1. Paintings by Contemporary Maori artists
“The contemporary maori art movement grew out of the impact of colonisation and the introduction to new tools, new philosophies , new materials, and the huge social changes partly accepted and partly forced on Maori people. The celebrated maori Leader Te Kooti, was to play a large part in radical changes to Maori art with his painted poupou in his ancestral house RONGOPAI.
Another major influence was the world wars when Maori travelled overseas and saw the great artworks of Europe, Africa and Asia. Exposing the world to a Maori race who previously focussed on the insularity of a simple country life, was to create a massive change in the next generation to follow.”
(quote taken from pg.6 “Forever Buck Nin”

2. “ko wai te waka e kau mai nei” (what is this canoe that swims my way
“ko wai te waka e kau mai nei” (what is this canoe that swims my way?” ) by Buck Nin

3. “ Maori Totem” by Buck Nin pen and ink on paper

4. “Return to the Marae” by Buck Nin

5. “ Te Weu “ By Hemi Macgregor 2010

6. “ Matau # 1 “ by Hemi Macgregor 2009

7. Untitled Hemi Macgregor

8. “To Te Whiti” by Emare Karaka

9. “ E Tiki mai Whaka “ by Emare Karaka c 1984

10. “ Local government Tea party “ by Emare Karaka

11. “Challenge of the land” by Buck Nin
Acrylic and oil on board

12. “Rakaumangamanga “ by Robert Ellis
Oil on paper

13. “ Arepa – Omeka “ by Robert Ellis
( 9 Maehe)

14. “ Mahuru / September “ By Robert Ellis 2005

15. “ City river and orange sky” By Robert Ellis
Oil on canvas
1964

16. “Arepa “ by Robert Ellis
( 9 Maehe )

17. “lil Btk Tiz” by Saffron Te Ratana
Mixed media on paper
2001

18. Close up of painting by Ratana
Much of Saffrons work is in response to intuitive ideas about application of paint as a sensual medium in its own right. She combines layers of opaque and transparent colours and images and scraping and scratching back surfaces, drawing over parts with a range of drawing tools.

19. “ Tribal Affiliations / groups – Ngati Kahungunu, Ngati pahauwera “ by Sandy Adsett, Acrylic on paper
Sandy translates traditional maori artforms such as Taniko, Tukutuku and kowhaiwhai into contemporary abstract and very carefully executed geometric compositions and rh,ythmical compositions that tell stories about maori culture, creation themes, and heritage.

20. “ Awhiowhio – whirlwind “ by Sandy Adsett

21. “ Kahurangi” by Sandy Adsett, acrylic on board

22. “He Rau Kawakawa” by Ngataiharuru Taepa 2006
“For me kowhaiwhai is an expression of the way our ancestors saw the world in their time. Their achievement using positive and negative spaces , was to have the colours interact simultantaneously.” He Rau Kawakawa is a lament and also a celebration of life , of those who have departed. The kawakawa is a medicinal plant and the artist sees this work as a rongoa for those left behind. It reminds him of a WHAKATAUKI “ pursue the unseen/ unatainable”