This monumental series of works, created by Hariata Ropata-Tangahoe in the early 2000s traces her matriarchal whakapapa (genealogy) and honours her female tūpuna (ancestors).
Developed by the New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pūkenga Whakaata.
Ira Wahine: Portraits by Hariata Ropata-Tangahoe