Raukura Turei, Te poho-o-Hine-Ruhi (in situ), 2018, clay, acrylic, water on digital print, 10 x 4m, courtesy of the artist. Installation view, The earth looks upon us / Ko Papatūānuku te matua o te tangata, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2018. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Raukura Turei, Te poho-o-Hine-Ruhi, 2018, three works from a series of five, oil pastel on paper, framed, 73 x 92cm, each, courtesy of the artist. Installation view, The earth looks upon us / Ko Papatūānuku te matua o te tangata, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2018. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Raukura Turei, Te poho-o-Hine-Ruhi, 2018, three works from a series of five, oil pastel on paper, framed, 73 x 92cm, each, courtesy of the artist. Installation view, The earth looks upon us / Ko Papatūānuku te matua o te tangata, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2018. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Raukura Turei, Te poho-o-Hine-Ruhi, 2018 three works from a series of five oil pastel on paper, framed, 73 x 92cm, each, courtesy of the artist. Installation view, The earth looks upon us / Ko Papatūānuku te matua o te tangata, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2018. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Installation view, Raukura Turei in The earth looks upon us / Ko Papatūānuku te matua o te tangata, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2018. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Raukura Turei, Expanse , 2017, diptych, from the Self series oil pastel on paper, framed, 78.5 x 108.5cm, each, courtesy of the artist. Installation view, The earth looks upon us / Ko Papatūānuku te matua o te tangata, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2018. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Nova Paul, This Is Not Dying, 2010, 16mm film, 20 minutes, courtesy of the artist and Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, Wellington. Installation view, The earth looks upon us / Ko Papatūānuku te matua o te tangata, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2018. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Nova Paul, This Is Not Dying, 2010, 16mm film, 20 minutes, courtesy of the artist and Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, Wellington. Installation view, The earth looks upon us / Ko Papatūānuku te matua o te tangata, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2018. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Installation view, Ngahuia Harrison in The earth looks upon us / Ko Papatūānuku te matua o te tangata, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2018. All works are digital prints, courtesy of the artist. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Ngahuia Harrison, Kowhai (mix), 2018, from the Seeds & Shore series, 28.5 x 34cm, digital print. Courtesy of the artist

Ngahuia Harrison, Kuiawai, 2018, 141 x 110cm, digital prints, courtesy of the artist. Installation view, The earth looks upon us / Ko Papatūānuku te matua o te tangata, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2018. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Ngahuia Harrison, E taria ana taku tinana ki te whai I te awa / My body will follow the river, 2018, from the Te Wairahi / The River series, diptych, 26 x 34cm each, digital prints. Courtesy of the artist

Ngahuia Harrison, left: Aunty Reo, 2018, 110 x 88cm, right: E taria ana taku tinana ki te whai I te awa / My body will follow the river 2018, from the Te Wairahi / The River series diptych, 26 x 34cm each, 2018, 141 x 110cm, digital prints, courtesy of the artist. Installation view, The earth looks upon us / Ko Papatūānuku te matua o te tangata, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2018. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Ngahuia Harrison, Puriri, 2018, from the Seeds & Shore series, 28.5 x 34cm, digital print. Courtesy of the artist

Installation view, The earth looks upon us / Ko Papatūānuku te matua o te tangata, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2018. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Installation view, The earth looks upon us / Ko Papatūānuku te matua o te tangata, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2018. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Ngahuia Harrison, Said, with salt in her eye, 2012, 141 x 110cm. Installation view, The earth looks upon us / Ko Papatūānuku te matua o te tangata, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2018. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Ana Iti, Does the brick recall Pukeahu?, 2017, text, acrylic, dimensions variable, courtesy of the artist. Installation view, The earth looks upon us / Ko Papatūānuku te matua o te tangata, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2018. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Ana Iti, Does the brick recall Pukeahu?, 2017, text, acrylic, dimensions variable, courtesy of the artist. Installation view, The earth looks upon us / Ko Papatūānuku te matua o te tangata, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2018. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Ana Iti, Does the brick recall Pukeahu?, 2017, text, acrylic, dimensions variable, courtesy of the artist. Installation view, The earth looks upon us / Ko Papatūānuku te matua o te tangata, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2018. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Ana Iti, Only fools are lonely,2018, hand cut and fired clay, cedar, 10(l) x 2(w) x 1(h)m, with support from Whiti o Rehua School of Arts, College of Creative Arts, Massey University, Wellington. Installation view, The earth looks upon us / Ko Papatūānuku te matua o te tangata, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2018. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Ana Iti, Only fools are lonely,2018, hand cut and fired clay, cedar, 10(l) x 2(w) x 1(h)m, courtesy of the artist, with support from Whiti o Rehua School of Arts, College of Creative Arts, Massey University, Wellington. Installation view, The earth looks upon us / Ko Papatūānuku te matua o te tangata, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2018. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Ana Iti, Only fools are lonely,2018, hand cut and fired clay, cedar, 10(l) x 2(w) x 1(h)m, courtesy of the artist, with support from Whiti o Rehua School of Arts, College of Creative Arts, Massey University, Wellington. Installation view, The earth looks upon us / Ko Papatūānuku te matua o te tangata, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2018. Photo: Shaun Matthews

Robyn Kahukiwa, Tangata Whenua, 1986, 2037 x 2860, oil on canvas. Installation view, The earth looks upon us / Ko Papatūānuku te matua o te tangata, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2018. Photo: Shaun Matthews