Artist Te’Okota’i Paitai leads a rangaranga (weaving) workshop at He Waka Tuia art gallery in Invercargill this week. Paitai used the Southland Art Foundation residency to tell stories shaped by whenua, solitude and ancestral memory, through the art of rangaranga (weaving). His works, inspired by the distinctive landscapes of Murihiku, are on display at He Waka Tuia art gallery and museum in the Vaka exhibition which opened last weekend. ‘‘Telling stories through rangaranga is about making something to show the continuation of our [Pasifika] knowledge,’’ Mr Paitai said. Paitai created two bodies of work, Vaka and Tuoro which reflected his experience of the October 2025 storm and the resilience that followed.