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When Riki Manuel (CNZM) and Baye Riddell (ONZM) received news of their recent King's Birthday Honours, neither thought t...
10/06/2026

When Riki Manuel (CNZM) and Baye Riddell (ONZM) received news of their recent King's Birthday Honours, neither thought they were the sort of people who should be recognised.

One started carving from a kitchen table in Christchurch with little more than a G-clamp. The other discovered clay while planning a return home to the East Coast.

Decades later, both have helped shape Ngā Toi Māori in Aotearoa.

Read their story here: https://creativenz.govt.nz/news-and-blog/2026/06/04/02/32/11/the-honour-they-never-expected

04/06/2026

Artist Vanessa Wairata Edwards-Buerger reflects on the importance of normalising ngā toi Māori across all spaces, not as something separate, but as a visible and valued part of everyday life, storytelling and identity.

Toi Whakaata Māori Printmakers Collective Printopia



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04/06/2026

Māori printmaker Vanessa Wairata Edwards-Buerger shares the whakaaro behind Toi Whakaata Māori Printmakers Collective and the role printmaking plays in expressing connection to whenua, whakapapa and taiao.



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Kua hinga he tōtara i te wao nui a Tāne.We acknowledge the passing of Emeritus Professor Whatarangi Winiata, recipient o...
04/06/2026

Kua hinga he tōtara i te wao nui a Tāne.

We acknowledge the passing of Emeritus Professor Whatarangi Winiata, recipient of the Te Waka Toi Tā Kingi Ihaka Award and one of the great Māori leaders of his generation.

His lifelong contribution to te reo Māori, mātauranga Māori, education and iwi development has left an enduring legacy for whānau, hapū and iwi throughout Aotearoa.

Read more: https://creativenz.govt.nz/news-and-blog/2026/06/04/02/28/35/kua-hinga-he-totara-i-te-wao-nui-a-tane

Moe mai rā e te rangatira

02/06/2026

Part two: Drawing on the story of Pōtatau Te Wherowhero and the symbolism of tī kōuka, Brett Graham’s Doorway to Night uses art as a space to acknowledge death, remembrance, and those who have journeyed beyond the veil.



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02/06/2026

Drawing on the story of Pōtatau Te Wherowhero and the symbolism of tī kōuka, Brett Graham’s Doorway to Night uses art as a space to acknowledge death, remembrance, and those who have journeyed beyond the veil.



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Out in the rohe. Maraea Timutimu (Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Ranginui, Tūhoe), Lead Practice Adviser Ngā toi Māori at Creative...
28/05/2026

Out in the rohe.

Maraea Timutimu (Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Ranginui, Tūhoe), Lead Practice Adviser Ngā toi Māori at Creative New Zealand, attended the opening of the Whakatāne Art Gallery exhibition recently.

For Maraea, this isn’t just mahi, this is home.

Read more: https://creativenz.govt.nz/news-and-blog/2026/05/28/21/57/36/they-are-someones-family-the-return-of-kuia-moko

📸 Image courtesy of Claire House Photography. Artwork from the Harry Sangl Collection, exhibited at Whakatāne Art Gallery.

27/05/2026

A few behind-the-scenes moments from Fiona Pardington’s Taharaki Skyside at the Venice Biennale.

While the exhibition continues in Venice, the team has brought home stories, reflections and moments from the opening week—from the people on the ground to the feeling of seeing Māori and Kāi Tahu presence carried onto an international stage.



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The whakahohe, or activation ritual for this exhibition unfolded as a living threshold - where Te Ao Māori and the deep ...
25/05/2026

The whakahohe, or activation ritual for this exhibition unfolded as a living threshold - where Te Ao Māori and the deep occult practice of the artist converged in a shared field of intention. The space was opened through pao, and invocations calling in ancestral presence - the tupuna of the manu, of the artist and of the city. Runes created in wai tapu were placed upon the floor, as living symbols, runic currents embodied, pathways of transformation within the field of the pavilion. Through breath, gesture, and the focused will, the artist and Mareikura engaged in a co-creative act - awakening the mauri of the works and the space itself. This ritual is not performance, but invocation: a weaving of worlds where ancient lineages speak to one another, activating a current of remembrance, protection, and becoming. He mauri tau, he mauri koa, he mauri aroha, he mauri whanaungatanga. Tihei mauri ora.

Text by Erihapeti Elizabeth McPherson. Photography by Neil Pardington.



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