Collection: Te Wairoa

Manaaki, whenua, whakapapa – a love letter to Te Wairoa.

Over the past few years, I’ve been lucky enough to call the Te Wairoa rohe home. I’ve listened closely to its stories, learned from its people, deepened my reo, and found threads of connection to my whakapapa and Te Ao Māori.

I’ve felt nothing but awhi and aroha; from spending time with Te Māhia fibre queens and our treasured yarns by the sea, to evenings of manaaki at kura pō, to slow days by the sea. This collection is stitched with those moments – a mihi, a koha, and a continuation of the mahi so many are doing to uplift our reo, our stories, and our tino rangatiratanga.

I wanted this collection to show the magic of this part of Aotearoa, and remind us of the beauty that lives in community, whenua, language, and fibre.

Ka nui te mihi e te whānau.