With deep sadness we acknowledge the passing of Robyn Kahukiwa (1938–2025, nō Ngāti Porou, Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti, Ngāti Konohi and Te Whānau-a-Ruataupare). E rere atu tō mātou aroha ki te whānau I tēnei wā. Dedicated to the articulation and affirmation of Māori experience and identity, while challenging the impacts of colonisation on Māori rights to land, language, sovereignty, Kahukiwa’s work is intrinsically political, well known, and hugely well loved. We are privileged to be kaitiaki of a number of her works in Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, including Tangata Whenua (1986) which first hung in the wharekai of the Wellington College of Education in Karori, and Murirangawhenua (1983) painted for the nationally touring exhibition Wahine Toa; Women in Māori Myth.