Kaitoro Publishers: [Two sets of posters. Korero Hau Kura [and] Nga Reo o Aotearoa. 2006]

Each poster shows a montage design based on photographs.

The "Korero Hau Kura" set contains posters for the following Maori proverbs:

Kia mau ki te aka matua; kei mau ki te aka taepa (Grasp the vine planted in the ground, not the vine from the heavens)

He poporo tu ki te hamuti (A cherished one, standing undaunted in adversity)

Ka tuhi Kaitangata (A mark of Kaitangata)

Hauhake tu, ka to a Matariki (A time to harvest as Matariki sets)

Ae ko Hotumauea te tangata nei (Yes indeed this person is Hotumauea)

Ka maru koe i toku pureke, he kahu pitongatonga (The hem of my fine cloak will shelter you)

Nga Reo o Aotearoa, "Voices of Aotearoa"; a collection of treasured Maori stories, contains posters about the following stories:

Arai-te-uru - Canoe which brought Rongo-i-tua and his people to New Zealand. It was wrecked at Matakaea and its kumara cargo became the Moeraki boulders.

Kahukura - the story of his tricking the patupaiarehe while they were fishing

Kuiarau - while bathing in a small lake at Rotorua she was taken by taniwha. Her husband Tamahika asked the gods to kill the taniwha, and they did so by boiling the lake waters.

Kaiwhakaruaki - a man-eating taniwha who was killed by warriors near Parapara Golden Bay, after a fight during which he killed many of the warriors.

Kua mau i te ao - the story of the naming of Mauao (Mount Maunganui), Puwhenua's mountain suitor who was caught (mau) by the light of day (ao).

Nukutaimemeha - Maui's canoe, whose resting place is Mount Hikurangi.

Quantity: 12 colour photo-mechanical print(s).

Physical Description: Photolithographs, 300 x 420 mm.

Provenance: Purchased in 2006.