Te Ana o Hine at Te Tuhi is a wāhine-led carving space born out of the need 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.
→ Read more about the artists involved here.
→ Read more about the wānanga whakairo: September 2024 here.
→ Read more about the wānanga whakairo: November 2024 here.
→ Read more about the wānanga whakairo: June 2026 here.
→ Follow Te Ana o Hine on Instagram here.
References
→ Read Mai Te Kopu o Te Wahine: Considering Maori Women and Power written by Ngahuia te Awekotuku for Pacific Studies, vol. 43, no. 1 – June 2020.
→ Read In the Hands of Te Kore written by Skye Lunson-Storey for Debate Magazine, issue 6 – 2026.
→ Read Wahine mau whao: a woman's hand to the chisel written by Tryphena Cracknell for ATE (Series), vol. 1 – 2019.
Press
→ Listen to Lifting the tapu: Māori women who carve – Hollie Tawhiao interviewed by Mark Amery for RNZ – Culture 101.
→ Read Ngaroma Riley is Carving Her Own Path: A Conversation – Ngaroma Riley interviewed for Aotearoa Art Fair Conversations.
→ Read Ngaroma Riley: Carving out a place for wāhine – Ngaroma Riley interviewed by Dale Husband for E-Tangata.
→ Read New exhibition tracing evolution of Māori carving over 700 years – A feature on the exhibition He Toi Whakairo: The Art of Māori Carving at Te Papa by Pokere Paewai for RNZ.
For enquiries contact exhibitions@tetuhi.art.