Art meets science during this discussion and film screening for Living Nature 2021 that explores the Waiapu River region of New Zealand. Where mass erosion caused by settler-colonial government policies has had a devastating impact on the coast and ocean.
Artists Alex Monteith and Natalie Robertson (Ngāti Porou) and conservation ranger Graeme Atkins (Ngāti Porou) join our Living Nature 2021 series to share and discuss their film ‘Te rerenga pōuri o nga parawhenua ki Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa’ – ‘The desolate journey of sediment to Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa – the Pacific Ocean’.
The film blossomed after Graeme—a Te Papa Atawhai Department of Conservation ranger—had the vision to video the eroding gullies at Waiorongomai, New Zealand from the air, to show the scale of erosion and how it impacts downstream. We follow the water flow from mist, rains and streams down the river to the moana—the ocean.
Follow this link to watch the film and use passcode – Tererenga
Thank you to our inspiring panel:
- Graeme Atkins (Ngāti Porou), a kaitiaki (guardian) of the Raukūmara Range.
- Alex Monteith, a new media artist born in Belfast, Northern Ireland now living in Auckland.
- Natalie Robertson (Ngāti Porou), a photographic and moving image artist and academic.
- Facilitated by Paula Orrel, director of the Contemporary Visual Arts Network.
