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Music: Lisa Reihana
DVD: Lisa Reihana
Camera: Adam Luxton
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Lisa Reihana
Tamaki of 100 Suitors

'What Auckland equated to in 1836'

Tamaki of 100 Suitors is the translation of Tamaki Makaurau, the Maori name for 'Auckland' and poetically refers to contested ground... people wanting to place themselves here. My project looks at the physical site the gallery sits on and talks about its purchase in 1836... sold by Ngati Whatua to Sydney Trader, Thomas Mitchell. I have gathered the materials that Mitchell and Ngati Whatua exchanged which was six muskets, 100 clay-pipes and 10001bs tobacco.

Lisa Reihana

Lisa Reihana Tāmaki of 100 Suitors installation detail
clay pipes, reproduction muskets, hogshead barrel, tobacco, DVD
Collection of the artist, with thanks to Gunner Ashford, Richard Lees, Tinderbox, Ian Snowden, Auckland City Libraries Special Collections, Herb Friedli and Susan McCarthy and Te Whau Vineyard.