A video profile on contemporary Māori artist Nova Paul.

Learn more about Nova and her approach to artmaking, as she talks about the significance of te ao Māori and using natural materials in her practice.

Te reo Māori and English captions are available by clicking the Settings button and selecting the language option in the Subtitles/CC section.

This video is part of a series profiling artists whose work was featured in Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki’s landmark exhibition, Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art. It has been created with support from Auckland Council’s Māori Outcomes funding.
 

He Kōtaha Ringa Toi o Toi Tu Toi Ora: Nova Paul

He kōtaha ataata mō Nova Paul, he ringa toi o tēnei wā. 

Kei konei ētahi anō kōrero mō Nova tae atu ki tōna aronga ki te kaupapa toi me āna kōrero mō te hiranga o te ao Māori, mō te whakamahi i ngā rawa māori i roto i āna mahi toi, hoki.

E wātea ana ngā tapanga reo Māori, reo Ingarihi hoki mā te pāwhiri ki te pātene Ngā Tautuhinga me te kōwhiri i te kōwhiringa reo ki te wāhanga Kupu Hauraro/CC.

He wāhanga tēnei kiriata o tētahi raupapa e kōrero ana mō ngā ringatoi ko ā rātou mahi i whakaaturia ki te whakaaturanga rongonui ki Toi o Tāmaki, arā ki Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art. He mea hanga i te tautoko mai i te pūtea a Te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau mō ngā Putanga Māori.