Tāmaki Makaurau-based artist Raukura Turei (Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki, Ngā Rauru Kītahi) creates artworks related to atua wāhine (female gods) and her journey reconnecting with her whakapapa and tīpuna (ancestors).

This exhibition brings together new works alongside exploratory pieces grounded in the landscapes where the pigments were harvested including Maraetai, Tīkapakapa Moana on the East coast and Paruroa in Te Manukanuka o Hoturoa on the west coast of Te Ika-a-Maui, the North Island.

The title of this exhibition relates to a Hauraki iwi whakataukī (saying). ‘Takoto ai te marino horahia i waho rā’ translates to ‘The sea is calm, stretching far into the distance’ and references the calm waters over Tīkapakapa Moana where the aumoana (blue clay) Turei uses in her works has been collected. Other materials include onepū (black iron sands), kōkōwai (red ochre) and kerewhenua (yellow ochre).