At the New Zealand Portrait Gallery in Pōneke hangs an enormous New Zealand flag upon which artist Richard Lewer has painted the words: “To have a future I must reconcile with MY past.” 
Lewer’s exhibition What they didn’t teach me at school about the Waikato Wars has been his most difficult project, he tells Culture 101’s Mark Amery.

At the New Zealand Portrait Gallery in Pōneke hangs an enormous New Zealand flag upon which artist Richard Lewer has painted the words: “To have a future I must reconcile with MY past.” Lewer’s exhibition What they didn’t teach me at school about the Waikato Wars has been his most difficult project, he tells Culture 101’s Mark Amery.

At the New Zealand Portrait Gallery in Pōneke hangs an enormous New Zealand flag upon which&nbsp;artist Richard Lewer has painted the words: “To have a future I must reconcile with MY past.”&nbsp;
Lewer’s exhibition What they didn’t teach me at school about the Waikato Wars has been his most difficult project, he tells Culture 101’s Mark Amery.

The Waikato Wars: What painter Richard Lewer didn’t learn at school

Perlina Lau hosts a weekly show about creativity and culture in Aotearoa.

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