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To coincide with Waitangi Day 2008, this edition explores the dynamics of New Zealand art's Maori and Christian heritage. Members of the arts community who hold a Christian faith in one hand and Maori heritage in the other share their stories.
Identity and iconography
Sculptor and Maori Studies lecturer Robert Jahnke discusses the impact of colonisation, the Church's role in it and 'Maori art' as a cultural construct
Heartwood
A radical shift in focus led Moana Tipa away from a corporate career path and into an arts programme that is changing lives
Another view
The teachings of TW Ratana were a powerful part of Kura Te Waru Rewiri's upbringing, demanding an artistic response later in life
Existence: Life according to Art
Group exhibition at the Waikato Museum, Hamilton
Shrouded
Chrysalis Seed group exhibition at the Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch
Countdown
Darryn George at the Wellington City Gallery
Mystic Truths
Group exhibition at the Auckland New Art Gallery
Te Muri O Te Ua - After The Rain
Linda Waimarie King at the Oriel Gallery, Picton
re:make
Tim Brown at the Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch
7xLight
Cristina Popovici at SoCA, Auckland
[still looking]
Stefan Roberts at Campbell Grant Gallery, Christchurch
Taiawhio II
Huhana Smith and Norman Heke
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