Ranginui and Papatuuaanuku – the primal parents. By Turumakina Pictured at the time before their separation, saying their farewells. I chose to do this piece as a reminder to our brothers...
ARTIST STATEMENT A starseed - an advanced spiritual being, our connection to the Akashic records. We are benevolent beings, ultimately the invisible radiance of light. - Ify. 600mm x 600mm...
TikiTiki is symbolic of the first human being ever born to a woman, whose name was Tiki-au-aha. As you can see it resembles the foetus, or new born baby and...
ARTIST STATEMENT The goddess of fire - the creator, lover, priestess and healer - a multifaceted goddess with confidence, spiritual wisdom and the power to reinvent yourself. Celebrate your sensuality...
Uru the mātāmua who glows in the western sky from under Te Kahutuanui a Rangi, the giant cloak of Rangi. The glow is the Purapura-whetu, the children of Uru. Uru...
Te Ihorangi, who fell from a roimata of Ranginui. Number 10 of the children Te Ihorangi from the marriage to Huruteaarangi is the origin of rain, snow, sleet, ice, and...
Te Ihorangi, who fell from a roimata of Ranginui. Number 10 of the children Te Ihorangi from the marriage to Huruteaarangi is the origin of rain, snow, sleet, ice, and...
Ko Te Kūwatawata tēnei. Te Kūwatawata is the ‘gate-keeper’ of Poutererangi, the last island one must arrive at before heading to Rarohenga. Te Kūwatawata alone closed the door to the...
Ko Tangaroa tēnei, te atua o ngā moana. Nāna ngā tamariki o te moana. Matua nui tēnei o Te Tini o Ponaturi. He is calming and healing. Tangaroa blanketed his...
Ko Tāwhirimaatea tēnei, te atua o ngā hau. Nāna hoki Te Whānau Titi. Tāwhiri was angry with his brothers for separating their parents and raged war on them with the...
Ko Tāne-Mahuta, ko Tāne-nui-a-rangi tēnei. Lord of the forest, lord of its creatures, lord of Te Tini o Hakuturi. Mighty Tāne-mahuta, messenger of knowledge, who separated the family from confinement,...
Ko Rongomatāne tēnei ko Rongo-marae-roa tēra. Here stands Rongo the bringer of wellbeing, healing, peace and listening. Here draped around him are his 2 cloaks, Tū-pore-nuku and Tū-pore-rangi which are...
