Toi Māori Gallery

Ngaire Tuhua

Waikato-Tainui, Ngāti Whātua  Lives in Gisborne   Ngaire is a graduate and current tutor at Toihoukura, School of Māori Visual Art and Design at the

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Shannon Wafer

(b. 1976) Te Ātiawa, Ngāpuhi, Taranaki. Lives in Maketu   Shannon began carving in 2000 at Whitireia Polytech in Porirua under the tutelage of Hemi

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Ranui Ngarimu ONZM

(b. 1946) Ngai Tahu, Ngāti Mutunga Lives in Ōtautahi Ranui is a respected weaver and Māori art leader known for her continuity of weaving practises

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Lewis Gardiner

(b. 1972) Te Arawa, Ngāti Awa, Tūwharetoa ki Kawerau, Te Whānau a Āpanui, Ngāi Tahu Lives in Rotorua Lewis Gardiner began to work with pounamu

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Amorangi Hikuroa

(b. 1979) Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Maniapoto Lives in Whangarei   After studying painting and whakairo at Northland Polytechnic, Amorangi was introduced to ceramic wood-firing by Manos

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Lyonel Grant

(b. 1957) Ngāti Pikiao, Te Arawa  Lives in Rotorua    Lyonel is the leading creator of whare whakairo in Aotearoa today. Trained by Hone Taiapa

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Tā Derek Lardelli

(b. 1961) Ngāti Porou, Rongowhakaata, Ngāti Konohi, Ngai te Aweawe  Lives in Gisborne   Tā (Sir) Derek Lardelli is a widely acclaimed and awarded artist,

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Todd Couper

(b. 1974) Rongomaiwahine, Ngāti KahungunuLives in Papamoa   Since being introduced to whakairo practice at Waiariki Polytechnic in the mid-1990s under Roi Toia, Todd Couper

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Baye Riddell

(b. 1950) Ngāti Porou, Te Whānau a RuataupareLives in Tokomaru Bay   Baye Riddell has been a full-time practising clay artist since 1974 and in

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