[2][3] In 2017, the collective represented New Zealand at documenta, a quinquennial contemporary-art exhibition held in Kassel, Germany.

[2][3][4] This was the first time New Zealand artists had been invited to present their work at the event.

[2][5] Te Tau, who is of Rangitāne and Ngāti Kahungunu descent,[6] was raised in the Wairarapa region She received her tertiary education at Massey University,[1] where she is a lecturer at the Whiti o Rehua School of Art.

[7] Her doctoral thesis was on a conceptual Māori response to state surveillance.

[8] Funding from the Earle CreativityTrust[9] led to an exhibition held at Te Manawa, a museum in Palmerston North, in October 2015.