Robin White, 'The maneaba. 5. From: Beginners' guide to Gilbertese' - Print - wholesale Science and Nature

Robin White, 'The maneaba. 5. From: Beginners' guide to Gilbertese' - Print - wholesale Science and NatureRobin Whites hard edged paintings of rural New Zealand and its people are comparable with Don Binneys and Michael Smithers work, acknowledging their origins in the Regionalist movement paintings of the mid 20th century and the influence of artists such as Rita Angus. White graduated from the Elam School of Fine Arts (University of Auckland, New Zealand) in 1968 and quickly established a reputation with paintings of well known culture heroes such as

She has been a guest curator and consultant for Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

who challenged a carved wooden head that could cause death to anyone who gazed on it

which also captures the beauty and emptiness of the South Island landscape as a reflection of the artist's social isolation - Angus lived alone for most of her life

Marika attended Auckland University where she studied a Bachelor of Fine Arts for two years

One of the challenges these paintings offered was their representation of biblical stories within a recognisably New Zealand context

Toi Mauri: Contemporary Māori art by Todd Couper and Whenua Hou: New Māori ceramics

Mauri Ora links whakataukī to key personal virtues idealised across cultures and generations

Written by popular TV personality and te reo Māori advocate Scotty Morrison

Where a historic image is used in its totality

Aotearoa New Zealand has a long legacy of activism

around the globe and across New Zealand

Published to coincide with the opening of the beautiful art galleries at Te Papa