that reflected my love of nature and growing up with the ngahere (forest) as my playground. As a child I was always searching and curious. The story shares some of my memories woven with a bit of magic!
Read MoreOn Dec 31st 2010, I decided that I would paint a rock every day for 2011. If I did this, I would be nurturing my creativity and I would be able to share these special gifts, every day, with the world.
Read MoreIn between spaces of nature and green, dark and light, nature's patterns and perfection. That light. Always calling.
Read More77 Days is an upcoming book inspired by my commitment to writing 1,000 words daily during a winter house sit in 2023.
Read MoreKo Wai au? Who am I? From where do my waters flow and where shall they go to?
Water is wellbeing, water is life ,what is my purpose in life?
Read MoreConnection 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.
Read MoreMoeraki. 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.
When I think about books today, especially those that are handmade, created from scratch, I reflect on what they mean to me.
Read MoreHarakeke reminds me of my mother’s hands; each line, embedded with stories. She is the resilient nurturer who stands in all weather.
Read MoreFrom te kore, the space of nothingness, all things are possible.
Read MoreI see art works that have been created, not necessarily as finished works, but conversations that are ongoing.
Read MoreI 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.
Read MoreWhen 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…
Read MoreThis work talks about our evolution from fish and the importance of breath and the support structures in our bodies that support breath.
Read MoreTukutuku 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.
Read MoreHarakeke 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.
Read MoreFrom te kore, the space of nothingness, all things are possible.
Read MoreIf 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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