Artist Dame Robin White (Ngāti Awa) has spent more than five decades creating work which ranges from iconic New Zealand landscapes to collaborative tapa cloth. Grace: A Prayer for Peace, directed by Gaylene Preston, traces White’s evolution as an artist, and her creative response to the world around her. Filmed in Aotearoa, Japan and Kiribati, the documentary follows her working with collaborators and reflecting on what drives her creativity. Grace offers a meditation on living a creative life in motion – shaped by community, faith and a deep engagement with the Pacific.
See also:
Film screening: Grace: A Prayer for Peace - 18 March
Robin White: Tuituia | Something Is Happening Here
Artist Talk: Dame Robin White with Dr Sarah Farrar
Grace: A Prayer for Peace, premiered on 3 August at Auckland’s SkyCity Theatre, as part of Whānau Mārama 2025 (the NZ International Film Festival).
