6th Sense

Ko tā ngā peita a Steve Gibbs he whakaatu i te taenga o Kāpene James Cook ki Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa i te 7 o Oketopa, 1769. I tōna taenga ki reira ka tapaina taua wāhi e ia ko Poverty Bay nā tāna kore āhei ki te tiki rawa waiwai i reira. He toi peita mō Steve Gibbs rātou ko tōna iwi e whakaatu ana i a Pāoa ko ia tētahi o ngā kaihautū o te waka o *Horouta* i tau ai ki Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa i te taenga atu ki taua rohe.

Ko tā *6th Sense*, 2017 he titiro ki ngā hītori e rua mai i te tirohanga o te mokai kurī a Pāoa, a Marewaiteao. Haere ake nei ka tapaina te matakūrae a Te Kurī a Pāoa, ko Young Nick’s Head. Ko te kurī mā a Pāoa he ata whakarite i ngā iwi i noho ai ki te rohe ki te tonga o te rohe o Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa tae atu ki Māhia. Ko tā te ingoa *6th Sense* he mōhio mārika ki ngā panonitanga ka tae rawa atu ki te rohe, ki te whenua whānui, he hua tērā nō te koroniaratanga o Ingarangi.

Steve Gibbs’ paintings here recall the arrival of Captain James Cook in Turanganui-a-Kiwa on 7 October 1769. When Cook made land he named it Poverty Bay as he was unable to gain vital supplies needed while there. For Steve Gibbs and his iwi (tribe), they recall Pāoa who co-captained the *Horouta* waka (canoe), which made landfall at Tūranganui-a-Kiwa as the origin of their arrival in the region.

*6th Sense*, 2017 considers both histories from the perspective of Pāoa’s pet dog, Marewaiteao. The headland Te Kuri a Pāoa (the dog of Pāoa) become known as Young Nicks Head. The depiction of Pāoa’s white dog in this painting is a metaphor for the people who occupied the region to the south of Turanganui a Kiwa down to Mahia. The title, *6th Sense*, suggests the inevitability of the changes that British colonisation would bring to the region and to the country.

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