Ngā Tai o te Ao Mārama
Au Ora, Au Mārama, Au Tae, Au Neke | A Living Tide of Light, Colour, and Movement
Mekameka konumohe ōkai, 2025 | Anodised aluminium chain, 2025
Ngahina Hohaia
Taranaki iwi, Te Āti Awa, Ngāti Ruanui, Ngāti Moeahu, Ngāti Haupoto, Parihaka
Tihei
Te Āti Awa, Taranaki Whānui
Ngahina Hohaia
Taranaki iwi, Te Āti Awa, Ngāti Ruanui, Ngāti Moeahu, Ngāti Haupoto, Parihaka
E whakamānawatia ana te ringa toi rehe nei a Ngahina Hohaia me tana hāpai i te rongorau, i te toi matatini, i te mahi tārai me te raranga. E noho atu rā i tōna papakāinga o Parihaka kei te pūtake o Taranaki, kua poua āna mahi auaha huhua ki te mātauranga me te whakapapa i takea mai i tōna tūrangawaewae. Ko ngā pā kino o te taipūwhenua i Aotearoa he rite tonu te hokia e Ngahina, e taea ai te kōkiri anō, te whakamāori (anō) i te mana taketake ake, tae atu anō ki te mana wahine me ōna mātauranga.
He putanga ihu nō Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa me te Tohu Paerua Toi Ataata, kua ūhia a Ngahina ki ngā hōnore nui, pēnei i te tohu o Te Tumu Toi, arā, ko te New Generation Award. Neke atu i te rua ngahuru tau āna toi e whakaaturia ana i Aotearoa, ki tāwāhi hoki.
Ngahina Hohaia is a celebrated contemporary artist whose practice spans multimedia and multisensory installation, sculpture and weaving. Living in her ancestral community of Parihaka at the foot of Taranaki, she anchors her wide-ranging creative work in traditional knowledge and whakapapa, maintaining a deep connection to place. The impacts of colonisation in Aotearoa are regularly addressed by Ngahina, holding space for reclamation and (re)Indigenisation of place and mana wāhine knowledge forms.
Holding a Master of Māori Visual Arts from Massey University, Ngahina has been recognised with major honours, including the Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi New Generation Award. Her artworks have been showcased across Aotearoa and on the international stage for more than two decades.
Tihei
Te Āti Awa, Taranaki Whānui
Ko te kāhui o Tīhei, he mea ārahi e te ringa toi a Rangi Kipa, e mōhio whānuitia ana āna mahi i Aotearoa. Kua roa ia e kōkiri ana i te toi Māori, e whakaora ana, e atamai ana anō hoki i ngā toi tawhito huhua, tae atu ki ngā tikanga whakairo o Taranaki. Ko āna mahi tārai, whakairo, tā moko hoki ka tōia e ia ki āna mahi hei āwhina i te hoahoa mai i ngā whare tūmatanui, tae atu anō ki ngā wāhi tūmatanui.
Ko te whāriki o tōna mōhio he mea tuitui ki ētahi atu mātauranga o te Māori pēnei i te taonga puoro, me te tārai i ngā rākau potoa Tū. He mātanga o ngā ara hoahoa huhua, ko te kaiwhakaawe i a ia ko tōna whakatipuranga i te Pā o Ngapuketurua, e tata ana ki Whaitara.
Ko Rangi te hea o Te Rūnanga Whakairo, he rōpū kaiwhakairo Māori ā-motu e tautokohia ana e Toi Māori Aotearoa, nāna anō i whakaara ake te Whakakai Mentoring Programme hei whakatipu i te ringa toi wahine he pērā ā rātou mahi me āna. I te tau 2021 i whakawhiwhia ki te tohu a Te Tumu Toi, arā, ko te Tohu Laureate mō ngā Toi Māori.
Tihei is led by renowned artist Rangi Kipa whose work is highly esteemed across Aotearoa. He is deeply involved in advancing Māori art, helping to revitalise and specialise in several traditional practices, including the unique Taranaki carving style. His practice in sculpture, carving and tā moko also extends into innovative co-design for public buildings and civic spaces.
Rangi’s artistic experience is woven by a life steeped in other traditional Māori knowledge forms such as taonga puoro, and short-hand weaponry carving. A master of many design languages, he draws his inspiration from his upbringing at Ngapuketurua Pā near Whaitara.
Rangi chairs Te Rūnanga Whakairo, the National Māori carver network supported by Toi Māori Aotearoa, and initiated the Whakakai Mentoring Programme to encourage wāhine Māori working in similar design areas. In 2021, he received the Arts Foundation Laureate Award for Ngā Toi Māori.
Discover Ngahina Hohaia, co-creator of 'Ngā Tai o te Ao Mārama' at Te Matapihi ki te Ao Nui
A series of interviews that explores rawa installations at Wellington's Central Library, Te Matapihi ki te Ao Nui.