
Lindah Lepou – Exhibiting Artist 2024
Lindah Lepou Samoa (1983) About the Artist New Zealand born, Samoan raised, fa’afafine.

Melanie Tangaere Baldwin – Te Ara i Whiti Artist & Guest Curator 2024
Melanie Tangaere Baldwin Ngāti Porou, Rongomaiwahine About the Artist I am a māma, artist

Etanah Lalau-Talapa – Te Ara i Whiti Artist 2024
Etanah Lalau-Talapa Afega & Sa’anapu, Samoa About the Artist Etanah Lalau Talapa (b. 1995,

Ngaroma Riley- Te Ara i Whiti Artist 2024
Ngaroma Riley Te Rarawa, Te Aupōuri, Pākehā About the Artist Ngaroma Riley (Te Rarawa,

Sione Monu – Te Ara i Whiti Artist 2024
Sione Monu Tonga About the Artist Sione Tuivailala Monū is an artist of the Tongan

Erena Koopu – Te Ara i Whiti Artist 2024
Erena Koopu Ngāti Awa, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui About the Artist I was born green eyed

Ngaumutane Jones – Te Ara i Whiti Artist 2024
Ngaumutane Jones Ngāti Kahungunu, Kai Tahu, Tainui, Tūhoe About the Artist Traversing the realms

Renee McDonald – Te Ara i Whiti Artist 2024
Renee McDonald Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu About the Artist Renee McDonald is a rising

Jade Townsend – Te Ara i Whiti Artist 2024
Jade Townsend Te Atihaunui a Pāpārangi, Ngāti Kahungunu About the Artist Jade Townsend (Te

Rihari Campbell-Collier – Te Ara i Whiti Artist 2024
Rihari Campbell-Collier Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Te Whakatōhea, Ngai Tai, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui About the Artist Rihari

Talia Smith – Te Ara i Whiti Artist 2024
Talia Smith Samoan, Cook Island About the Artist Talia Smith is an artist and

Maia Keane – Te Ara i Whiti Artist 2023
Maia Keane Ngaī Tāmanuhiri, Rongowhakaata Maia is a contemporary Māori artist born and raised in

Ngaire Tuhua – Te Ara i Whiti Artist 2023
Ngaire Tuhua Waikato-Tainui, Ngāti Whātua Ko te Hoe o Tainui te pou ki mua Ko

Natalie Robertson – Te Ara i Whiti Artist 2023
Natalie Robertson Ngāti Porou, Clann Dhònnchaidh With a focus on cultural and environmental relationships, Natalie

Melaine Tangaere Baldwin – Te Ara i Whiti Artist 2023
Melaine Tangaere Baldwin Ngāti Porou Melanie Tangaere Baldwin is a multi disciplinary artist, arts educator,

Jamie Berry- Te Ara i Whiti Artist 2023
Jamie Berry Te Aitanga–a–Māhaki, Rongowhakaata, Ngāti Porou, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Ruanui Jamie is a Multidisciplinary Artist

Erena Koopu – Te Ara i Whiti Artist 2023
Erena Koopu Te Whānau a Apanui, Ngāti Awa Kapa Haka: the good, the bad, and

Lissy & Rudi – Te Ara i Whiti Artist 2023
Lissy & Rudi Robinson-Cole Lissy: Ngāti Hineamaru, Ngāti Kahu | Rudi: Waikato, Ngāti Pāoa, Ngāruahine,

Amio Renati – Te Ara i Whiti Artist 2023
Amio Renati Ngāti whakaue, Tūhourangi, Tapuika, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti kurī Amio is an interdisciplinary artist

Sarah Hudson – Te Ara i Whiti Artist 2023
Sarah Hudson Ngāti Awa, Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Pūkeko Sarah Hudson is a Ngāti Awa, Ngāi

Rachel Shearer – Te Ara i Whiti Artist 2022
Rachel Shearer Rongowhakaata, Te Aitanga a Māhaki, Pākehā Rachel Shearer works with sound through a

Chevron Hassett – Te Ara i Whiti Artist 2022
Chevron Hassett Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Rongomaiwahine Chevron Hassett, born Lower Hutt, Aotearoa (NZ) is an early

Melanie Tangaere Baldwin – Te Ara i Whiti Artist 2022
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Erena Koopu – Te Ara i Whiti Artist 2022
Erena Koopu Te Whānau a Apanui, Ngāti Awa “I was born with green eyes and

Te Naiti Tīhema – Te Ara i Whiti Artist 2022
Te Naiti Kepa Tāne Tihema Waikato / Ngāti Manawa / Tūhoe “Specialising in painting, sculpture,

Ngaire Tuhua – Te Ara i Whiti Artist 2022
Ngaire Tuhua Waikato-Tainui, Ngāti Whātua Ko te Hoe o Tainui te pou ki mua Ko

Randal Leach – Te Ara i Whiti Artist 2022
Randal Leach Ngāti Konohi Randal Leach is an accomplished visual artist, highly regarded for his

Te Ara i Whiti Artist Feature – Tāwera
Tāwera Tahuri Ngā Ariki Kaipūtahi, Whakatōhea, Ngāti Uenuku, Tūwharetoa Tāwera Tahuri is a mixed media

Te Ara i Whiti Artist Feature – Ron
Ron TeKawa Ngāti Porou Maungarongo (Ron) TeKawa of Ngāti Porou has been working prolifically in

Te Ara i Whiti Artist Feature – Steve
Steve Gibbs Ngāi Tāmanuhiri Steve Gibbs is a teacher and a practicing visual artist specialising

Te Ara i Whiti Artist Feature – Johnny
Johnny Moetara Rongowhakaata, Ngā Puhi Johnny Moetara is a practicing visual artist specialising in painting.

Te Ara i Whiti Artist Feature – Ariki
Taupuruariki (Ariki) Whakataka Brightwell Rongowhakaata, Te Ara Ariki Brightwell is a pop-culture indigenous artist, specializing

Te Ara i Whiti Artist Feature – James
James Tapsell-Kururangi Te Arawa, Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Mākino, Tainui, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Porou,

Te Ara i Whiti Artist Feature – Huia Edmonds & Ngaire Tuhua
Huia Edmonds & Ngaire Tuhua Ngāti Porou, Tūwharetoa, Ngapuhi, Waikato-Tainui, Ngāti Whātua Huia is an

Te Ara i Whiti Artist Feature – George
George Watson Ngāti Mutunga, Moriori, Ngāti Porou George Watson is an artist and writer, graduating

Te Ara i Whiti Artist Feature – Fiona
Fiona Collis Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti, Te Whānau a Apanui, Ngāi Tūhoe Fiona stems from a line

Te Ara i Whiti Artist Feature – Erena
Erena Koopu Te Whānau a Apanui, Ngāti Awa Erena Koopu a painter and Māori performing

Te Ara i Whiti Artist Feature – Chevron
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Te Ara i Whiti Artist Feature – Terangi
Terangi Roimata Kutia-Tataurangi Ngāti Konohi, Te Aitanga A Hauiti Terangi Roimata Kutia-Tataurangi is an emerging

#TETAIRĀWHITIAF Artist Feature
Te Huamanuka Luiten-Apirana “Lip Syncing is what I consider one of life’s greatest guilty pleasures.

#TeTairāwhitiAF Artist Feature – Mel
Melanie Tangaere Baldwin Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Rongomaiwahine Mel is an accomplished and award-winning, multi-disciplinary artist,