'New Zealand Odyssey', published in 1989 by Heinemann, was authored by me, Don Donovan (who did the text and illustrations) and Euan Sarginson, who did the photography and design. In this series of blog posts, I will publish some of my drawings.
By rights this should be a photograph because the church was lassoed by sunlight against a stormy sky and while it's easy to dramatize art, photography, despite Photoshop, is closer to reality and therefore more believable.
The unique Ratana churches all have the twin tower feature. Their existence started in the late 1920s with Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana, a Maori Methodist minister who had a vision that led him to proselytize to such effect that the Ratana faith is now so strong, politically, that New Zealand's politicians take it seriously enough to compete with each other to gain Ratana support.
© DON DONOVAN
donovan@ihug.co.nz
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