Ka rawe Te Tai Hauauru – West is Best

Ka rawe Te Tai Hauauru – West is Best

Waitakere College senior students

Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery

25 May - 23 June 2019

Part of the Auckland Festival of Photography

A community focused exhibition of photography presented for The Festival of Photography by Waitakere College senior students exploring the theme of “Ka rawe Te Tai Hauauru – West is Best”. These images cover three different aspects of West Auckland identity ‘ Kainga – my backyard’ He Tangata – He Haporo – People and Communities and ‘Toku Whenua – Our Landscape’. Each photograph has been inspired by a poem, story or statement that encapsulates a thread of this kaupapa to why ‘West is Best’.

Photo by Poppy Gilson