A person stands in a black dress with their arms clasped behind their back. In their hair is a white flower, they are smiling. Behind them is a blurred and obscured wall text - possibly a poem - with a header in te reo Māori.
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Mauatua Fa'ara-Reynolds

Mauatua Fa'ara-Reynolds is a Mā'ohi-Norf'k writer and tapa-maker based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. In 2025 they completed their MA in Creative Writing at the IIML, where they received the Letteri Family Prize for Creative Non-Fiction. Their work mobilises customary modes of storytelling to confront colonial violence and generate possibilities for healing and reclamation.

    Mauatua Fa'ara-Reynolds on CIRCUIT

    A white circular form is projected across three panels of barkcloth, while a blue band resembling water extends along the bottom edge of the projection. The silhouette of a figure draped in tapa lies at the centre.

    Watabaut dem wahine orn aa Baunti?

    Essay series·A huri i tō mata i te pō
    By Mauatua Fa'ara-Reynolds ·

    "...it’s ironic that the very technologies once used to document, categorise, and exoticise Indigenous peoples have become tools for our resurgence." - Mauatua Fa'ara-Reynolds writes on Hina’s Granddaughters (2022)

    Watabaut dem wahine orn aa Baunti?
    In a concrete wall we see a circle which shows a watery reflective surface.

    Kumutoto Peephole

    Exhibition review
    By Mauatua Fa'ara-Reynolds ·

    "At the centre of this work is a tension between two material bodies." Mauatua Fa'ara Reynolds writes on Sarah Hudson and Rachel Anson's Kumutoto Peephole (2026).

    Kumutoto Peephole

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