This is the Bride of Aotearoa. Adorned in the natural Beauty of the Whenua (Land). She awaits her Bridegroom. Her Sound, the Karangamai (call) and Voice like no other.

Heard and known for our birdsong, our unique inheritance which is rich and vibrant in Him. All manner of unique and beautiful birds such as the Kiwi, Whio(Blue duck),Kotuku(Chiefly White Heron), and the Huia which although extinct, remains alive through us.

Mt Aoraki from Te Wai Pounamu (South Island) our tallest maunga(mountain) which speaks of His Majesty and Glory.

A Korowai on the left covers the waters and provides a mantle of Peace (te Rangimarie).

The Tui and Kokako, both engage in a prophetic dance, with the Kereru flying under the radar, free in the living waters of the Holy Spirit, that is being poured out through our lakes, rivers, streams, tributaries and hidden underground springs.

Twelve Rangatira(chiefly leaders) stand positioned representing the twelve tribes of Israel, ushering in a new form of Government, a new level of God’s authority and sovereign plan for this Nation. His Kingdom come, His will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven.

In the middle one of the rangatira holds a taiaha(war spear). As Kaitiakitanga(guardianship and protection of the Land)ever ready to activate as a sign of our spiritual warfare.

The foreground shows the hidden life in Christ, as the Koru curls in next to the greenstone Patu(warclub)reminding us of the blood that crys out, His blood, that guards the Whenua.

We are the Bride, and the new sound that is being heard across our land, depicted through the Bronze Shofar has been released throughout the Earth.

Colossians 1:3-28, Isaiah 40: 1-14, 1John 1:1-4, Revelation 19:5-10 

Artists: Rebekah Patuawa-Nathan 2015