This Must Be the Island — Liga Hanai e Motu political and spiritual examinations and

political and spiritual examinations and soundings which artists have made

humanitarian and natural disasters and flashpoints of global tension

a cabinet of curiosities with something delightful and diverting on every page’ — Paul Little

The experience of closed adoption in Aotearoa New Zealand

stunning volume would be a memorable Christmas present for any lover of rural life

This Must Be the Island — Liga Hanai e Motu political and spiritual examinations andIn 2010, poet artists John Puhiatau Pule and Gregory OBrien embarked on a voyage of artmaking and travel around the South Pacific, making collaborative etchings, corresponding, writing poetry and immersing themselves in Moana Oceania. Sixteen years on, their collaboration continues to yield a heady mixture of dreams, memories and a pervasive sense of the joy and wonder of being alive in this part of the world. This Must Be the Island Liga Hanai e Motu