Hine-nui-te-pō
Within the frames of my door she lies. She has greeted my tūpuna before me, and she awaits the arrival of you and I. For she is not a cold breath that lingers in the end. She is the warm embrace of a māmā. She is the final comfort before the journey to Hawaiki nui, Hawaiki roa, Hawaiki pāmamao.
ARTIST: Waiora Mete-Cherrington
SIZE: 500mm x 400 mm
MATERIALS: Acrylic on canvas.
Waiora Mete-Cherrington
(Te Rarawa, Ngāti Wai, Ngāpuhi)
Waiora is interested in many areas of toi Māori, from visual arts to performing arts and many areas in-between. She enjoys singing and performing in kapa haka and she is also a painter who uses brushes, hessian, harakeke, pens and pencils in her craft.
While Waiora has up until now been focused on kowhaiwhai, tukutuku and tā moko, she has recently become more interested in the processes of whakairo and taonga pūoro.
