The Recollection / Te Whakamaharatanga

by Sonja van Kerkhoff, 2017


Kaipara Coast Sculpture Gardens 2018 exhibition

  
Kaipara Coast Sculpture Gardens 2018 exhibition

One of the agreements of the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi was to preserve and respect the Māori language as an asset for this land.

Upon studying basic Māori in 1986, Sonja gained a deeper understanding of Aotearoa, realising there was a spirit and interconnectedness between things.
The meanings in these bilingual texts is in the flow between and through both languages. Sonja worked closed with translator, Te Toroa Pōhatu to ensure that the story flows regardless of your proficiency in each language.

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