Documentary Portfolio
Hokianga - Nui-A-Kupe - The Place of Kupes Great Return
The Hokianga deep and narrow framed by Mountains and fed by tidal rivers reaching inland a brooding grandeur of air not shared with any other North Island harbour. The home of the Kauri and place of countless legends. Hokianga is the place of Ngapuhi the tribe whose aggressive expansion and appetite for vengeance made it master of the land from Hokianga to the Waitemata. Known also as Te Kohanga o Te Tai Tokerau (The nest of the Northern Tribes) it is the central point from which most Northland Maori trace their ancestry.
This is the Place where my soul rests in peace and harmony. A sacred place and untouched unspoilt piece of NZ. Some of my favourite photographic work is in and around the Hokianga. As a child I spent Holidays in the Hokianga at my Uncles place in Pakanae. It was great to have firsthand knowledge of the people places and stories of the area. In my early twenties I spent a period of time in the Hokianga capturing the people usually by chance encounter. The Historical towns, Churches, Landscapes, memorable sites and a wearable arts festival event.
"Hokianga" This is one of the Maori names for both the huge harbour and the land surrounding it and which can freely be translated as the returning place .........
Sisco and Harry Rawene
Girl at the Wearable Arts Festival Opononi
Poka from Pakanae
"Glitz and feathers" Wearable Arts festival Opononi
Poka from Pakanae feeding the chooks Hokianga
Supreme overall award to Snail a local artist of the Hokianga community - Wearable Arts Festival Opononi
Wearable Arts festival Opononi area school hall 2001 - Snail, a local in a hand carved weta suit
"Glitz and feathers" Wearable Arts festival Opononi
"Cupid girl in scifi outfit" Wearable Arts Festival Opononi
Local called Snail in Hand carved Weta suit
"Glitz and feathers" Wearable Arts festival Opononi
Poka from Pakanae
"Painted bamboo from the garden" Wearable Arts festival Opononi
Silva jumping off the wharf Rawene
Pikitimarama & Jess waiting for the bus Rawene
Girl Fishing Omapere Wharf
Outside bath Rawene
Silva about to jump off the Wharf Rawene
Arts & Cultural day Rawene Drummer
Waima District Travel bus
Waimamaku One of the oldest service stations in the far North
Harry and Sisqo Rawene
Jacquie from Rawene
Waimamaku township breweries
First built as the Bank Of New Zealand Kohukohu
Thriving Fishing community Rawene
Hokianga Arch of Remembrance dedicated to those who fought in 1st World War. Kohukohu
Fresh fish straight from the harbour
St Mary's church Kohukohu built 1891
Hokianga Herald Building from 1958, Hokianga times 1911, Hokianga Star 1937
The ferry house Rawene
Rawene gaol (jail) built 1875
Waimamaku township breweries
Local craft shop Kohukohu
Rawene Catholic Church
Remains of Buildings destroyed by a fire in 1967 Kohukohu
Local op shop Kohukohu
St Mary's church Kohukohu built 1891
Hokianga Arch of Remembrance dedicated to those who fought in 1st World War. Kohukohu
Back of Kohukohu Hotel The first hotel opened in 1882 and did a roaring trade with many saw millers spending their wages on grog!
Local craft shop Kohukohu
Omapere Beach Face
Sand dunes Opononi
View from the Harbour look out across to the township of Rawene
Harbour lookout Kohukohu
Early Morning from Rawene Wharf
Waima Beer keg letter box
Rawene Wharf
Taken aboard the vehicular ferry Kohu ra Tua rua Rawene to Kohukohu
Waimamaku Beach
Hokianga Harbour a View from Mariner Street
Kotuloop Road Residence beach
Fells Boatyard Kohukohu built 1905
Fishing with Grant Koutu loop
Skull Found by the rocks Koutu loop
Omapere Wharf
Grant and John Koutu Loop
Local man and Boy Fishing Omapere Wharf
Ruggard Farm Truck Pakanae
Rusty the dog and the farm pigs Pakanae
Grants Boat Koutu Loop
Fishing Koutu Loop
Farm Pumpkins the mouse chewed
Local Kids Having fun fishing Omapere Wharf
Nun walking along Waiotemarama Gorge Road
Inside Poka's garage
A view from Poka's garage
Nun chopping wood
John on the farm Pakanae
Poka from Pakanae in his kitchen
Poka from Pakanae at his front door
Farm trough Pakanae
The chapel retreat Waiotemarama Gorge Road
Nun at the retreat Waiotemarama Gorge Road
Poka from Pakanae playing cards
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Mad Ave Community Planting Day
Since 2013 Mad Ave has been working collaboratively with community residents, schools, young people, businesses, Council and Government leaders to create action around the Glen Innes waterway the Omaru River.
The Omaru Restoration Action work is all about:
- Restoring Mana and Beauty to the Omaru River
- Expressing our aroha for each other and our planet
- Creating inspiring ways of communicating our interests and needs
- Uplifting our ancestral voice and providing pathways for our children
- Building our Mauri Ora economy
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