Hinemihi

"The journey of the carved house Hinemihi o Te Ao Tawhito (Hinemihi of the old world) is one defined by cataclysmic events and the unpredictability of elemental forces...Hinemihi o Te Ao Tawhito will soon return to Aotearoa, after over a century standing in the gardens of Clandon Park in Surrey...This publication is also a celebration of one of New Zealand's great photographic artists Mark Adams and marks his recent exhibition Hinemihi: Te Hokinga - The Return at Two Rooms Gallery in July and August, 2020. The publication also contains important research information, essays, interviews and unpublished images that relate to the kaupapa of Hinemihi, her history, the wider carving and art tradition from which she arose and the whakairo of the tohunga whakairo Wero Tāroi and Tene Waitere..."--Publisher information.