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The Day it was Written is my website. Ko Rangituhia Hollis ahau. Nāku e auaha nei.

Currently Under Construction tdiww The Day it was Written is my website. Ko Rangituhia Hollis ahau. Nāku e auaha nei.

wip Across the Face of the Moon

Photo credit Raymond Sagapolutele, in front of a tree @ Manurewa High School
  • Tena koutou katoa,

    Ko Tāwhiti nui a Pāoa te maunga.

    Ko Waikawa te awa.

    Ko Horouta te waka.

    Ko Taharora te marae.

    Ko Te Whānau a Rākairoa te hapū.

    Ko au te uri a Ngāti Porou, Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa, Te Whakatōhea, ko Te Whānau a Apanui hoki, I te taha a tōku Pāpā.

    Nō Kaipara ōku tipuna hoki, ko Ngāti Whātua o Kaipara rātou,

    ko te whānau a Maaka Rapana ōku tipuna, i te taha o tōku Pāpā.

    I te taha o tōku Māmā: Nō Airani, nō Kotarana, nō Ītaria ōku tipuna.

    Ko Annabelle Perera tōku hoa rangatira.

    Ko Tū Tonu tōku tama.

    Ko Rangituhia Hollis tōku ingoa.

    Kei Kaiti e noho ana.

    Nā reira, ka nui te mihi mahana ki a koe, ki a koutou katoa.

Rangituhia Hollis:

Born in Napier, New Zealand, is an Artist, Writer and Educator, who has been exhibiting his art publicly since 2000. He has a practice that explores heritage, connection, dislocation and urban Māori experiences in Aotearoa New Zealand’s postcolonial context.

2012 Kei Mate Mangōpare

Shot from Māngere Mountain as a Tourist.

I made this work before Sharknado lol

2012 Matamata

Rangituhia Hollis & Vaimaila Urale Collaboration

Māngere Arts Centre, Māngere.

Auckland, New Zealand.

Photo credit Janet Lilo

2007 Kapua

Māngere Whare (Kapua)

Kapua is made of multiple parts

First shown in 2007 at MIT Otara

2024 Waitī & Waitā

matARiki Sculpture Trail @matarikisculpturetrail

Mount Manganui & Tauranga, New Zealand.

Photo credit @naeraohiaphoto

2009 Kapua: Tangimangaone

3D Model, Image & Animation

2016 Tangimangaone

VR Video

2024 Godzilla Tukutuku

Digital Print

Writing

The Other side of speaking. More Than we know. Hollis, R (2012) [Exhibition Catalogue]. Gus Fischer Gallery. Tautai Pacific Arts Trust. University of Auckland Press.