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Released 16 January 2025 Toi Kiri Indigenous Festival 2024 is a Community Event Award Finalist for the 2025 Western Bay Community Awards!...

Released 16 December 2024 This category recognises community-led events that not only excelled in their planning and delivery but also...

Released 19 October 2024 Tauranga Moana is hosting a “must not miss” Toi Kiri: Indigenous Arts Festival celebrating traditional body...

Released 18 October 2024 Beginning with the pōwhiri today held at Whareroa Marae to welcome kaitā. Read more: https://www.facebook.com/Au...

Released 18 October 2024 An international gathering of tā moko artists has started in Tauranga today. The week-long wānanga called Toi...

Released 7 October 2024 Zoe Hunter from Our Place Magazine meets with Te Tuhi Mareikura Trust highlighting 'The World of Māori Art. Māori...

Released 16 September 2024 The rich tapestry of indigenous cultures from around the globe will again be on full display as Tauranga Moana...

Released 14 June 2024 Tā moko and tā tatau artist registrations are currently open for Toi Kiri 2024, happening from 14 to 24 October in...

Released 5 October 2023 Te Wānanga o Aotearoa kaiako who attended the Toi Kiri Indigenous Arts Festival in Tauranga over the weekend all...

Released 28 September 2023 Gemma Bradly-Jacka announces the kaiako attending from Te Wānanga o Aotearoa to participate in the festival. ​...

Released 21 October 2022 Is it appropriate for non Māori to wear moko? A question that has sparked much conversation over the years. Many...

Released 23 September 2022 Sunmedia's Georgia Minkhorst meets with Julie Paama-Pengelly to talk about Toi Kiri.​ Read more:...

Released 23 September 2022 Gavin Ogden joins indigenous artists of Toi Kiri on the marae during wananga at Whareroa Marae.​ ​ Read more:...

Released 6 August 2022 More than 50 indigenous practitioners of tā tatau, tāmoko and other cultural arts exponents, including weavers,...

Released 29 March 2020 During Wānanga Indigenous 2020, Justine Murray of Te Ahi Kaa at Radio New Zealand came down to spend some time...

Released 23 March 2020 Gavin Ogden, Tauranga Video Journalist of NZH Local Focus, joined as at Tā Atea and again after the event with...

Released 15 March 2020 "Indigenous tattoo artists from around the world have gathered to share their craft and traditions at the Tattoo...

Released 27 August 2019 In the build up to the New Zealand Tattoo and Art ExtravagaNZa (NZTE) 2020, the organisers put this together with...