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‘Kawaupaku, Te Henga’

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‘Kawaupaku, Te Henga’

An important painter of the 1960s was Aucklander Don Binney. His cut-out images of birds in the landscape were seen by critics as examples of hard-light painting.

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University of Auckland

by Don Binney

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Jock Phillips, Light – Light and the arts, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/7730/kawaupaku-te-henga (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Jock Phillips, published 2 March 2009.