General Public Admission
TOI KIRI 2023: 29 SEP - 1 OCT
World Indigenous Arts Festival
$10.00 ENTRY | UNDER 12 FREE**
Door sales Also available
The Home of Toi Kiri
Get in touch, pre-book and lock them in for Toi Kiri 2023!
Presenting over 200 artists, together for one unique public cultural event, Toi Kiri's three-day public festival returns bigger than ever at Whareroa Reservation, Mount Maunganui!
Toi Kiri 2023 profiles leading tattoo, Tā Moko, Tā Tatau and skin marking artists, alongside Cultural Artists, Ceremony, Musicians, and Performers for a full ten days of festivities including EXHIBITIONS, SYMPOSIUM, WĀNANGA and an EXTRAORDINARY FESTIVAL WEEKEND!
This year we have significant delegates from Mā’ohi Tahiti Islands, First Nations Canada, Paiwan (Taiwan), Fiji, Tonga, Māori Kūki 'Āirani (Cook Islands), Niue, First Nations America, Samoa, Philippines and a wide representation of tribal Māori Aotearoa with others still to confirm. Celebrate together and enjoy unique expressions of the world at Toi Kiri 2023.
Bringing the best of indigenous traditions together, immerse yourself in cultural identity at Toi Kiri 2023.
Programme
Whakaaturanga
Full
Public
Programme
29 SEP - 1 OCT
Toi Kiri 2023:
World Indigenous
Arts FestivaL
Whareroa Reserve
Taiaho Place
Mount Maunganui
Friday 29 September
1.00pm - 8.00pm | Festival Open, Day 1 Toi Kiri 2023 profiles leading tattoo, Tā Moko, Tā Tatau and skin marking artists, alongside Cultural Artists, Ceremony, Musicians, Performers, and Kai. Get your tickets online or at the door!
Saturday 30 September
9.00am - 8.00pm | Festival Open, Day 2 Toi Kiri 2023 profiles leading tattoo, Tā Moko, Tā Tatau and skin marking artists, alongside Cultural Artists, Ceremony, Musicians, Performers, and Kai. Get your tickets online or at the door!
Sunday 1 October
9.00am - 5.00pm | Festival Open, Day 3 Toi Kiri 2023 profiles leading tattoo, Tā Moko, Tā Tatau and skin marking artists, alongside Cultural Artists, Ceremony, Musicians, Performers, and Kai. Get your tickets online or at the door!
$10.00 Entry | Under 12 FREE**
Door sales also available
28 SEP - 4 OCT
Te Kahu o Toi Kiri
Indigenous Art Exhibition &
3 Day Public Symposium
Toi Tauranga POP UP
& KŪWAO SPACE
TAURANGA
Thursday 28 September
5.30pm | Exhibition opening of Te Kahu o Toi Kiri Exploring the dialogue between the exercise of skin marking and a range of cultural art practices, customary and contemporary, Te Kahu o Toi Kiri presents the ‘cloak’ of indigenous body marking traditions.
Friday 29 September -
Wednesday 4 October
Te Kahu o Toi Kiri Exhibition | Entry FREE Open Daily 11.00am - 4.00pm Exhibition closes Wednesday 4 October
Monday 2 October
10.00am - 5.30pm | Symposium, Day 1 10.00am | Artists Talk Peata Larkin, Alexis Neal, and Julie Paama-Pengelly: 'Whakaaho' Exhibition Talk 1.00pm | Workshop Heidi Lucero, Tiffany Adams, Deerstine Suehead, and Sage LaPena: California Indigenous Abalone and Paua Workshop 3.30pm | Artists Talk Dion Kaszas: Creating Nlaka'pamux Blackwork Gregory Williams: Haida Art
Tuesday 3 October
10.00am - 5.30pm | Symposium, Day 2 10.00am | Panel Discussion Ecko Aleck, Natalia Roxas, and Julie Paama-Pengelly: Sharing experiences as indigenous women navigating skin marking politics and practices 1.00pm | Workshop Kiana Ormsby and Daniel Ormsby: Māori painting practices 3.30pm | Panel Discussion Hohepa (Hori) Thompson, Linda Munn, Arohanoa Mathews, and Kereama Taepa: Identity Politics and Māori Arts. Authenticity, futures and what does that look like?
Wednesday 4 October
10.00am - 5.30pm | Symposium, Day 3 10.00am | Workshop Sarah Hudson, Lanae Cable, and Maraea Timutimu: Kauae Raro Research Collective workshop utilising pigment paint and dying 1.00pm | Workshop Ecko Aleck: Ancestral Channeling through tradition arts 3.30pm | Artists Talk Manutea Chartiez and Michalik Mate: 'May the invisible come to life' Patutiki, the magical manifestation of the ancestors, the practice of Marquesan Tattoo, and the link between mana, tattoo, and the ancestors. 5.30pm | Exhibition closing of Te Kahu o Toi Kiri
Exhibition Entry Free*
Tā Tatau, Tā Moko
and Cultural Art
Check out who's coming along this year, get in touch, pre-book and lock them in for Toi Kiri 2023.
HAWAIIKI-RUNGA
MĀ’OHI, TAHITI ISLANDs
Ange Cipriani
MARQUESAS
(Tagaloa Tattoo, Tahiti)
Marquesas Islands,
Mā’ohi, Tahiti Islands
Hawaiiki-Runga
Tattoo, Visual Arts
Makalio Folituu
Futuna
(Tagaloa Tattoo, Tahiti)
Wallis and Futuna
Mā’ohi, Tahiti Islands
Hawaiiki-Runga
Tā Tatau, Tattoo, Visual Arts
Manutea Chartiez
Mo'orea, Marquesas
Marquesas Islands
Mā’ohi, Tahiti Islands
Hawaiiki-Runga
Mate Michalik
Mo'orea, Tuamotu
Tuamotu Archipelago
Mā’ohi, Tahiti Islands
Hawaiiki-Runga
Stan Leou
Tahiti
(Tagaloa Tattoo, Tahiti)
Mā’ohi, Tahiti Islands
Hawaiiki-Runga
Tattoo, Visual Arts
Teata Vauche
Tahiti
Mā’ohi, Tahiti Islands
Hawaiiki-Runga
Tā Tatau, Patutiki, Tattoo, Visual Arts
Yann-Patii Maruae
Marquesas
Marquesas Islands
Mā’ohi, Tahiti Islands
Hawaiiki-Runga
Tā Tatau, Tattoo
Fiji Islands
Andrew
Williams
Taveuni
Nukuni, Ono i Lau
Fiji Islands
Samuqawe, Tattoo
Filipino Philippines
sarah kane-matete
Ilokano, Pasig, Bicol, MĀORI
Filipino (Philippines)
Ngāti Kahungunu
Aotearoa New Zealand
Tatak, Handpoke
FIRST NATIONS AMERICA
Deerstine Suehead
NISENAN, SENECA
Beaver Clan
First Nations America (California and New York)
Heidi Lucero
ACJACHEMEN, MUTSUN OHLONE
Juaneno Band of Mission Indians Acjachemen
First Nations America (California)
Sage LaPena
NOMTIPOM, TUNAI WINTU
First Nations America (California)
Handpoke Support, Traditional Herbalist, Herbal Medicine, Botany, Traditional Regalia, Ethnobotanist, Health Care Provider, Culture Bearer
Tiffany Adams
CHEMEHUEVI, NISENAN, KOYOOMK'AWI
First Nations America
(California)
Handpoke, Tattoo, Mixed Media, Abalone Finery, Visual Arts, Paint, Abalone Process, Jewellery, Culture Bearer, Sculpture
FIRST NATIONS CANADA
DION KASZAS
NLAKA'PAMUX
Lower Nicola Indian Band
First Nations Canada (British Columbia)
Ecko Aleck
NLAKA'PAMUX
Lytton First Nation
First Nations Canada (British Columbia)
Gregory Williams
Haida Gwaii
Skedans Clan
First Nations Canada (British Columbia)
KINGDOM OF TONGA
Terje Koloamatangi
Vava'u, Sámi
Kingdom of Tonga, Norway
Tā Tatau, Hand Tap
MĀORI KŪKI ĀIRANI
Opeta Utanga
COOK ISLANDS, MĀORI
Tumutevarovaro (Rarotonga), Araura Enua (Aitutaki)
Cook Islands
Tā Tatau