Jill Stegmann's video installation, Learning the Language of Volcanoes, is of the sea coming ashore on to the rocks on Waverley Beach.
The famous Hole in the Rock once stood on this beach until the sea eroded the land mass and it became three rocks.
The steps where people climbed up on to the rock to fish are captured in the video, as are the moving grasses and sea animals on the rocks, against the constant calming sound of the sea.
The video was Mrs Stegmann's contribution to a group exhibition, Littoral Drift.
She said she was looking at the ocean, but the reason for the title came about through her understanding of the layers of the cliffs along the South Taranaki coastline, where those in the group developed their works for Littoral Drift.