Kia ora,

Te Ara Minhinnick resides in Waiuku on the southwestern banks of Taamaki between three significant waterways: Te Awa o Waikato, Te Maanukanuka o Hoturoa, and Te Tai o Rehua. Te Ara follows the shorelines of the three waterways, collecting handfuls of uku, whenua and onepuu. In this process, she draws upon the material whakapapa of whenua to unearth the ancestral presence of her Iwi, Ngaati Te Ata. In her practice, Te Ara is interested in re-representing whenua as a site of evidence, a source to remember, and a place of obligation to all.