In commemoration of the 175th anniversary of the signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi/The Treaty of Waitangi, the exhibition Waitangi Wahine brings together five women who have made artwork in response to the impact of the treaty and its affect on Maori today.
Featuring work from mana wahine Robyn Kahukiwa, Tracey Tawhiao, Suzanne Tamaki, Linda Munn and Andrea Hopkins, this provocative exhibition of painting and photography explores some of the social and political issues that have arisen since the treaty was signed in 1840.
Some of New Zealand's foremost Maori women artists present their work in Waitangi Wahine, including Tracey, who is a writer, performance poet, filmmaker, qualified lawyer and leading Maori artist based in Auckland.
Her artworks are made from newspaper, which she reworks using Maori symbols and motifs to rewrite and recreate news stories from an alternative, Maori, perspective.
By obscuring words in a headline or passages of an article and layering sheets of newspaper, she changes the focus of news items and editorials.