life and work, Hotere, was released by Paradise Films in 2001, in association with Creative New Zealand and the New Zealand Film Commission. Written and directed by Merata Mita, the documentary made its overseas debut at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival. Personal life Hotere was of Māori descent (Te Aupōuri and Te Rarawa). He married three times, with two of his wives also being artists. His second wife was artist and poet Cilla McQueen, whom he married in 1973, and with whom he moved to Careys Bay near Port Chalmers in 1974. The two separated amicably during the 1990s. Hotere later married Mary McFarlane, another notable artist, in February 2002. Hotere died on 24 February 2013, aged 81 and was survived by his daughter Andrea, three mokopuna (grandchildren) and also his third wife Mary. He was buried at Mitimiti. Hotere Garden Oputae Hotere's former studio was on land at the tip of Observation Point, the large bluff overlooking the Port Chalmers container terminal. When the port's facilities were expanded, part of the bluff was removed, including the area of Hotere's studio (after strenuous objection from many of the town's residents). Part of the bluff close to the removed portion is now an award-winning sculpture garden, the Hotere Garden Oputae, organised in 2005 by Hotere and featuring works by both him and by other noted New Zealand modern sculptors. Other sculptors with work in the garden include Russell Moses, Shona Rapira Davies, and Chris Booth. References External links Works at Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū Works at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki: Works by Ralph Hotere Major overview from Art New Zealand magazine New Zealand Arts Foundation biography Biography from John Leech Gallery Reproduction print of Ralph Hotere painting Review of 2004 exhibition from New Zealand Listener magazine 1931 births 2013 deaths People educated at Hato Petera College, Auckland Members of the Order of New Zealand Modern painters New Zealand Māori artists New Zealand painters People from Port Chalmers People from the Hokianga Te Aupōuri people Te Rarawa people Alumni of the Central School of Art and Design 20th-century New Zealand artists 20th-century New Zealand male artists