Robyn Kahukiwa, Painter Who Recorded the Realities of Māori Life, Dies at 86

Robyn Kahukiwa, a Māori painter who became one of the most famous artists in Aotearoa New Zealand, died of an illness at 86 in a Wellington hospital on Friday. Her death was announced on Facebook by her family.Her family wrote that she died with “her kaitiaki near, wrapped in the korowai of aroha and pouritanga of our whānau.”Kahukiwa’s paintings gave a visual language to the daily realities of modern Māori life. Frequently focusing specifically on women, she pow