Heather Randerson
Ko Te Ramaroa te maunga
Ko Whirinaki te awa
Ko Tuwhatero te rere
Ko Te Hikutu te hapu
Ko Pa te Aroha, Matai Aranui, Moria nga marae
Ko Nga Puhi te Iwi
Kia ora mai tatou te whanau whanui, ko Heather Lindsay Randerson ahau.
No reira, tenei he mihi poto ki a koutou katoa, rau rangatira ma.
Heather Randerson’s return to the ukaipo of Hokianga from Wellington, where she was born, began when she moved to Omapere to live in 1997. This moved enabled her to explore her whanau roots and, experience being a member of a vital, vibrant community.
Waking to Niniwa in his full glory daily and being witness to the unceasing transformations has inspired the development of her photography practice.
“In the beginning it was about capturing the natural beauty of Hokianga and the world I live with daily - the beauty within the water, the tides, the sky, the clouds, Niniwa, Arai Te Uru, the earth, and the forest. Now, it has become recognising that within that, is the living presence of the tupuna, of the wairua. I live with that all the time, and I no longer seek to capture it to express it, because it is simply there.
“Occasionally I will see something that fires me, that touches me so deeply because it is
mystical – that is the wairua, that is the mystery.”
Ko Whirinaki te awa
Ko Tuwhatero te rere
Ko Te Hikutu te hapu
Ko Pa te Aroha, Matai Aranui, Moria nga marae
Ko Nga Puhi te Iwi
Kia ora mai tatou te whanau whanui, ko Heather Lindsay Randerson ahau.
No reira, tenei he mihi poto ki a koutou katoa, rau rangatira ma.
Heather Randerson’s return to the ukaipo of Hokianga from Wellington, where she was born, began when she moved to Omapere to live in 1997. This moved enabled her to explore her whanau roots and, experience being a member of a vital, vibrant community.
Waking to Niniwa in his full glory daily and being witness to the unceasing transformations has inspired the development of her photography practice.
“In the beginning it was about capturing the natural beauty of Hokianga and the world I live with daily - the beauty within the water, the tides, the sky, the clouds, Niniwa, Arai Te Uru, the earth, and the forest. Now, it has become recognising that within that, is the living presence of the tupuna, of the wairua. I live with that all the time, and I no longer seek to capture it to express it, because it is simply there.
“Occasionally I will see something that fires me, that touches me so deeply because it is
mystical – that is the wairua, that is the mystery.”