Marilynn Webb. Photo: SuppliedBeing crowned supreme winner at the nation's Maori art awards is a "great honour'' after a long and rich career, Marilynn Webb says. The Dunedin artist and art educator has won the supreme award Te Tohu Aroha mo Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu at the Te Waka Toi Awards, announced in Wellington on Saturday evening. She has taught as a senior lecturer at the Otago Polytechnic School of Art in Dunedin, and was made an Emeritus principal lecturer in 2004. Other award winners this year include children's illustrator Gavin Bishop, Sir Tipene O'Regan and Sir Pita Sharples.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 17, 2018 16:07 UTC