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Please note that spaces in these workshops are limited.
Tui Hobson
Tāmaki Makaurau artist Tui Hobson’s sculpture career has spanned 3 decades and draws on her Cook Island heritage. Tui works in recycled native woods, stone, cast glass and, most recently, in bronze. Her works range from small-scale pieces to large outdoor sculptures.
Tui has undertaken commissions and residencies in NZ and internationally. Her public outdoor works include carved seats for the Le Quesnoy commemorative gardens in Northern France and most recently a carved pou for the gardens of a Tāmaki Makaurau rehabilitation centre.
Ngaroma Riley (Te Rarawa, Te Aupōuri, Pākehā)
Ngaroma Riley is an artist and a founder of Te Ana o Hine, a wahine-led carving shed based at Te Tuhi in Tāmaki Makaurau. Ngaroma began her carving journey making Buddhist statues while living and working in Japan. Since returning to Aotearoa in 2020 she has completed a Certificate in Whakairo at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa. In 2022 she built a storehouse for a sculptural installation at Kaitaia and was shortlisted for the 2023 Kingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award. In 2025, Ngaroma won the Molly Morpeth Canaday Major Art Award. She is known for her karetao (hand-carved puppets) and love of chainsaws.
Te Ana o Hine
Te Ana o Hine at Te Tuhi is a wāhine-led carving space born to create a safe and supportive environment for wāhine taketake and others who encounter barriers in the carving world. Literally translated as "the cave of Hine", the studio space draws on the mana of all atua hine, offering an āhuru mōwai (sanctuary) for the artists who work within. Te Ana o Hine could also be read as the entrance to the whare tangata, or the house of humanity, recognising wāhine Māori for their ability to create life and nurture future generations.