Haeata

In this artwork, Haeata by Ngataiharuru Taepa (Te Āti Awa, Te Arawa, Newland), the artist uses kōwhaiwhai to speak of the transformation of Te Ao Pō to Te Ao Mārama, the world of darkness into the world of enlightenment. 

Kōwhaiwhai itself is a form of writing and the poem on the label – written by Che Wilson (Ngāti Rangi, Whanganui Nui Tonu, Ngā Rauru, Ngāti Apa, Tūwharetoa) in response to Haeata – puts these two creative works in conversation with each other.