Heather Randerson
13 April - 6 May 24
Niniwa – Healing Future Generations Together
An exhibition to raise funds to support those on a journey
of recovery from addiction.
An exhibition to raise funds to support those on a journey
of recovery from addiction.
Heather Randerson’s return to the ukaipo of Hokianga from Wellington, where she was born, began when she moved to Omapere to live in 1997. This moved enabled her to explore her whanau roots and, experience being a member of a vital, vibrant community.
Waking to Niniwa in his full glory daily and being witness to the unceasing transformations has inspired the development of her photography practice.
“In the beginning it was about capturing the natural beauty of Hokianga and the world I live with daily - the beauty within the water, the tides, the sky, the clouds, Niniwa, Arai Te Uru, the earth, and the forest. Now, it has become recognising that within that, is the living presence of the tupuna, of the wairua. I live with that all the time, and I no longer seek to capture it to express it, because it is simply there.
“Occasionally I will see something that fires me, that touches me so deeply because it is
mystical – that is the wairua, that is the mystery.”
Waking to Niniwa in his full glory daily and being witness to the unceasing transformations has inspired the development of her photography practice.
“In the beginning it was about capturing the natural beauty of Hokianga and the world I live with daily - the beauty within the water, the tides, the sky, the clouds, Niniwa, Arai Te Uru, the earth, and the forest. Now, it has become recognising that within that, is the living presence of the tupuna, of the wairua. I live with that all the time, and I no longer seek to capture it to express it, because it is simply there.
“Occasionally I will see something that fires me, that touches me so deeply because it is
mystical – that is the wairua, that is the mystery.”
