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    Whare Ngaro : Ko au te whare ngaro, a broken whakapapa, a lost house : an exhibition report presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters in Māori Visual Art, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
    (Massey University, 2024) Zimmerman, Ashleigh Elizabeth
    This exegesis contextualises the exhibition Whare Ngaro. It addresses the grief, mamae, and whakama of infertility through a wahine Māori lens. The research, methodology and practice that produced the exhibition are woven throughout this thesis. The works of a selection of contemporary indigenous photographers are referenced because they recontextualise the camera within a Māori framework to express notions of whakapapa. Other contemporary trans-disciplinary artists using whenua are linked to my use of kōkōwai to reference Papatūānuku. Both conceptual and technical links are established between the concept of conception, Māori creation narratives, and photographic processes. Whare Ngaro explores multiple visual tohu to communicate the human experience of being trapped in a perpetual state of Te Kore. Curatorial considerations and decisions are explained through the development process in relation to the Geoff Wilson Gallery at Whangārei. The impact of this exhibition and kaupapa is then reviewed through shared kōrero and pūrakau.