Robyn Kahukiwa


**Latest News (August 2012): There are only a handful of many of Robyn Kahukiwa's prints shown, she was unable to complete many of these editions due to the loss of her paper supplier in the Christchurch earthquakes. The good news is the first of her new series, "Whanau 2", has just arrived and she's really happy with her beautiful new paper stock. Also "Taranga" poster, 1 left today.**

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Robyn Kahukiwa (1940 - ) was born in Australia returning to New Zealand at the age of 19. Robyn's iwi (tribal) affiliations are Ngati Porou, Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti, Ngati Hau, Ngati Konohi and Whanau-a-Ruataupare. Kahukiwa is a self-taught painter (although she trained as a commercial artist with the Adelaide News) who began painting in 1967 when she was living with her young family in Greymouth on the South Islands' West Coast. Robyn taught art at Mana College, Porirua, New Zealand from 1972 to 1982. She has exhibited widely and Kahukiwa's artworks are held in many of the major galleries as well as in private collections throughout New Zealand and the Pacific. Robyn Kahukiwa is also a famous in New Zealand as children's book writer and illustrator. Kahukiwa's paintings are often strongly politcal, they "address the double oppression of Maori women by the social structures of the dominant Pakeha culture and the changes in Maori traditions. For this reason, she often paints strong Maori women who can act as role models for the younger generation."