A video profile on contemporary Māori artist Reweti Arapere.

Learn more about Reweti and his approach to artmaking, as he reflects on the power of whakapapa and discusses his works in Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art.

Te reo Māori and English captions are available by clicking the Settings button and selecting the language option in the Subtitles/CC section.

This video is part of a series profiling artists whose work was featured in Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki’s landmark exhibition, Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art. It has been created with support from Auckland Council’s Māori Outcomes funding.

 

Kōrero Ringatoi Toi Tū Toi Ora: Reweti Arapere

He kōrero kiriata mō te ringatoi Māori o nāianei, mō Reweti Arapere.

Ākona ētahi atu kōrero mō Reweti, mō tāna aronga ki te hanga toi, i a ia e huritau ana i te mana o te whakapapa, e matapaki ana i āna mahi ki Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art.

E wātea ana ngā tapanga reo Māori, reo Ingarihi hoki mā te pāwhiri ki te pātene Ngā Tautuhinga me te kōwhiri i te kōwhiringa reo ki te wāhanga Kupu Hauraro/CC.

He wāhanga tēnei kiriata o tētahi raupapa e kōrero ana mō ngā ringatoi ko ā rātou mahi i whakaaturia ki te whakaaturanga rongonui ki Toi o Tāmaki, arā ki Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art. He mea hanga i te tautoko mai i te pūtea a Te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau mō ngā Putanga Māori.