Dr Rangihiroa Panoho

Dr Rangihiroa Panoho

Auckland, AUCKLAND

My visual practice grows out of my background as a Foundational Māori Curator & Māori Art Historian .

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Memorial commemorating the Queen's soldiers and sailors killed in the battle, St Michael's urupā, Ōhaeawai, 30 April 2021 by Dr Rangihiroa Panoho Image: In 1872 local rangatira Heta Te Hara is reputed to have agreed to the remains of the British that fell at this site being reinterred here in this urupā at Ōhaeawai. The camera angle purposely positions the memorial in relation to what the battle was really fought over: that is settler access to the rich volcanic lands of the central Bay of Islands encapsulated in the Maunga back left of the image. The tone of this memorial is very different to Despard’s memorial in Hobart and the painting Reimagining the New Zealand Land Wars (1) examines this disparity.
In 1872 local rangatira Heta Te Hara is reputed to have agreed to the remains of the British that fell at this site being reinterred here in this urupā at Ōhaeawai. The camera angle purposely positions the memorial in relation to what the battle was really fought over: that is settler access to the rich volcanic lands of the central Bay of Islands encapsulated in the Maunga back left of the image. The tone of this memorial is very different to Despard’s memorial in Hobart and the painting Reimagining the New Zealand Land Wars (1) examines this disparity.
  • Dr Rangihiroa Panoho
  • Memorial commemorating the Queen's soldiers and sailors killed in the battle, St Michael's urupā, Ōhaeawai, 30 April 2021
  • black and white digital photograph on Hahnemuhle Photorag 308 gsm
  • 635 x 370 in
  • Inv: ATAROA22_BritishOffice...
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In 1872 local rangatira Heta Te Hara is reputed to have agreed to the remains of the British that fell at this site being reinterred here in this urupā at Ōhaeawai. The camera angle purposely positions the memorial in relation to what the battle was really fought over: that is settler access to the rich volcanic lands of the central Bay of Islands encapsulated in the Maunga back left of the image. The tone of this memorial is very different to Despard’s memorial in Hobart and the painting Reimagining the New Zealand Land Wars (1) examines this disparity.

  • Subject Matter: Northern Land Wars, NZLandWars Battle Site, St MichaelsGraveyardOhāeawai,

Other Work From Dr Rangihiroa Panoho

Nightmares Begin with these Numbers…, 1-15 July 2021 by Dr Rangihiroa Panoho
Tēnei ka whakaohirangi ki te tapū 'I perceive holiness in the land…' [Kawiti's Lament], 1-15 July 2021 by Dr Rangihiroa Panoho
Lingling-O, 1-15 July 2021 by Dr Rangihiroa Panoho
Nunca Más 'never again', Northern Land Wars, 2020-July 2021 by Dr Rangihiroa Panoho
Ngā Mahi Aroha i tuku iho, June 2021 by Dr Rangihiroa Panoho
Ngāti Manu whānaunga, mā runga i te rae o Taumarere, ko Ōtūihu te pā o Whetoi Pomare II, poupoutanga o te rā , 30 April 2021 by Dr Rangihiroa Panoho
Lei over gravestone, rock wall and sky, St Michael's urupā, Ōhaeawai, 30 April 2021 by Dr Rangihiroa Panoho
Pukupuku fern, tōnga o te rā, Ruapekapeka, 30 April 2021 by Dr Rangihiroa Panoho
Uira ana te ao mā runga i te Ruapekapeka, ko te atatū, 'the heavens are glowing above Ruapekapeka', 16 March 2021 by Dr Rangihiroa Panoho
Ko ngā hua o te pūriri 'pūriri berries', Ruapekapeka, 15 March 2021 by Dr Rangihiroa Panoho
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