Ngā Tohu Toi is an annual awards event celebrating Tauranga Moana Māori creatives and artists shaping our regional identity, reaching beyond our borders, and in some cases, making a local, national and/or international impact. Join us for an exceptional evening with dinner from Kiwi Spit Roast and local entertainment.
Conceived in 2022 and spearheaded by leading Māori artists of the Tauranga Moana region, Te Tuhi Mareikura Charitable Trust (TMT) is passionately dedicated to bringing audiences and artists together to experience, explore and develop the unique artistic art legacy of the Tauranga Moana region.
Te Tuhi Mareikura is proud to be supporting a team of Community Creative Arts and Māori Development agencies to hold an annual celebration of esteemed creative achievers of Ngā Uri Iwi o Tauranga Moana with a celebratory Awards Evening.
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.
Tickets go on sale on 14 April 2025.