Rotorua Museum Art Awards 2026 Highly Commended Awarded Painting.
Original Painting
Tilte: Waiho I Te Toipoto, Kaua I Te Toiroa
Waiho I Te Toipoto, Kaua I Te Toiroa / Let us keep close together, not wide apart. This painting emphasizes the importance of keeping connected, of maintaining relationships so that we can keep moving forward together. The contemporary kowhaiwhai Māori pattern seen throughout this painting symbolises connection.
