This rock is inspired by the moon and contains the new moon, the full moon and today’s moon…It reminds me as all of these rocks do, of our connection to the whenua, to the land. It is also about the connection of a woman’s cycle to the cycles of the moon and how our tupuna (ancestors) lived by the moon and the stars and were in harmony with our natural environment.
This koha-tu was painted for a special friend whose birthday it is today and who always reminds me of the moon…

No runga i te aroha ka tukuna atu te taonga nei ki a koe Te Wai, hei koha-tu mo to ra whanau. Ma te marama koe e arahi i tenei tau…Ma te wa xx