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TitleMegan Brady, Between tide and time, 2023
DescriptionMegan Brady
Kāi Tahu, Ngāi Tūāhuriri, Pākehā
Between tide and time, 2023
Steel, linen
Courtesy of the artist
Megan Brady is on a journey to reconnect with her home. After discovering her Ngāi Tūāhuriri whakapapa, she has been spending time on
her tūrakawaewae in and around Ōtautahi Christchurch. Between tide and time considers the tide, which wraps around the coast from the Rakahuri
Ashley awa to Taumutu, as a site of connection. This tide, Te Tai o Mahaanui, connects the marae of Ngāi Tūāhuriri to Ngāi Te Ruahikihiki ki Taumutu, mana whenua of Waikirikiri Selwyn.
The steel structure traces the distinctive curve of Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū Banks Peninsula and supports seven lengths of linen, suspended from tracings of pōhatu Brady collected along the shoreline. The six breaks between the fabric indicate where different hapū are located along the
coast, a mihi to Brady’s whanauka and the interconnected network of Kāi Tahu hapū. For Brady, home is found in identity and connection with others, as well as a physical place.
The threads removed from the fabric create a repeating pattern which depicts the cycles of water. Beginning with the tide of Mahaanui, clouds form over the ocean and rain falls on the mountains before moving through the rivers and returning to the sea. This pattern was inspired by the poem ‘The River is an Island’, written by Hone Tuwhare, a favourite poet of Brady and her father. In Te Ara Ātea, Between tide and time ebbs and flows not with the tide, but with the changing sunlight andthe movement of people who spendtime with it.
Glossary of Māori terms
Whakapapa – genealogy
Tūrakawaewae - a place where one has
rights of residence and belonging through
kinship and whakapapa.
Awa – river
Pōhatu- rocks
Hapū - kinship group, subtribe
Mihi – Acknowledgement
Whanauka – relative, kin
With thanks to Te Tai o Mahaanui, Pete Brady, Brady whānau, Henry Francis, Puamiria Parata-Goodall, Denise Sheat, Chloe Cull, Ollie Roake, Bella Roake, Paige Jansen, Alix Ashworth, Ngaio Cowell, Orissa Keane, Ray Moreton, Steve Trevella, Rob Palmer, Peter Nock, Paemanu Ngāi Tahu Contemporary Visual ArtDateNovember 2023SourceSelwyn District CouncilPhotographerKelly Shakespeare
DescriptionMegan BradyKāi Tahu, Ngāi Tūāhuriri, Pākehā
Between tide and time, 2023
Steel, linen
Courtesy of the artist
Megan Brady is on a journey to reconnect with her home. After discovering her Ngāi Tūāhuriri whakapapa, she has been spending time on
her tūrakawaewae in and around Ōtautahi Christchurch. Between tide and time considers the tide, which wraps around the coast from the Rakahuri
Ashley awa to Taumutu, as a site of connection. This tide, Te Tai o Mahaanui, connects the marae of Ngāi Tūāhuriri to Ngāi Te Ruahikihiki ki Taumutu, mana whenua of Waikirikiri Selwyn.
The steel structure traces the distinctive curve of Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū Banks Peninsula and supports seven lengths of linen, suspended from tracings of pōhatu Brady collected along the shoreline. The six breaks between the fabric indicate where different hapū are located along the
coast, a mihi to Brady’s whanauka and the interconnected network of Kāi Tahu hapū. For Brady, home is found in identity and connection with others, as well as a physical place.
The threads removed from the fabric create a repeating pattern which depicts the cycles of water. Beginning with the tide of Mahaanui, clouds form over the ocean and rain falls on the mountains before moving through the rivers and returning to the sea. This pattern was inspired by the poem ‘The River is an Island’, written by Hone Tuwhare, a favourite poet of Brady and her father. In Te Ara Ātea, Between tide and time ebbs and flows not with the tide, but with the changing sunlight andthe movement of people who spendtime with it.
Glossary of Māori terms
Whakapapa – genealogy
Tūrakawaewae - a place where one has
rights of residence and belonging through
kinship and whakapapa.
Awa – river
Pōhatu- rocks
Hapū - kinship group, subtribe
Mihi – Acknowledgement
Whanauka – relative, kin
With thanks to Te Tai o Mahaanui, Pete Brady, Brady whānau, Henry Francis, Puamiria Parata-Goodall, Denise Sheat, Chloe Cull, Ollie Roake, Bella Roake, Paige Jansen, Alix Ashworth, Ngaio Cowell, Orissa Keane, Ray Moreton, Steve Trevella, Rob Palmer, Peter Nock, Paemanu Ngāi Tahu Contemporary Visual Art
DateNovember 2023SourceSelwyn District CouncilPhotographerKelly ShakespeareConnections
Subject (Keywords)ArtNgāi TahuCollectionTe Ara Ātea Exhibition 2023: At HomeArt at Te Ara ĀteaTe Ara Ātea Exhibition 2024: Undercurrents
Ngāi TahuCollectionTe Ara Ātea Exhibition 2023: At HomeArt at Te Ara ĀteaTe Ara Ātea Exhibition 2024: UndercurrentsAttribution
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Megan Brady, Between tide and time, 2023 (November 2023). Selwyn Stories, accessed 16/01/2026, https://selwynstories.selwynlibraries.co.nz/nodes/view/6172
