This aute represents how my whakapapa continues to bind me and others together, me being the tiare flower. It describes how our whakapapa and different parts of Te Ao Māori binds us together as Tangata Whenua.

ARTIST: Dina Tiare McLeod
SIZE: 240mm x 390mm
MATERIALS: Aute, Kōkōwai, Tānekaha, White Clay, Harakeke strips, Charcoal, Water Colour Paint

These jewellery pieces represent ngā maunga whakahī o te whare tapu o Ngāpuhi. These maunga are significant to each of us as Ngāpuhi Kōwhao rau.

ARTISTS: Dina Tiare McLeod & Twilight Edwards
SIZE: Earrings – 35mm x 45mm; Necklace - 90mm x 60mm
DESCRIPTION: Necklace & Earring Set
MATERIAL: Copper, Gold, Muka

Just as we see new growth and movement in taiao, the flowing forms and koru in this design illustrate how we as Māori ringatoi live, create, see, and develop. It gives an impression of continuous pathway creation and includes tohu that represent endless potential; Pūmotomoto.

ARTIST: Hori Te Tai
SIZE: 470mm x 900 mm
MATERIAL: Ink on 300gsm hahnemuhle

Kahakaharoa binds together the many threads of mātauranga gifted to Ngā Tauira o Tai o Hī Tai o Hā, the myriad of places, spaces and faces experienced - from the taura lashings representing the interconnected nature of our taiao, to the triangular designs depicting Te Kauae Runga, Te Kauae Raro (terrestrial and celestial knowledge systems) and everything in between.

ARTIST: Hori Te Tai
SIZE: 600 mm diameter
MATERIAL: Acrylic paint, Pāua, Wax, Taura Coconut Husk, Recycled Timber Table, Varnish

Pouako brings together all of the teachings I have gained from being a part of Tai o Hī Tai o Hā. I wanted to simply and effectively show what I have learnt, highlighting what I really enjoyed.

The tāniko links me to what I have been taught in mau rākau. The rākau underneath the tāniko depicts what I have learnt through tārai waka. The five rākau are my tūāpapa, symbolising key people in my life.
Pouako symbolises those who have guided me up until this point in my life.

ARTIST: Joseph Edmonds
SIZE: 300mm x 420mm
MATERIAL: Rākau Muka, Waitae Tānekaha, Raurēkau

I’ve based my work off my passion for anime. I am inspired by the animation style of drawing. The characters on the page are full of rage. In the process of creating this work I started multiple drawings but did not believe in my skills. I felt a lot of frustration so I ripped the pieces and they landed on a blank piece of paper. From frustration, an idea sparked in my mind from one little rage.

Ko te pū, ko te riri ka puta ko te āhuatanga.

ARTIST: Kereama Kara
SIZE: 760mm x 505mm
MATERIAL: Lead, Ink, Watercolor paper, Kōkōwai, Ahi, Hau, Wai

"Mā te wāhine, mā te whenua ka ora ai"

Nau mai e ngā oranga o ngā mana wāhine o Papatūānuku, o Hineahuone. Ko te ūkaipō o Hineahuone te pitomata nō te kōpū o Papatūānuku. Ka puta mai te ira atua, te ira tangata ki te whei ao, ki te ao marama, tīhei mauri ora.

Kurawaka is the birthplace of Hineahuone found at the kōpū of Papatūānuku. The poutama pattern acknowledges this whakapapa and the inherent connection between ira atua and ira tangata. This piece pays homage to our atua wāhine and the creation of life.

ARTIST: Lydia Day
SIZE:
MATERIALS: Kurawaka / Tānekaha paint, Pīngao, Kiekie, Synthetic thread.

Ko Hineteiwaiwa te atua wahine o ngā wai e rua e kukume ana, e tō ana i te ngao o te tangata. Ko ia pū te kaiarataki o ngā tamariki ki te ao kikokiko, otirā rātou ngā kahuatua o te ao wairua kua whetūrangitia. Ka okioki ki te Āhuru Mōwai, ki Hawaiki.

Hineteiwaiwa is the lunar glow that pulls and pushes the tides of waters bringing forth new life, and returning the spiritual life back to Hawaiki.

ARTIST: Lydia Day
SIZE:
MATERIALS: Porcelain clay paint, Pīngao, Kiekie, Synthetic thread.

Ka titiro ki te paerangi, kei raro ko Wainui-ātea, kei runga ko Tangotango, ā ka whānau mai ko Tamanui-te-rā.

Wainui-ātea is the female epitome where the ocean meets horizon, Tangotango is her partner that lays across her canvas. Each and every day they give birth to Tamanui-te-rā.

ARTIST: Lydia Day
SIZE: 460mm x 460mm
MATERIALS: Acrylic Paint.

“Ko Au te Taiao Ko te Taiao Ko Au”

E kōrero ana tēnei tā mō tō tātou hononga ā whakapapa ki Taiao. E whakamihi i ngā āhuatanga ka whakaata mai, ka tohu mai ki a tātou te tangata. E waimarie ana i ngā wheako whakaohooho wairua, whakahihiko hinengaro.

A depiction of innate connection to all things seen, unseen. Emphasising relationships to our natural surroundings and the profound affect and enlightenment it can have on ones well-being.

ARTIST: Nikau Campbell
SIZE: 440mm x 320mm
MATERIALS: White colour pencil on black cartridge paper

“Ko Au te Taiao Ko te Taiao Ko Au”

E kōrero ana tēnei tā mō tō tātou hononga ā whakapapa ki Taiao. E whakamihi i ngā āhuatanga ka whakaata mai, ka tohu mai ki a tātou te tangata. E waimarie ana i ngā wheako whakaohooho wairua, whakahihiko hinengaro.

A depiction of innate connection to all things seen, unseen. Emphasising relationships to our natural surroundings and the profound affect and enlightenment it can have on ones well-being.

ARTIST: Nikau Campbell
SIZE: 445mm x 320mm
MATERIALS: Paint pen.

Toitū te marae o Tānemahuta, toitū te marae o Tangaroa, toitū te tangata. If the land is well and the sea is well, the people will thrive.

This quadriptych incorporates different painting techniques and traditional patterns to illustrate the story and hononga between Kauri and Tohorā. Tānemahuta (God of the forest) and Tangaroa (God of the sea) flank their uri in this pūrākau. Said to be brothers, Kauri and Tohorā both originated from the realm of Tānemahuta until one day Tohorā ventured into the realm of Tangaroa. Before departing, Kauri was gifted the skin of his brother as protection forever more.

ARTIST: Ramai Rapihana Ngakuru
SIZE: 890mm x 620mm
MATERIALS: Mixed Medium on canvas, ink

He Tuatahitanga along with Oroko are my first attempt at creating uku earrings.

They have been created by shaping and carving into the uku, after which they went through the process of drying, bisque firing, and pit firing.

ARTIST: Ramai Rapihana Ngakuru
SIZE: 35mm Long
MATERIALS: Uku

Oroko along with He Tuatahitanga are my first attempt at creating uku earrings.

They have been created by shaping and carving into the uku, after which they went through the process of drying, bisque firing, and pit firing.

ARTIST: Ramai Rapihana Ngakuru
SIZE: 60mm long
MATERIALS: Uku

Te Kokomea, seeks to explore the relationship between the paeātea and paewhenua and its complex, generative, diverse and active entanglements that both dissect and interconnect within the two planes. 

An acknowledgement of taonga tuku iho shared within the Tai o Hī Tai o Hā wānanga and the respective mātanga. Te Kokomea can be considered as a whakatauāki - recalling the significance of taiao in understanding ancestral connections to materials, techniques and knowledge that form these living and enduring traditions. 

ARTIST: Rongomai Grbic-Hoskins
TE KOKOMEA 1: 470 x 340 mm - Digital Illustration Print on Hanhemühle Photo Rag
TE KOKOMEA 2 (CENTRE PIECE): Aute, Muka - NFS
TE KOKOMEA 3: 470 x 340 mm - Digital Illustration Print on Hanhemühle Photo Rag

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Birds and stars.
Directions and navigation.
Metal and natural fibre.
Pātiki and Tūmatakahuki.
Whānau and future generations.

Tihei Mauri Ora.

ARTIST: Twilight Edwards
SIZE: 65mm long
MATERIALS: Copper, Bronze, Muka

Birds and stars.
Directions and navigation.
Metal and natural fibre.
Pātiki and Tūmatakahuki.
Whānau and future generations.

Tihei Mauri Ora.

ARTIST: Twilight Edwards
SIZE: 55mm long
MATERIALS: Copper, Bronze, Muka

Birds and stars.
Directions and navigation.
Metal and natural fibre.
Pātiki and Tūmatakahuki.
Whānau and future generations.

Tihei Mauri Ora.

ARTIST: Twilight Edwards
SIZE: 65 mm long
MATERIALS: Copper, Bronze, Muka

Within the frames of my door she lies. She has greeted my tūpuna before me, and she awaits the arrival of you and I. For she is not a cold breath that lingers in the end. She is the warm embrace of a māmā. She is the final comfort before the journey to Hawaiki nui, Hawaiki roa, Hawaiki pāmamao.

ARTIST: Waiora Mete-Cherrington
SIZE: 500mm x 400 mm
MATERIALS: Acrylic on canvas.

For she has called you back to our origin. Te karanga ō Hine-nui-te-pō. The return to Hawaiki.

ARTIST: Waiora Mete-Cherrington
SIZE: 500mm x 760 mm
MATERIALS: Acrylic on canvas

Ko Papatūānuku, ko Hineahuone, ko Parawhenuamea. He mea whakaohooho i ngā atua wāhine, me te oro o ngā tūpuna.
Galvanized by Ngā Kaihanga Uku and teachings from Dorothy Waetford, Moana uses uku to explore pūrākau surrounding the origins of uku in Aotearoa.

ARTIST: Zoe Moana Murray
HAPŪ: Ngāti Kura, Ngāti Kawau, Ngāpuhi
SIZE: 110 mm x 70 mm
RAUEMI/MATERIALS: Uku

This series of uku and taonga pūoro reflect the aroha and ihi that I have found for uku in the Tai o Hī Tai o Hā wānanga. Adorned with gifted paruparu from Pēria and white uku from Matauri bay, they pay homage to the life force given to us by Papatūānuku.
The process that has influenced the development of this series of work is tākoha atu, tākoha mai, as uku is shaped and malleable to the forces that surround it, so too does it carve out and connect to whatever it comes in contact with.

ARTIST: Amelia Blundell
MATERIALS: Uku, paruparu, kokowai

This collaboration is inspired by kōrero from matua Jack Thatcher at Te Kāpehu Whetū o Heke Nukumai Puhipi at Te Aurere, as taught to him by Papa Mau Piailug.
The rākau represent taiohi, embarking on our life journey with the guidance of our tūpuna who are represented by Pou uku surrounding us.

ARTIST: Amelia Blundell & Joseph Edmonds
MATERIALS: Rākau muka, Uku, Waitae Tānekaha

My art work represents determination and completion. When I was in school I was faced with the fact that I couldn't get to the top of Pūhangatohorā. It's bugged me ever since, so I decided to turn my frustration into fuel for my project.

I have struggled with completion in the past especially when it comes to mahi toi, so I took the one thing that has always nagged me and ascended the top of Pūhangatohorā in my own way. The tohu on top of Pūhangatohorā is a representation of me as a taiohi and a reminder that I can achieve anything.

ARTIST: Mikara Hita
MATERIALS: Kōkōwai, Muka, Parchment paper

I te hokinga atu o Kupe ki tōna haukāinga ka wānangahia ngā whakakitenga i Aotearoa. Nā wai ka whānau mai te mokopuna, a Nukutawhiti, māna te ōhāki kia hoki atu ki Aotearoa, ki te Hokianga Nui ā Kupe. Nei rā tēnei uri ā rāua.

This piece represents the return of Kupe to his homeland to wānanga on all things learned of Aotearoa. His mokopuna Nukutawhiti carried the mantle and returned to Aotearoa. I am a direct descent, he uri whakatupu.

ARTIST: Pairama Woodbury
MATERIALS: Acrylic paint on wood.

Ko te ara kōpikopiko e tohu ana i te rere a te manu. Ko te manu nei ko mātou o Tai o Hī Tai o Hā kua rere āmio ki ngā rārangi maunga, rārangi kōrero o tēnei kaupapa. Kia tangi mai te taonga, ka puta te rongomaiwhiti o ēnei tāhūhū kōrero o Ngāpuhi Nui Tohu.

I have named my piece ‘Manu’ because I feel as if I am a bird soaring through different learning perspectives of the many ringatoi who have taught throughout the wānanga series. I use it as a metaphor to describe myself moving to the various places of where their kōrero originates from, taking a deeper understanding of not only the reo (spoken word) but using my imagination to help grasp my own perspective/ ideas of what has been taught.

ARTIST: Te Awa Neumann
MATERIALS: Uku

The whenua doesn't belong to me,
I belong to the whenua

ARTIST: Symphony Morunga
MATERIALS: Kōkōwai, Paruparu, Kurawaka, Waitae, Kōhatu, Fabric

Sacrifices among brothers:

The tuakana Tohorā offering the taonga of his body to bring wealth and mana to the people in exchange for the protection of his teina, Kauri.

Kauri, offering to purify the air to bring health to the people. Their promise to care for and respect Tohorā and his future generations.

Inhaling their last breath together as promised to the people, acknowledging one can no longer live without the other.

Tuku atu, tuku mai.

ARTIST: Symphony Morunga
MATERIALS: MDF panels, Acrylic, Kōkōwai, Charcoal, Tohorā oil, Kauri gum

The natural colours of pīngao, kiekie and tānekaha are gifted to us from Tangaroa and Tānemahuta. Under the guidance of Hine-te-iwaiwa the stitches of this tukutuku bind the artists together within Te Whare Pora.
The multi-directional flow of the poutama ascending in the centre and the roimata toroa descending on the left-hand side are balanced by affluence. This is represented by the pātiki depicting the collective transfer of knowledge that flows amongst us in Tai o Hī Tai o Hā and is supported within the foundational pou of Te Whare Tapu o Ngāpuhi.

ARTIST: Te Kāhui o Tai o Hī Tai o Hā
MATERIALS: Pīngao, Kiekie, Tānekaha Dye

He rātaka tēnei nā Moana e kōrero ana mō tōna hokinga mai ki tōna ūkaipō, ki tōna tūrangawaewae.

This journal shares some of Moana’s process from the first Tai o Hī Tai o Hā wānanga. Moana recently moved from Los Ángeles to Aotearoa to pursue te Ao Māori. Look through to gain insight into Moana’s journey home.

ARTIST: Zoe Moana Murray
MATERIALS: Pene, Pepa, Muka, Kōkōwai, Peita

This poi āwhiowhio is a taonga pūoro that when swung at the side of the body gently imparts harmonious vibrations.

RINGATOI/ARTIST: Rebecca Toki
HAPŪ: Ngāti Hau, Ngāti Hao, Ngāti Kuta, Ngāti Manu, Ngāpuhi
RINGATOI/ARTIST: Dorothy Waetford
HAPŪ: Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Wai, Ngāpuhi
SIZE: Length - 750mm; Poi - 55mm x 40mm
RAUEMI/MATERIALS: Uku, Muka, Tōtara, Waitae

He ipu uku. Kākahutia tēnei e te pā o te ahi, e te wera, e te au!

Made from recycled clay, carved, fired then blessed by fire, heat and smoke.

RINGATOI/ARTIST: Dorothy Waetford
HAPŪ: Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Wai, Ngāpuhi
RAUEMI/MATERIALS: Recycled Clay

He punga uku. Kākahutia tēnei e te pā o te ahi, e te wera, e te au!

Made from recycled clay, carved, fired then blessed by fire, heat and smoke.

RINGATOI/ARTIST: Dorothy Waetford
HAPŪ: Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Wai, Ngāpuhi
RAUEMI/MATERIALS: Recycled Clay

This tāniko piece is a tohu marking the dawn ceremony to which Ngati Ueoneone stood at the poukara to bless the whenua for the new build of our Whare tupuna. Some of which witnessed Tūmatakōkiri flashing across the sky i te atapō during the karakia.

He timatanga hou mo te hapu o Ngati Ueoneone. Kōkiri ki tua!

RINGATOI/ARTIST: Makareta Jahnke
HAPŪ: Ngāpuhi, Ngati Ueoneone, Ngati Porou, Ngati Rakairoa
RAUEMI/MATERIALS: Muka, Raurēkau Tānekaha

This piece is based on the Matairangi off Te Raa, the only known Māori woven sail of its era left in the world, over 200 years old. The Matairangi is like a pennant.

RINGATOI/ARTIST: Ruth Port
HAPŪ: Te Rarawa, Te Aupouri, Ngāti Moroki, Patu Pinaki
RAUEMI/MATERIALS: Harakeke

This kete is inspired by Te Raa, the only known Maori woven sail of its era left in the world, over 200 years old.

RINGATOI/ARTIST: Ruth Port
HAPŪ: Te Rarawa, Te Aupouri, Ngāti Moroki, Patu Pinaki
RAUEMI/MATERIALS: Harakeke, Muka