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Reweti Arapere (Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Porou Ngāti Tūwharetoa) Kua whakawhiwhia a Reweti ki te Tohu Paerua i Ngā Toi Ataata Māori ki Toioho ki Apiti, i Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa. Ka whia kē āna whakaaturanga puta noa i Aotearoa, ki rāwāhi anō hoki. He ringa tā pikitia ia. Ko tāna he whakaatu atu i ngā kōrero tuku iho mā te toi hou. Ariki Brightwell (Te Whānau-a-Ruataupere, Rongowhakaata, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Heretaunga, Ngāti Mutunga, Rangitāne, Ngāti Raukawa, Te Arawa ki Tūwharetoa, Tahiti, Ra'iātea, Rarotonga) I whānau mai a Ariki i te tau 1989 ki Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa, ināianei kei Te Whanganui-a-Tara ia e noho ana. I whai tohu ia ki Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa i te tau 2013, he Tohu Paetahi (Bachelor of Video Communications Design). Kei te mahi ia ki Te Wharewaka o Pōneke, ā, he ringatoi anō hoki. Hei tāna: ‘He ringatoi taketake ahau nō ngā kāwai Māori o Aotearoa me Tahiti. Mai i taku tamarikitanga, ko te mahi toi tōku kaingākau; he tikanga tuku iho. Ko Mātahi Brightwell tōku matua, he tohunga whakairo, he ringatoi rongonui puta noa i Aotearoa. Ko ia taku pou whakaawe. Tērā tētahi atu kaupapa whakaawe i taku tikanga toi, ko ngā pakiwaituhi o Āhia/Amerika/Ūropi me te toi arotini nō taku tamarikitanga, i ngā ngahuru tau o te tau 1990 ki te tau 2000. Ko te aronga o aku toi, he takitaki i ngā kōrero tuku iho, i ngā whakapapa, pērā ki ngā mātua tīpuna, mā te matarahi, mā te peita, mā te matihiko, ā, ka tuia ngā taera o nehe ki ngā taera hou. Kua ea tētahi moemoeā i tēnei kaupapa. Nōku te hōnore, i whai wāhi mai au ki tēnei kaupapa, hei tā i ā tātou hītori me ngā paki a ngā tīpuna.’ Te Hana Goodyer (Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga) I whai tohu a Te Hana ki TePunenga ki Pūrehuroa i te tau 2016. Kei te noho ia ki Rānana, kei reira e mahi ana hei kaihoahoa huanga mō tētahi kamupene-I tautaiao hangarau. He kaihoahoa, he kaitā pikitia matihiko, he kaitāpakiwaituhi tāoreore anō hoki. Kei te aronui a Te Hana ki ngā kaupapa Māori, ki te hipi hopi me te anime. ‘Koia taku puna auaha, taku puna whakaawe, whakakipakipa i a au i te ao, i te pō.’ Miriama Grace-Smith (Ngāti Hau, Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Porou) Mai i te wā i a ia e nohinohi ana, he toi te mahi a Miriama. Ko ana taera toi, ko te peita, ko te waihanga mātātuhi, ko te tā moko, ko te tā pikitia me te hoahoa pūeru. I whai tohu Tiwhikete i ngā Toi Ataata ki Whitireia, kātahi ka whai Tohu Paetahi Toi ki Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa. Koinei te tūāpapa o āna akoranga, kātahi ka whai ia i tāna i ngākaunui ai, ko te mahi toi. He nui āna mahi toi e whakaatu ana i te noho a ngā tīpuna ki ō rātau papa kāinga, e tūhura ana i te taiao, e toro atu ana ki ngā kōrero pūrākau. He mema a Miriama nō Hine Pae Kura, he kāhui toi wāhine Māori. Nāna anō te whata pūeru tiriti o Foresight Clothing. Isobel Joy Te Aho-White (Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa, Rongomaiwahine, Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Irakehu) He kaihoahoa whakairoiro a Izzy Joy. He tohu Toi Ataata (mai i UCOL) tāna. He Tohu Paetahi i te Hoahoa (whai Hōnore) mai i Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa, ko te tā pikitia te aronga nui. I whānau mai a Izzy i te tau 1988, i tipu ake ki Te Whanganui-a-Tara me Te Wairarapa. I reira ka mau i a ia te aronga nui o ōna mātua ki te taiao, ki ngā manu me ngā tipu māori. Ka aronui āna mahi toi ki ngā kaupapa pēnei i te mana wahine, i te kaitiakitanga, i te taiao me te pō. I ahu mai ana whakaawenga toi i ngā ringatoi, i ngā ringatā pikitia maha, pakeke mai, tamariki mai hoki. Kei Pōneke a Izzy e mahi ana hei kaitāpikitia i ngā taera maha, matihiko mai, ā-tuhi mai rānei. Huriana Kopeke-Te Aho (Ngāi Tūhoe, Rongowhakaata, Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi, Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Kahungunu, Hāmoa, Tahiti, Airangi, Koterangi me Tenemāka) Kei Tāmaki Makaurau a Huriana Kopeke-Te Aho e mahi ana hei ringatoi. Nāna anō ia i ako ki te mahi toi. Kua mahi ia i te taha o Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato, Auckland Pride, o The Wireless, o Ara Taiohi, o Pantograph Punch, o Gender Minorities Aotearoa me ētahi atu. Josh Morgan (Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Rongowhaakata) He kaitā pukapuka pikitia a Josh. Kei te noho rātou ko tōna whānau ki Pōneke me te putunga pukapuka pikitia. He mea hanga āna waituhi matihiko hei whakaoho i te wairua ngahau o ngā pukapuka pikitia me ngā pakiwaituhi tāoreore i ngākaunuitia e Josh i tana ohinga. Ka ngākau aroha ia ki āna mahi. Kua whakanuia ētahi, pēnei ki ngā pukapuka pikitia i hangaia e rāua ko Sarah Cotter. Kua ahu mai aua pukapuka i te tirohanga Māori. Nōna te waimarie ki te whai wāhi mai ki tēnei kaupapa, nō te rohe o ōna tīpuna te paki nāna i whakarākei. Munro Te Whata (Ngā Puhi, Ngāti Porou) He Māori, he Niuē a Munro nō te tonga o Tāmaki Makaurau. I a rātou ko ōna karangamaha e tamariki ana ka tīmata mai āna mahi tā pikitia. I whakarērea te haikura (he tā pikitia tana mahi, ka mutu) mō te kura pakiwaituhi tāoreore. I whakangungua hei kaipakiwaituhi tāoreore ā-pepa, nō muri mai, ka mahi hei kaipakiwaituhi tāoreore mō Bro’town. I mahi hoki ia ki Whakaata Māori, nāwai, ka mutu tana mahi pakiwaituhi tāoreore. Kotahi tau e tāpoi ana, ka kuhu ki tētahi tohu paetahi mō te tuhi auaha, kātahi ka whai mahi hoki hei kaitā pikitia, koia tonu tana mahi i tēnei wā.