Living by the stars

Maiangi Waitai, Rehua, 2022, mixed media, 365 x 215 x 70mm. Credit Stephen A’Court photography

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Maiangi Waitai, Matariki, 2022, mixed media, 365 x 215 x 70mm. Credit Stephen A’Court photography

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Debra Bustin, Mata Riki, 2022, acrylic paint on canvas, wood, glass, paua shells, 950 x 860 x 50mm. Credit Stephen A’Court photography

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Hariata Ropata Tangahoe, Ka piataata O Matariki, 2022, acrylic on canvas, 800 x 1200mm. Credit Stephen A’Court photography

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Te Oranga o Matariki, Living by the stars, Installation View at Bowen Galleries, Wellington. Credit Stephen A’Court photography

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Artists

Debra Bustin
Diane Prince
Hariata Ropata Tangahoe
Maiangi Waitai
Coco Waitai

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Fifty years ago Matariki was largely unthought about throughout Aotearoa New Zealand, this year it becomes a public holiday. Debra Bustin, Diane Prince, Hariata Ropata Tangahoe, Maiangi Waitai and her daughter Coco Waitai, have made mahi toi for the kaupapa of Matariki. What does it mean to us today? What has it meant in the past and what could it mean in the future.