Ka tiritiria ka poupoua ki Papatūānuku

We often finish our karakia with these words:

ka tiritiria, ka poupoua ki Papatūānuku, ka puta ki te whai ao, ki te ao mārama e…

It’s an action, a stake, a pou in the whenua (earth) that says and so it is, it is done.

When I think about our native trees, I see a forest regenerating, growing again. And the only way we will get there is to plant more native trees. This is a view into a healthy forest, where you can’t see further than the trees in front of you because it is so densely populated, just like it used to be. This is the goal, to bring our natives back again.

Both Artworks size including frame: approx 800mm x 270mm

Materials: Koromiko, taupata & harakeke on harakeke paper. Untreated pine frame stained withWhataupoko whenua and native. (a deliberate act of reclamation of whenua and honouring rākau Māori)