A collaborative community project developed together with Teresa HR Lane.
With contributions from over 200 participants, aged between 3 and 94 years old, across the communities of the Bay of Islands/ Whangaroa region, we created this 24 x 2m textile banner to tell the present day story of who we are, where we live, and what matters to us in 2024. A portrait of our diverse community, from our own voices. Using collected waste textiles of natural fibres only, the banner will end its life responsibly back in the whenua as a weed mat, assisting a local reforestation plan in Matauri Bay.
Kindly supported by The Turner Centre, Bay of Islands- Whangaroa Community Board, CNZ Creative Communities
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