Hand to the plow;
That we might nurture the soil of our hearts 
[He pai te Atua]
Taranaki Mounga

Painted in celebration of Te Ruruku Pūtakerongo, alongside friends me ngā iwi o Taranaki at Owae Marae 1 September. Taranaki Maunga. Taranaki Tangata.

122 x 152 cm

Oil on canvas, unframed

**Te Ruruku Pūtakerongo is a Collective Redress between Ngā Iwi o Taranaki and the Crown. The Deed recognises the Crown’s historic breaches of the Treaty in relation to Taranaki and acknowledges te mounga in law as a person, a tūpuna, and as an indivisible and living being.