1840 at McLeavey Gallery takes its name from the year the Treaty was signed. The series traces the positionality of people across Aotearoa, and the ways that problematic beacons from the past still radiate today. The exhibition takes its name from the year the Treaty was signed, and includes a photograph of the hīkoi; a diorama at Tairāwhiti Museum depicting Cook’s landing; a no co-governance billboard at the entrance to Levin; Cameron Blockhouse outside Whanganui, a colonial redoubt from the New Zealand Wars; and a giant billboard reading NATIVES on the side of State Highway One.