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NGĀ TOHU TOI AWARDS 2023

NGĀ TOHU TOI MO NGA URI IWI
O TE ROHE O TAURANGA MOANA
2023

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Whaia te pae tawhiti kia tata, Whaia te Pae tata, Whakamaua kia u, kia tina
Reach for the horizon, for the stars, to bring them close and to hold them tight


Welcome to our Annual Art Awards for Tribal Descendants of the Tauranga Moana Region - we hope you will join us in honouring the significant achievements of a remarkable group of achievers that are deserving of acclamation.

We present you to a night of excellence, entertainment and community with a creative lineup of international calibre as we bestow these Awards.

13 JULY 2023
UNVERSITY OF WAIKATO TAURANGA CAMPUS

Entrance from Durham Lane, Access Map

Nga Tohu Toi 2022
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Te Tuhi Mareikura is proud to be supporting a team of Community Creative Arts and Māori Development agencies to establish an annual celebration of esteemed creative achievers of Ngā Uri Iwi o Tauranga Moana with a celebratory Awards Evening on 13 July 2023.

According to chairperson Julie Paama-Pengelly “creatives from this rohe have quietly been leading the charge to transform our visual experience of our stories and practices in ways that have gained national and international recognition. It is timely that we align these ‘stars’ within our psyche and honour them for our generations to come, and when better than our national Matariki holiday, to set our future aspirations”. Ngā Tohu Toi mo nga uri iwi o te rohe o Tauranga Moana is setting the bar high, for our future creatives to aspire to.

Te Tuhi Mareikura since 2015, has been dedicated to increasing the opportunities for Māori visual stories to feature prominently in our region, by advocating and leading education initiatives for artists and audiences. A strong team of arts advocates and agencies have aligned to support an exciting showcase evening of our local creative talent with monetary awards and trophies presented by major regional supporters and sponsors. 

Hosted at the stunning University of Waikato, Tauranga campus it will be an evening of celebration and entertainment.

HE TĀTAI WHETŪ KI TE RANGI, KO TĀ TĀTOU TOHUNGA TANGATA KI TAWHITI
LIKE THE MYRIAD OF STARS IN THE HEAVENS, SO OUR ARTISTS HAVE SPREAD FAR

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NGĀ TOHU  |  AWARDS 2023

Whaia te pae tawhiti kia tata, Whaia te Pae tata, Whakamaua kia u, kia tina
Reach for the horizon, for the stars, to bring them close and to hold them tight

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Darcy Nicholas Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngati Haua, Te Atiawa nui tonu, Ngati Ruanui
Ngā Puna waihanga mimiti kore o Tauranga Moana |  Icon Award: Enduring Artistic Contribution
Sponsored by Tauranga City Council


Kereti Rautangata Ngāi Te Rangi, Tainui, Te Arawa, Ngāti Mahanga, Ngāti Tīpa, Ngāti Koroki, Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Pukenga
Te Kete Aronui o Tauranga Moana |  Icon Award: Art Education
Sponsored by Tauranga City Council

Mabel Wharekawa-Burt Ngāi Te Rangi, Cook Islands
Arataki Kiriata o Tauranga Moana |  Icon Award: Leadership Film
Sponsored by Tauranga City Council

Bridget Reweti Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Ranginui
Arataki Reo Rōreka o Tauranga Moana |  Leadership Visual Arts
Sponsored by Toi Tauranga Art Gallery


Betty-Anne Monga Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi Te Rangi, Tainui, Tūwharetoa, Ngā Puhi, Ngāti Whātua
Arataki Toi Ataata o Tauranga Moana |  Leadership Music
Sponsored by 
Holland Beckett

Toby Mills Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Raukawa
Mahi Auaha Kauanuanu o Tauranga Moana |  Iconic Creative Project
Sponsored by Ngāi te Rangi


Terekaunuku Dean Flavell Ngāti Pūkenga, Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Pōtiki, Te Arawa, Tapuika
Puke tirotiro whetū o Tauranga Moana |  Leadership Customary Knowledge
Sponsored by Art Body Creative Studio


Wena Harawira Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi Tūhoe
Arataki Rangahau o Tauranga Moana |  Leadership Research
Sponsored by BNZ


Jeanine Clarkin Ngāi Te Rangi, Raukawa, Ngāti Hako, Ngāti Pāoa
Te Uta ki Ngā Ahumahi Auaha mihi mai i Tauranga Moana |  Contribution to Creative Industries
Sponsored by Toi Ohomai | Te Pukenga

Stu McDonald Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Ranginui,, Ngāti Pūkenga, Ngā Rauru, Ngāti Rehua, Ngāti Tapu
Te Uta ki Ngā Taiohi o Tauranga Moana |  Contribution to Youth
Sponsored by 
Creative Bay of Plenty

BECOME A SPONSOR

Sponsors and patrons are invited to join Te Tuhi Mareikura in enabling these awards, to honour and celebrate Māori excellence and significant contribution to the arts. These awards specifically recognise Māori that hold whakapapa to Tauranga Moana and therefore have a part to play in our regional identity. Each award winner is well deserved and widely acclaimed, and we are extremely excited to acknowledge them as our own.

Here is a unique opportunity to leverage sponsorship for the specific benefit of our community and to tell your networks, clients and whānau that you have enabled a cluster of Māori creatives to shine bright, their stories spread far and yours with them, as we celebrate their success on this special occasion.

To register your interest as a sponsor for 2023/24, please contact ayesha@tetuhimareikura.org

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