This work by Sarah Hudson is a companion to Reconnect and is informed by the whakataukī ‘e kore a Parawhenuamea e haere ki te kore a Rakahore’. This whakataukī highlights the interconnectedness of water and rock – without rock, water does not flow. Hudson has spent several years researching the practices of her tūpuna Māori in the use of rocks, clay and soils mixed with water as a material for personal adornment, art making, ceremony and medicine. Here she explores the whakapapa of whenua, reconnecting with her body and the land through ritual.

Glossary: whakataukī: proverb tūpuna: ancestors whakapapa: genealogy, lineage whenua: land, ground, earth