Ko Aoraki Te Maunga

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Print sizes and editions (limited to 30)

- Regular museum archival paper print - 630 x 630mm
(limited to 30)

Your unique limited edition fine art print
- Sofia Minson creates your exclusive signed print
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Original painting SOLD, oil on canvas, 1200 x 1200mm, 2006

The story of

"" is part of Ngai Tahu's ancient proverb that identifies Aoraki or Mt Cook as their sacred tribal mountain. The prominent South Island iwi trace their lineage back to Tahu Potiki, the younger brother of Porourangi who was one of the great ancestors of Ngāti Porou, of which Sofia herself is affiliated.

Aoraki, 'The cloud piercer'
Aoraki stands tall in the centre of this primordial, surreal landscape. The natural, eerie world was born out of Sofia's imaginings, unfaithful t...