List of Works M to O
Manaia Stories from the north speak of sacred birdlike dinosaurs that were hunted by the old Maori. Rock carvings show they lived many centuries ago.
Size 5Ocm x 6Ocm Acrylics on Canvas
Matador's Tea Party a celebration of memories pouring cups of tea for the family at the Pa. The fun and laughter mixed with traditions and customs swirl around sweetened teapots ready to pour for visitors.
Size 7Ocm x 65cm Acrylics on Canvas
Matariki the Sisters The spiritual meaning of Poppa's female lineage down to his daughters and mine. A diamond whakapapa of strong women who know who they are and where they come from.
Size 1.2cm x 9Ocm Acrylics on Canvas
Mauri Casting Mauri is like casting a net into your own soul for the lifeforce to achieve a goal. Colour is a way of describing the lifting feeling of connection with all surroundings when mauri is present.
Size 3Ocm^ Acrylics on Canvas
Me Myself & I A self portrait of knowing who I am and where I come from. The family settee is covered in patterned cloaks to represent my bloodlines. My feet stand on two canoes one pakeha the other Maori. Behind me is the wairua of being raised with whakapapa and the maori bible Paipera Tapu. My siblings surround me and my skills are displayed on my arms like tattoos.
Size 75cm x 9Ocm Acrylics on Canvas ​
Medicine Bowl the gifts of healing medicines with the innocence of a soul who has faith in a maori basket of knowledge. Describing Ronga the maori medicine where to heal the body includes healing the spirit.
Size 75cm x 6Ocm Acrylics on Canvas
Medicine Bailer the healing properties of a canoe bailer and the wairua of its carvings telling an old old story of navigation.
Size 5Ocm x 6Ocm Acrylics on Canvas​
Medicine Tree and Bailer the wairua of healing properties and strengths from a tree influence which part is shaped into a canoe bailer. Smaller bailers were made from branches but the large were taken from the hull of a trunk during the canoe building stage and blessed separately before shaping.
Size 5Ocm x 6Ocm Acrylics on Canvas​
Medicine Woman the art of weaving watercress underwater as Maori call holding onto our Maoritanga in a colonised world.
Size 75cm x 6Ocm Acrylics on Canvas​
Mokopuna the diamond represents the heart of the wharenui and the living soul of Tama Te Kapua to all his descendants to come.
Size 5Ocm x 75cm Acrylics on Canvas
Mountain Weaving
The conversations of a blanket weaving mauri. From Ngongotaha Mountain to the island of Mokoia we are here always.
Size 75cm x 6Ocm Acrylics on Canvas
Mum the family whakapapa back to before old Jacob Hakopa took his name from the english bible. The children sit and listen to their kuia recount her stories of old ways and beings from our past as life leads us forward and the past remains patterned in the walls.
Size 1.4cm x 1.2cm Acrylics on Canvas
Musical Trees captures the life force of Maori around musical instruments. Most were taught by simply watching a family member perform at the drop of a hat.
Size 5Ocm x 75cm Acrylics on Canvas​
Nanny Caroline The Matriarchs of arranged marriages. Poppa's first two wives were from the same northern family where the unions were an agreed step of peace from unforgotten tribal wars where many suffered.
Size 6Ocm x 75cm Acrylics on Canvas​
Nanny Ma The womb of feminine wairua and the guardians of Hine Ahu One the first woman who walked the earth.
Size 6Ocm x 75cm Acrylics on Canvas ​
Nanny Rati's Kitchen A house of karakia and sacred whenua to my Hakopa family. Poverty was a word others used to describe Maori but for us it brought such a beautiful meaning to what is a good family.
Size 6Ocm x 75cm Acrylics on Canvas​
Nanny Singer Our grandaunt from the north was not only taller than most of the men but more confident in knowing her own mana around them. Her grace for such a size reminded me of the powerful wings of a swan when taking flight.
Size 6Ocm x 75cm Acrylics on Canvas ​
Nga Taonga O Nga Tupuna The living and intangible treasures of our Maori ancestors.
Size 9Ocm x 75cm Acrylics on Canvas​
Ohomairangi The world of accepting another universe for the ever existing spirit realm of our Maori beginnings. Ohomairangi was a great chief from long ago. He buried his tribe's canoe standing up in the earth and karakia back to Hawaikiinui they had reached the promised land of Kupe.
Size 6Ocm x 75cm Acrylics on Canvas
Oranga The old archaic stone statue from Mokoia island is a sacred living taonga of Rangiwewehi going back to the original settlers who worshipped fertility in feminine form.
​Size 60 cm x 90cm Acrylics on Canvas
