Ko Te Rakau te Maunga 

Ko Mahuta te tangata  

Ko Taruia te awa 

Ko Vaimea te Waka 

Ko Ngati Hanoa te iwi 

Ko Tongareva te whenua 

Ko te Moana nui a Kiwa te Moana 

Ko Wai au  

Ko Maringikura Mary Campbell taku ingoa.  

I have been in the arts for a long time predominantly as a writer/poet, and co-editor and designer of several anthologies. I really began to focus on my painting during the COVID-19 lockdown when I became very isolated. Many of my paintings represent tupuna and wairua.