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aesthetic of the paraikete whero is fraught with notions of deceit, changes of allegiances, sale of land
and bitter memories of loss.
Figure 23: Maxwell H. (2011). Three images of named memorial tiles
Named Memorial tiles of varying lengths and size. Left to right [1] Named memorial tiles on memorial stone off-cuts laid out on floor of small bush [2]
six named tiles on wet peat soil [group of named memorial tiles on saw dust.
Figure 24: Maxwell H. (2011). Three images of named memorial tiles
Named memorial tiles [1] Pera Te Arahi on memorial stone off cut [2] Parata Minarapa on chicken wire [3] Peru and two of his sons,
Himi Peru and Kake Peru on scraps of faded red blanket
All of the named memorial tiles were covered with kokowai at the same time as the other markers of
loss, as an outward expression of tupuna smothering themselves with kokowai aware and conscious of
the tapu nature of their body and spirit. The placement of named tiles on the floor of the bush recalls
diminishing areas of small forests, on wet peat soil the loss of peat resources and on sawdust, large
tracts of lost native forests. Named memorial tiles on memorial stone off cuts lament tupuna buried in
communal graves at Pehiaweri following several epidemics. On taniko are tupuna, fortunate to have
been buried in Ngati Hau ancestral burial caves, laid out on wire netting four generations of Ngati Hau
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