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Mā Wai Rā: New Māori Photobooks

Mā Wai Rā

Ruby Kawiti, Bridget Reweti, Mariama Hunia, Sara Tautuku Orme, Tia Barrett, Hendrix Hennessy-Ropiha, Jazmin Tainui Mihi, Ethan Sheaf Morrison, Māwhereo Kenny, Charlotte Marama, Tiana Krafft-Soffe & Maximillian Scott-Murray

Curated by Maximillian Scott-Murray and Mariama Hunia

The Engine Room
SOA, Block 1, Massey University. Access via Gate C, Wallace Street, Wellington

Opening: Wednesday 7 August @ 5:30pm

Artist Talk: Sunday 11 August @ 2:00pm

Part of the Photo Book NZ Festival 2024Ruby Kawiti, Bridget Reweti, Mariama Hunia, Sara Tautuku Orme, Tia Barrett, Hendrix Hennessy-Ropiha, Jazmin Tainui Mihi, Ethan Sheaf Morrison, Māwhereo Kenny, Charlotte Marama, Tiana Krafft-Soffe & Maximillian Scott-Murray

Curated by Maximillian Scott-Murray and Mariama Hunia

The Engine Room
SOA, Block 1, Massey University. Access via Gate C, Wallace Street, Wellington

Opening: Wednesday 7 August @ 5:30pm

Artist Talk: Sunday 11 August @ 2:00pm

Part of the Photo Book NZ Festival 2024

Jazmin Tainui Mihi, from their book Rehua

The Engine Room is proud to present Mā Wai Rā: New Māori Photobooks presenting the work of twelve Māori artists currently working in this format. Featuring works by Ruby Kawiti, Bridget Reweti, Mariama Hunia, Sara Tautuku Orme, Tia Barrett, Hendrix Hennessy-Ropiha, Jazmin Tainui Mihi, Ethan Sheaf Morrison, Māwhereo Kenny, Charlotte Marama, Tiana Krafft-Soffe & Maximillian Scott-Murray the exhibition highlights the photobook's prevalence within current Māori photographic practice and the emergent investment in this mode as carrier of Māori thought and creativity.