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Mei Hill (Ngāti Whātua, Ngā Puhi, Te Aupōuri, Te Rarawa) is a multidisciplinary artist, cultural designer, and placemaker with more than 20 years of experience creating meaningful public artworks across Aotearoa, New Zealand. Her work weaves together Māori culture, storytelling, and contemporary design to create spaces that reflect identity, connection, and a strong sense of place. Working across glass, sculpture, and a range of innovative materials, Mei has contributed to projects in education, housing, health, and urban development. At Scott Point School, her artworks celebrate the history of the whenua and the enduring connection between people, culture, and the natural environment.

Tuāhine (noun): sisters or female cousins (of a male).

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There are many legends about the star cluster Matariki. One of the most popular is that the star Matariki is the whaea (mother), surrounded by her six daughters, Tupu-ā-nuku, Tupu-ā-rangi, Waipunarangi, Waitī and Waitā, and Ururangi.

Matariki and the sisters journey across the sky each year to visit their tupuna wāhine, Papatūānuku. During this visit, each of the stars help Papatūānuku to prepare for the year to come, using their unique qualities or gifts to bring mauri to her different environments. Whilst spending time with their kuia, they also learn new skills and gain new knowledge from her, which they guard and pass on to others.

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Te Wao Nui o Tiriwa, the Waitākere Ranges, is one of Auckland's greatest natural treasures and the ancestral home of Te Kawerau ā Maki. Once covered by vast native forests, the ranges are renowned for their towering kauri trees, dramatic landscapes, and rich diversity of native plants and wildlife. Kauri have stood here for centuries, shaping the forest ecosystem and holding deep cultural significance for Māori. Today, the ranges are carefully protected as these magnificent trees face the threat of kauri dieback disease. The Waitākere Ranges remind us of the importance of caring for our natural environment so future generations can continue to experience the beauty and wonder of this remarkable forest.

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Long before Scott Point School was built, an ancient kauri tree stood proudly on this site, watching over the landscape for more than 1,000 years. After falling around 63,000 years ago, the tree was buried and preserved beneath layers of clay, protecting it for thousands of generations. Its discovery during the school's development provided a remarkable connection to the deep natural history of Onekiritea. Today, a slice of this extraordinary tree is displayed in the school as a treasured taonga, reminding us of the forests that once covered this land and inspiring us to care for the environment for future generations. Kauri are among the world's largest and longest-living trees, making this discovery a truly special part of Scott Point School's story.

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