Bill Hammond, 'Untitled', 1987 - Print New Zealand Artist

Bill Hammond, 'Untitled', 1987 - Print New Zealand ArtistBill Hammond (born 1947) studied art in Christchurch in the 1960s. He became a full time painter in 1981. In 1989 Hammonds work changed radically after a trip to the subantarctic Auckland Islands, where he encountered what he described as a paradise for birds. He learned about the nineteenth century trade in native birds that had decimated so many species. In his new paintings, hybrid bird human figures became a metaphor for all threatened creatures.

to suggest the possibility of spiritual illumination — the triumph of life over death

A beautifully designed and richly illustrated retelling of the unique and powerful history of Samoan tattooing from 3000 years ago to modern practices

The perfect gift for anyone with a keen military interest

He was a Newton International Fellow at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

This was later published as The Carver and the Artist: Māori art in the twentieth century (Auckland University Press

using woodcuts to depict images of domestic life and began to work with traditional textiles

where he has worked since 2001

the Te Papa storeroom

Ten art curators each pick ten art works and tell us why they love/admire/revere/are moved by them

The book’s journal-like format and activities that range across the seasons make it a long-term and much treasured companion

but here the fruit is set against a rarely used architectural backdrop

intellectually curious and forthright in her attitudes and emotions