This rock is for my niece Robyn Erana who turned 19 today!! Her and my other niece Rexina just left this morning after spending the last few days with us here in Gizzy. It was so nice to spend time with them, to talk about life and have a good laugh! I’m so proud of […]
Category: rock art
Milestone
It’s Day 50 – yay!! I think that my rock of the day kaupapa is well and truly in my psyche now! Lets see what it will be like at day 150, day 200 and day 365! – I think I’ll have to have a ROCK party at the end of it all! So its […]
Simplicity
Day 2 of Te Matatini is over! Another wonderful day to be taking in some of Aotearoa’s finest kapahaka performers. Other than the amazing performances, I’m loving running into people I haven’t seen for ages and whanau who have come over from Taranaki – Yay Ria and Tamzyn, awesome to see you!! And – am […]
Te Matatini o te Ra
Kua pou te hau! I’m writing this late at night, very tired after a long day although its a good tired where I feel like I have achieved something. There was a lot of walking and meeting people on the way but the most exciting thing for me today was seeing heaps of Maori converge […]
Te Hunga Ririki
Day 46 – Te Hunga Ririki Today’s rock is for Kiana who turns 5 today! Don’t you just love tamariki – they are so honest and in the moment! I’m posting some kÅrero today that was shared via one of my rocks of the day by Tracey who is Kiana’s mum. Tracey and I used […]
Few Words
This is the first rock ever that I have used black paint on. Nearly 13 years of painting rocks and I have never used black paint! I think black for me has always been a colour of darkness, death and sadness. And there is that association with tangi because when you go to a tangi […]