Pohewa Pāhewa: Te Rūma
Sat, 06 Sept
|Auckland
Pohewa Pāhewa is a kaupapa that brings together Māori designers to celebrate the different ways in which they see themselves and their worlds. Joyful expressions of creative practice, dually steeped in tikanga and reflecting how contemporary innovation can be spun into new traditions.
Time & Location
06 Sept 2025, 9:00 am – 02 Nov 2025, 6:00 pm
Auckland, 13 Rose Road, Grey Lynn, Auckland 1021, New Zealand
About the event
Pohewa Pāhewa is a series of exhibitions and events considering design within te ao Māori. Grounded in whakapapa, the kaupapa explores the fundamental differences in how design practice is approached by Māori creatives as a balance of vital mātauranga and radical innovation for the benefit of whānau, hapū and iwi.
This year, in the second exhibition, we focus on areas where creative thinking is sparked, nurtured and deliberated. Four spaces conceptually important in te ao Māori – the marae, the kōhanga reo (learning nest), the kāinga (home), the whare taputapu (tool shed) – are interpreted and rendered as immersive environments. Situated within four rooms, the installations articulate the constraints that Māori design practice often sits within, and the boundaries that continue to be pushed and tested by discipline pioneers.
The central exhibition is supported by two further projects. Video interviews with designers are presented in Chartwell Gallery and form part…