Artist’s statement
Wikitoria Tuhakaraina-Simon
Ngāti Hauaa, Te Whakatōhea, Ngai Tūhoe me Ngāti Rangiwewehi
The Meaning Albatross bird would search for Meaning Bulrush - Typha orientalis , Meaning Swamp, marsh , and Meaning Golden sand sedge - Ficinia spiralis on the edges of the Meaning Ocean mostly to lay eggs or mate. This gives the Meaning Ancestry or family lineage of tōroa with Hinerepō.
Meaning Celery pine tree-bark used to produce warm brown - Phyllocladus trichomanoides Meaning Bark used to produce yellow - Coprosma grandifolia and Meaning Teatree - Leptospermum scoparium have been used to dye the ‘umbilical cord’. These Meaning Tree, wood have washed up over the Meaning Land, earth, placenta .
The tōroa is the element of air flying over the debris and offering hope.
