Tribal Memory & Genetic Bar Coding
Final - 'Whakapapa o nga Whenua'
This work & 'Kaitiaki' will be on display in the office of the Chief Executive of Manukau Institute of Technology over the break.
Drawing Paper Evolution: text work
1st generation.
Mokopuna
Grandchild
2nd generation.
Pepeha
my genetic link to the whenua/land
3rd generation.
wairua/ pepeha
interconnection of mind/body/spirit/whenua
grandmother teachings
4th generation.
drawing together & layering tribal memory my own form of genetic barcoding
5th generation.
6th & final generation?
'nga whakapapa whenua'
Encoded with the genealogy of the land. I still have 2 weeks left & so far this is the top contender for the lightbox 
"e moko, nga whakapapa whenua
anei ka moe... " - whispers of waitaha
