#Protect Whangaroa #kaitiakiwhangaroa

‘The Crown call it minerals, we call it Mauri’

One of the biggest threats to the people and the environment of Whangaroa is mining.

Mining is not knew to Whangaroa. In fact herstory accounts of such geographical impacts on the whenua that have marked and shaped her over the generations.

This painting is a call to action with the intent to rehumanise the whenua as a living entity, not a resource for the parasital Crown to abuse for material gain.

Heres a quick look at the creative process behind this mural that I call “Ko te whenua au, ko au te whenua’.