Colin McCahon, 'Truth from the King Country'; 1978 - Print whitesaviation

Colin McCahon, 'Truth from the King Country'; 1978 - Print whitesaviationColin McCahon is widely recognised as New Zealands foremost painter. Over 45 years, his work encompassed many themes, subjects and styles, from landscape to figuration to abstraction and an innovative use of painted text. His adaption of aspects of modernist painting to a specific local situation and his intense engagement with spiritual matters, mark him out as a distinctive figure in twentieth century art. He was born in Timaru but worked and lived

the Vietnam War or the invasion of Iraq – to trade union action

This Tuatara is very realistic and measures 37 cm in length and has a real Tuatara sound

Look inside Rita Angus: An Artist's life here

This adorable 15cm soft touch plush Manukura Kiwi

use the moon as a guide for successful fishing and planting

Extent: 364 pagesFormat: Hardback

The embryo-like forms of the last two panels evoke the beginning of life

White graduated from the Elam School of Fine Arts (University of Auckland

Modest about his own achievements

Written by popular TV personality and te reo Māori advocate Scotty Morrison

paring it back to essentials

Adrian Hayes details an intensely personal account of his attempts to climb K2 - first in 2013 and again in 2014