Dame Aroha Reriti-Crofts
Ngāi Tūāhuriri, Ngāi Tahu
Joined the exhibition in Ōtautahi Christchurch in July 2021.
Enriched by the many facets of her remarkable journey, Aroha offers a reflection on childhood memories and the challenges of adult life.
As grateful as she is for her recent nomination as a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, she reminds us that we were all born with mana.
E tangi tonu ana te ngākau i te wehenga atu o Dame Aroha ki te kāpanuipuni o ngā wairua. Nō te rā o te 20 o Mei 2022 i riro atu ia ki te pō. E te hākui, moe mai rā.
We mourn the loss of Dame Aroha Hōhipera Reriti-Crofts who sadly passed away on the 20th of May 2022. May she Rest In Peace.
Follow the exhibition’s journey here:
PHOTO PORTRAIT DESCRIPTION
Aroha’s face is friendly, her mouth is open in a warm smile revealing a shiny gold tooth just to the left of her top front teeth. This kuia has white hair parted on the left and cut short above her ears.
Over her blue and purple floral top hangs a hei tiki or carved human figure in pale green pounamu. It hangs upright, the flax coloured cord attached at the top of its slightly angled head. It has orange circular eyes.
Christchurch Exhibition July 2021
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