Te Kōkako Earrings Tote Bag exaggerating the lean angular planes

exaggerating the lean angular planes of her subject’s face so that the V of his chin and jacket echo the diagonal movement established by the plunging mountains

and son of Te Wheturere James Gray and Janet McFall

Dame Anne Salmond ONZ DBE FRSNZ FBA is James McDonald’s great-grand-daughter and a Distinguished Professor of Māori Studies and Anthropology at the University of Auckland

author of The Raupo Phrasebook of Modern Māori

Te Kōkako Earrings Tote Bag exaggerating the lean angular planesTe Kkako is whanau to the saddleback and Huia. A beautiful songbird that has sadly declined in numbers. Named after their beautiful song, Kkako is considered sacred by many Mori. In Mori myth, the kkako filled its wattles with water and brought it to Maui as he fought the sun. Maui rewarded the bird by making its legs long and slender, enabling it to bound through the forest with ease. Te Kkako is wearing a kakahu ribbonwood flora laced with a taniko