1Matchitt An interview with artist Para Matchitt (Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Te Whakatōhea, Ngāti Porou) on what art is. Its meaning, form, design and the ‘spiritual’ dimension offering an insight into the artist’s humanity.
- Start 0 : 00 : 03
- Finish 0 : 14 : 11
- Duration 14 : 08
Speakers
- Eliza Bidois (Interviewer)
- Para Matchitt (Interviewee)
Associated
- Morehu McDonald (Producer)
- Tainui Stevens (Director)
- Graham Orbell (Photography)
- Nicola Smith (Editor)
Notes
- Works covered include: the stained glass windows commissioned for the Māori Centre, Waikato University. Ballantrae Windows remembering and reflecting on Sir Bernard Fergusson (Lord Ballantrae) Governor General of NZ (1962-67), who, when opening the university called upon it ‘to give modern expression to the life forces of Maori culture’;
the 1973 sculpture commission by NZ Steel and the people of Taharoa, Korotangi: the Taharoa canoe, Kawhia beach near the iron sands plant (unveiled by PM Norman Kirk). Korotangi is the sacred bird of Tainui; and the 1975 commission Te Whanaketanga o Tainui for Turangawaewae marae, Ngaruawahia, in the Kimiora wharekai.