'THE CLOAK OF UENUKU: THE POWER OF COLOUR ACROSS WORLDS' new EBOOK now available

THE CLOAK OF UENUKU: The Power of Colour Across Worlds, By Te Uira

E te atua, ko Uenuku

This book is dedicated to you, Uenuku.

Atua of the rainbow. Keeper of colour. Walker between worlds.

You who show us that after rain comes light.

You who hold all colours without choosing.

You who bridge Ranginui and Papatūānuku.

E Uenuku, guide my hands. Guide this mahi.

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Why I Wrote This Book

For the love and joy of colour. I’ve been asked this for years: “Why colour? Why do you paint in rainbows?” The answer is simple: Because colour has been one of the gifts that has saved me.

I wrote THE CLOAK OF UENUKU for 3 people:

The artist – who wants to use colour with respect + meaning.

The healer – who knows colour is medicine, but wants tools.

The curious – who saw a rainbow after rain and felt something shift.

This is not an academic text. It’s a practice book. Part kōrero, part science, part ritual.

Use it however you need. Colour in the pages. Try the 5-day practice. Read one page after rain.

E Uenuku, may this book be useful, and may it draw your people into my world.

— Te Uira, Melbourne, 2026

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THE CLOAK OF UENUKU

Part 1: The Light

What Is Chromotherapy? 

Ancient Pigments of the World 

The Science: Light is Colour 

Uenuku: Atua of the Rainbow

More Pūrakau of Uenuku 

Part 2: The Colours

Māori Pigments: Ngā tae

Māori Colour Language

Techniques: Tā Moko + Painting

Colour Meaning in Healing

Neuroscience: What Happens in Your Brain

Global Spiritual Colour

Part 3: The Practice

Modern Chromotherapy: 7 Ways Today

Making Pigment Today

Colour in Your Studio

Colour for Your Mood: 5-Day Practice

Colour First Aid Kit

Respect in Use

Working with Colour

My Practice as Te Uira

Colour Rituals

Part 4: The Journey

Colour + Emotion Journal

Colour + The Body

Colour + Nature in Aotearoa

Uenuku in the Whenua: Places

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62 pages, illustrated A4 collectable printable ebook available now. Digital pdf download.

$44AUD per copy.

Featuring pastel rainbow colored pages, clean design, compiled with half text and half images. Space for you to write your own ideas, notes and drawings.

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Some of my latest paintings coming at you from Wellington

Kia ora!

I returned home to Porirua, Wellington, Aotearoa at the end of January 2020 for some much needed time in my own rohe (tribal area). I will continue to be based at home in the Welington region for the foreseeable future due to the current pandemic.

I have had to postpone, cancel and reschedule many pre-planned overseas trips, kaupapa and clients for 2020 and I will be in touch with you directly about those if you were to be involved in anything that i’ve had to change due to current travel restrictions worldwide.

Here are some of my recently completed paintings, all infused with a HEALING intention. More paintings are currently in progress and I look forward to keeping you updated on new works available.

‘Native links’ collaborative painting with First Nation HAIDA artist Gregory. We completed this in March at a recent artist waananga in Tauranga. SOLD.

‘Ocean people’ collaborative painting with First Nation TLINGIT artist Nahaan, painter Kiana Ormsby and myself. Currently available at TOI MATARAU GALLERY, Māoriland Hub, Ōtaki. We completed this in March at a recent artist waananga in Tauranga.

‘Mana o te wahine’ currently available at TOI MATARAU GALLERY, Māoriland Hub, Ōtaki.

‘Nō runga i te rangi’ currently available. Email taryn.teuira@gmail.com to purchase.

Detail of ‘Kia kaha, kia maia, kia manawanui’ currently available at TOI MATARAU GALLERY, Māoriland Hub, Ōtaki.

Thank you for buying my #rongoātoi original paintings

Thank you to the wonderful people that recently purchased these original paintings from me.

All of my paintings are infused with aroha and healing intention, and fuse wai (water), rā (reflective light), color therapy, and ancient symbolism.

I am currently on the look out for new GALLERIES to exhibit and sell my new paintings for me, in different locations around the world. Email me on taryn.teuira@gmail.com.

Also check out the ‘ANGEL’ limited edition fine art prints available HERE.

‘HOPE FOR A GENERATION’ by Taryn Beri. Acrylic, ink, glitter and gloss on canvas. NOW SOLD.

‘NATURAL HARMONY’ by Taryn Beri. Acrylic, ink, gold leaf, glitter, lapis lazuli and gloss on canvas. 20cm by 20cm. NOW SOLD.

Detail of ‘NATURAL HARMONY’ now SOLD.

Detail of ‘NATURAL HARMONY’ now SOLD.

‘AROHA ATU AROHA MAI’ (still available) and ‘NATURAL HARMONY’ both 20cm by 20cm.