Ngati Manu Tribe Selwyn belongs to the Ngati Manu tribe. When he was born, at Taumarere in 1927. Selwyn was given the name Te Ngareatua by his grandfather, who prophesied that this, the youngest child of Kapu Reweti and Peter Wilson, would be a special child who would achieve distinction. After attending the Kawakawa District High School, he went to study at the Elam School of Art. He could have chosen a well-paid position
This pottery of Selwyn's is some of the work he did while he was in London. Several of the pieces he made at that time are now in the permanent collection of the art school he attended there. in commercial art, but Selwyn accepted instead the offer of a position as Itinerant Art Specialist for secondary schools in the area between Waihi, Te Aroha and Katikati. After three years he went back to Elam to complete his Diploma of Fine Art in 1951. While he was still a student he also taught part-time at Wesley College and at Mt Eden Prison.
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Te Ao Hou, December 1962, Page 15
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