EPISODE · Jun 21, 2026 · 14 MIN
Roma Potiki on Robyn Kahukiwa: the masterpiece still missing
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Roma Potiki curated Tohunga Mahi Toi, the touring exhibition restaging Robyn Kahukiwa's seminal Wahine Toa series, now showing at Pataka Art+Museum in Porirua. Potiki worked with Kahukiwa on the 1999 book Oriori, and describes an artist whose quiet mastery made you careful around her. Assembling the exhibition meant tracking down works scattered into private collections across the country; two long-unlocated pieces turned up, but one, depicting Hine-nui-te-po and Maui, remains missing. She joins Culture 101 to discuss the search, and what Kahukiwa leaves behind.
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Roma Potiki curated Tohunga Mahi Toi, the touring exhibition restaging Robyn Kahukiwa's seminal Wahine Toa series, now showing at Pataka Art+Museum in Porirua. Potiki worked with Kahukiwa on the 1999 book Oriori, and describes an artist whose quiet mastery made you careful around her. Assembling the exhibition meant tracking down works scattered into private collections across the country; two long-unlocated pieces turned up, but one, depicting Hine-nui-te-po and Maui, remains missing. She joins Culture 101 to discuss the search, and what Kahukiwa leaves behind.
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