Aoraki Gold

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Print sizes and editions (limited to 95)

- Regular museum archival paper print - 630 x 630mm
- Large museum archival paper print - 900 x 900mm
- Extra Large museum canvas print - 1100 x 1100mm

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- Sofia Minson creates your exclusive signed print
- We ship for $25 in and from $50 internationally
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Original painting SOLD, acrylic and flashe on canvas, 1260 x 1260mm, 2015

The story of

New Zealand's native wading bird the kakī, also known as the black stilt, is pictured here in its ornate golden Māori and sacred geometric designs with Aoraki Mt Cook in the background.

He iti pounamu

This precious endangered bird is like glacial gold; it is a little treasure - he iti pounamu. In 1981 the kakī's population declined to a low of just 23 and they have been intensively m...