Xoe Hall paints a killer homage KA MUA, KA MURI - Commissioned by COCA Massey, 2020

A story mural that was designed after the nation wide Covid lockdown with dreams of a better and more sustainable future for our people and our land in mind.

I think it is important to go back to the beginning, back to our roots, to find the pieces of the future we want to build. And in the beginning there was complete darkness. Darkness caused by the greatest love there ever was!

In order of appearance from the Gym wall to the School facing wall;

RANGINUI and PAPATŪĀNUKU held each other so tight, no light could get in. But, like all tragic love stories, they were eventually separated forever by their sons, and today we bask in the sun.

HIWA-I-TE-RANGI, a star of Matariki, is the one we send our wishes and intentions to for the year to come. Well 2020 has turned the world on its head so let's start again. I wish we all do a lot better for the planet and each other.

HINE-NUI-TE-PŌ, the death of an old era, death to broken systems, colonisation, racism, sexism, slavery, pollution and everything else that is hurting the planet and each other. It doesn't work.

HINE-TĪTAMA , the flashing dawn of a new era! Let's take all that good stuff with us into the future like equality, sustainability, and kindness for a start. Manaaki whenua, manaaki tangata, haere whakamua.

MAHUIKA, lights the way out of the dark with her firey nails glowing like torches. Fire to warm your bones and fuel your heart. Fire for the fiery! And as MĀUI found out, those who mess with ancestral fire, get burnt.