Whakapapa sharing inspires winning portrait 28 May 2021 08:54 AM Photo: Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award.
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Bodie Friend from Waikato has won the first Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award with a photograph of his great-uncle Pat Kingi, also known as Nana Pat.
The award comes with a $20,000 cash prize.
The competition for emerging Māori artists drew 128 entries nationwide, with the 50 finalists going on display at the New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pūkenga Whakaata in Wellington.
Friend, who works in the communications team for the New Zealand Warriors rugby league franchise, says the competition gave him the chance to connect with whānau, explore his whakapapa and reflect on his identity.
Press Release – NZ Portrait Gallery
Bodie Friend from Waikato been announced the winner of the 2021 Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award and a $20,000 cash prize.
Bodie’s work “
Nana”, a photograph depicting his great-uncle Pat Kingi, or as he’s more affectionately known as, Nana Pat, was chosen as the winner from an impressive 128 entries nationwide and 50 finalists at the TSB Arena in Wellington on Thursday 27 May 2021.
Following the award ceremony, a hikoi took place where the winner and runner-up were led by Kiingi Tuheitia to the NZ Portrait Gallery Te Pūkenga Whakaata who officially opened the exhibition with a blessing.
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9am: Character, humour and pride embodied in award-winning image Warriors rugby league club staffer Bodie Friend was announced as the winner of the inaugural Kiingi Tūheitia Portraiture Award at a ceremony at Wellington’s TSB Arena on Thursday attended by Kiingi Tūheitia, the
Māori King. Friend won the the $20,000 award for his photograph of his great-uncle Pat Kingi, or Nana Pat, aged 88.
Bodie’s work “
Nana”, a photograph
depicting his great-uncle Pat Kingi, or as he’s more
affectionately known as, Nana Pat, was chosen as the winner
from an impressive 128 entries nationwide and 50 finalists
at the TSB Arena in Wellington on Thursday 27 May
2021.
Following the award ceremony, a hikoi took place
where the winner and runner-up were led by Kiingi Tuheitia
to the NZ Portrait Gallery Te Pūkenga Whakaata who
officially opened the exhibition with a
blessing.
Bodie, whose iwi affiliations include
Waikato, Ngāti Hikairo, Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Apakura,
Ngāti Pūkenga, Tapuika, and Ngāti Porou, says the award