She was the first woman ever to pass Unitec’s New Zealand Certificates in plumbing, gasfitting and drainlaying, and until recently Kellie Hinton was the…
Founder of Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland label Mahsa, Mahsa Willis, has spent the past two years working with her team in a single room in a…
A childhood in a creative, resourceful family, study in fashion design and a stint in high-end streetwear behind him, mostly self-taught and entirely brilliant…
25Originally from the Manawatū, object-based installation artist Debbie Harris started out at art school with the intention of becoming a teacher. She really didn’t…
Multidisciplinary artist Cora-Allan Wickliffe is represented by galleries in both Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland (Masterworks) and Pōneke/Wellington (Bartley & Company Art), and has lived and practised…
Georgina May Young has always been drawn to textiles and patterns, inspired in part by her grandmother, who was an incredible maker, and her…
Fiona Clements (Waitaha, Kāti Māmoe, Kāi Tahu) is director of Ōtepoti/Dunedin’s Res.Awesome, a company that supports businesses, community groups, events and individuals to become…
Launched in December to such acclaim that every last item in their first collection was snapped up within 24 hours, new business Noa Blanket…
Australian-born, with Filipino and Caucasian heritage, Genevieve Black was raised in a little place called Woy Woy, north of Sydney, and moved to Tāmaki…
Pōneke/Wellington-based artist Ann Shelton’s personal ikebana-inspired revival has resulted in some astonishingly beautiful works. Like all good images, those in her series jane says…