The river pictured here may be the Taramakau in Te Tai Poutini West Coast, once a favoured travel route for Kāi Tahu across Kā Tiritiri-o-te-moana Southern Alps. Merging into Nōti Taramakau Harper Pass, this was one of the more accessible ways through this challenging terrain. London-trained artist Edmund Gouldsmith painted at the Taramakau and other Te Waipounamu South Island mountain regions during his two years in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Kāi Tahu ~ tribal group of much of Te Waipounamu South Island

He Kapuka Oneone – A Handful of Soil (from August 2024)