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The Te Waka Toi awards are the premier awards in the field of ''ngā toi Māori'' ( Māori arts). They have been awarded by
Creative New Zealand The Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa (Creative New Zealand) is the national arts development agency of the New Zealand government established in 1963. It invests in artists and arts organisations, offering capability building programmes a ...
and predecessors since 1986. The awards recognise ''tohunga'' (skilled people), artists and community leaders across all arts forms including visual and performing arts. There are seven awards, including Te Tohu mō Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu (Exemplary/Supreme Award), Ngā Tohu ā Tā Kingi Ihaka (Sir Kingi Ihaka Award), which recognises the recipient's lifetime contribution to Māori arts and Te Tohu Toi Kē a Te Waka Toi (Making a Difference Award).


List of award recipients


Te Tohu mō Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu , Exemplary/Supreme Award

Winners of Te Tohu mō Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu, the exemplary / supreme award in 'recognition of leadership, excellence and outstanding contribution to Ngā Toi Māori' * 2024 Aroha Yates-Smith - ''Te Arawa, Tainui'' * 2023 Rangimoana Taylor - ''Ngāti Porou, Te Whānau ā Apanui'' * 2022 Robin White - ''
Ngāti Awa Ngāti Awa is a Māori iwi (tribe) centred in the eastern Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand. It is made of 22 hapū (subtribes), with 15,258 people claiming affiliation to the iwi in 2006. The Ngāti Awa people are primarily located in towns ...
'' * 2021
Rawiri Paratene Peter David Broughton , generally known as Rawiri Paratene, is a New Zealand stage and screen actor, director and writer. He is known for his acting roles in ''Whale Rider'' (2002) and ''The Insatiable Moon'' (2010). Biography Paratene was born ...
- '' Ngā Puhi,'' ''
Te Rarawa Te Rarawa is a Māori iwi of Northland, New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New ...
'' * 2020
Robyn Kahukiwa Robyn Fletcher Kahukiwa (14 September 1938 – 11 April 2025) was a New Zealand artist, children's book author and illustrator. She created a significant collection of paintings, books, prints, drawings, and sculptures. Background Kahukiwa was ...
- ''Ngāti Porou'', '' Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti'' * 2019 Rex Homan - ''
Te Rarawa Te Rarawa is a Māori iwi of Northland, New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New ...
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Ngāti Pāoa Ngāti Pāoa is a Māori ''iwi'' (tribe) that has extensive links to the Hauraki and Waikato tribes of New Zealand. Its traditional lands stretch from the western side of the Hauraki Plains to Auckland. They also settled on Hauraki Gulf islands ...
, Te Atiawa'' * 2018
Marilynn Webb Marilynn Lois Webb (11 September 1937 – 16 August 2021) was a New Zealand artist, noted for her contributions to Māori people, Māori art and her work as an educator. She was best known for her work in printmaking and pastels, and her work ...
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Ngāti Kahu Ngāti Kahu is a Māori iwi of Northland, New Zealand. The iwi is one of the six Muriwhenua iwi of the far north of the North Island. Ngāti Kahu take their name from their founding ancestress, Kahutianui, and link their ancestry back to the wa ...
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Te Roroa Te Roroa is a Māori people, Māori iwi from the region between the Kaipara Harbour and the Hokianga Harbour in Northland Region, Northland, New Zealand. They are part of the Ngāti Whātua confederation of tribes. In the early 19th century ...
'' * 2017 Fred Graham - ''
Ngāti Korokī Kahukura Ngāti Korokī Kahukura is a Māori iwi of the Maungatautari area in the North Island of New Zealand. It was formed by the coming together of two related hapū, Ngāti Korokī and Ngāti Kahukura. It has historic affiliations with Ngāti Raukawa ...
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Tainui Tainui is a tribal waka (canoe), waka confederation of New Zealand Māori people, Māori iwi. The Tainui confederation comprises four principal related Māori iwi of the central North Island of New Zealand: Hauraki Māori, Hauraki, Ngāti Maniapo ...
'' * 2016
Patricia Grace Patricia Frances Grace (; born 17 August 1937) is a New Zealand writer of novels, short stories, and children's books. She began writing as a young adult, while working as a teacher. Her early short stories were published in magazines, leadin ...
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Ngāti Toa Ngāti Toa, also called Ngāti Toarangatira or Ngāti Toa Rangatira, is a Māori people, Māori ''iwi'' (tribe) based in the southern North Island and the northern South Island of New Zealand. Ngāti Toa remains a small iwi with a population of ...
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Ngāti Raukawa Ngāti Raukawa is a Māori iwi (tribe) with traditional bases in the Waikato, Taupō and Manawatū/ Horowhenua regions of New Zealand. In 2006, 29,418 Māori registered their affiliation with Ngāti Raukawa. History Early history Ngāti ...
'' * 2015
Matekino Lawless Matekino Lawless (née Onehi; born February 1928) is a New Zealand master weaver from Ngāti Maniapoto and Ngāti Whawhakia iwi. Her work is held at marae, in private collections, in the collections of New Zealand and international museums, and ...
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Ngāti Maniapoto Ngāti Maniapoto is an iwi (tribe) based in the Waikato-Waitomo region of New Zealand's North Island. It is part of the Tainui confederation, the members of which trace their whakapapa (genealogy) back to people who arrived in New Zealand on th ...
, Ngāti Whawhakia'' * 2014
Sandy Adsett Raymond Henry "Sandy" Adsett (born 27 August 1939) is a New Zealand visual artist and educator. He is acknowledged for championing the art of kōwhaiwhai painting, creating a context for the artform within the development of contemporary Māor ...
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Ngāti Pāhauwera Ngāti Pāhauwera is a Māori iwi (tribe) of New Zealand. See also *List of Māori iwi This is a list of iwi (New Zealand Māori tribes). List of iwi This list includes groups recognised as iwi (tribes) in certain contexts. Many are also ...
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Ngāti Kahungunu Ngāti Kahungunu is a Māori iwi (tribe) located along the eastern coast of the North Island of New Zealand. The iwi is traditionally centred in the Hawke's Bay and Wairārapa regions. The Kahungunu iwi also comprises 86 hapū (sub-tribes ...
'' * 2013
Darcy Nicholas Darcy John Nicholas (born 1945) is a New Zealand artist, writer and art administrator. Art administration career Nicholas opened his own art gallery in Lower Hutt in 1975. In 1981 he became director of the Wellington Arts Centre. He was appoint ...
- '' Te Ātiawa,
Ngāti Ruanui Ngāti Ruanui is a Māori people, Māori iwi traditionally based in the Taranaki Region, Taranaki region of New Zealand. In the 2006 census, 7,035 people claimed affiliation to the iwi. However, most members now live outside the rohe, traditional ...
, Tauranga Moana'' * 2012
Tīmoti Kāretu Sir Tīmoti Samuel Kāretu (born 29 April 1937) is a New Zealand academic of Māori language and performing arts. He served as the inaugural head of the Department of Māori at the University of Waikato, and rose to the rank of professor. He wa ...
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Ngāti Kahungunu Ngāti Kahungunu is a Māori iwi (tribe) located along the eastern coast of the North Island of New Zealand. The iwi is traditionally centred in the Hawke's Bay and Wairārapa regions. The Kahungunu iwi also comprises 86 hapū (sub-tribes ...
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Ngāi Tūhoe Ngāi Tūhoe (), often known simply as Tūhoe, is a Māori people, Māori iwi (tribe) of New Zealand. It takes its name from an ancestral figure, Tūhoe-pōtiki. ''Tūhoe'' is a Māori-language word meaning 'steep' or 'high noon'. Tūhoe people a ...
'' * 2011
Sidney Moko Mead Sir "Sidney" Hirini Moko Haerewa Mead (born 8 January 1927) is a New Zealand anthropologist, historian, artist, teacher, writer and prominent Māori leader. Initially training as a teacher and artist, Mead taught in many schools in the East ...
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Ngāti Awa Ngāti Awa is a Māori iwi (tribe) centred in the eastern Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand. It is made of 22 hapū (subtribes), with 15,258 people claiming affiliation to the iwi in 2006. The Ngāti Awa people are primarily located in towns ...
'' * 2010
Kiri Te Kanawa Dame Kiri Jeanette Claire Te Kanawa (; born Claire Mary Teresa Rawstron, 6 March 1944) is a New Zealand opera singer. She had a full lyric soprano voice, which has been described as "mellow yet vibrant, warm, ample and unforced". On 1 December ...
- ''Ngāti Porou'' * 2009
Witi Ihimaera Witi Tame Ihimaera-Smiler (; born 7 February 1944) is a New Zealand author. Raised in the small town of Waituhi, he decided to become a writer as a teenager after being convinced that Māori people, Māori people were ignored or mischaracteri ...
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Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki is one of the three principal Māori people, Māori iwi of the Gisborne District, Tūranga district; the others being Rongowhakaata and Ngāi Tāmanuhiri, Ngai Tamanuhiri. It is numerically the largest of the three, with 6, ...
Whānau a Kai'' * 2008 Iritana Tawhiwhirangi - ''Ngāti Porou'' * 2007
Howard Morrison Sir Howard Leslie Morrison (18 August 1935 – 24 September 2009) was a New Zealand entertainer. From 1964 until his death in 2009, he was one of New Zealand's leading television and concert performers. Morrison was also known for his active ...
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Te Arawa Te Arawa is a confederation of Māori people, Māori iwi and hapū (tribes and sub-tribes) of New Zealand who trace their ancestry to the ''Arawa (canoe), Arawa'' migration canoe (''waka''). The tribes are based in the Rotorua and Bay of Plent ...
'' * 2006
Diggeress Te Kanawa Diggeress Rangituatahi Te Kanawa (9 March 1920 – 30 July 2009) was a New Zealand Māori people, Māori tohunga raranga (master weaver) of Ngāti Maniapoto and Ngāti Kinohaku descent. At the time of her death she was regarded as New Zealand's ...
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Ngāti Maniapoto Ngāti Maniapoto is an iwi (tribe) based in the Waikato-Waitomo region of New Zealand's North Island. It is part of the Tainui confederation, the members of which trace their whakapapa (genealogy) back to people who arrived in New Zealand on th ...
, Ngāti Kinohaku'' * 2005
Don Selwyn Don Charles Selwyn (22 November 1935 – 13 April 2007) was a Māori actor and filmmaker from New Zealand. He was a founding member of the New Zealand Māori Theatre Trust and directed the 2002 film '' Te tangata whai rawa o Weneti (The Maori ...
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Ngāti Kurī Ngāti Kurī is a Māori people, Māori iwi from Northland Region, Northland, New Zealand. The iwi is one of the five Muriwhenua iwi of the far north of the North Island. Ngāti Kurī trace their whakapapa (ancestry) back to Pōhurihanga, the ca ...
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Te Aupōuri Te Aupōuri is the second northernmost Māori iwi (tribal group), located north of Kaitaia, Northland, New Zealand, a region known as the Te Hiku o te Ika. The iwi is one of the six Muriwhenua iwi of the far north of the North Island. The ...
'' * 2004 Te Ataairangikaahu - ''Tainui'' * 2003
Cliff Whiting Clifford Hamilton Whiting (6 May 1936 – 16 July 2017) was a New Zealand artist, teacher and advocate for Māori heritage. Career In 1955, Whiting began teacher training at Wellington Teachers' College where his artistic talents were quickly ...
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Te Whānau-ā-Apanui Te Whānau-ā-Apanui is a Māori iwi (tribe) located in the eastern Bay of Plenty and East Coast regions of New Zealand's North Island. In 2006, the iwi registered 11,808 members, representing 13 hapū. History Early history During the 17th ce ...
'' * 2002
Hirini Melbourne Hirini (Sid) Melbourne (21 July 1949 – 6 January 2003) was a Māori people, Māori composer, singer, university lecturer, poet and author who was notable for his contribution to the development of Māori music and the revival of Māori culture ...
- ''Ngāi Tūhoe'' * 2001 Katerina Te Heikoko Mataira - ''Ngāti Porou'' * 2000 Rawinia Te Kani - ''Ngāti Porou'' * 2000 Tokorua Te Kani - ''Ngāti Porou'' * 1998 Jack Wihongi - ''Ngāpuhi'' * 1997 Hinemoa Harrison - ''Ngāti Porou'' * 1997 Pakariki Harrison - ''Ngāti Porou'' * 1996 Hekenukumai Busby - ''Ngāpuhi'' * 1995 Huirangi Waikerepuru - ''
Ngāti Ruanui Ngāti Ruanui is a Māori people, Māori iwi traditionally based in the Taranaki Region, Taranaki region of New Zealand. In the 2006 census, 7,035 people claimed affiliation to the iwi. However, most members now live outside the rohe, traditional ...
'' * 1994 Rangimarie Hetet - ''
Ngāti Maniapoto Ngāti Maniapoto is an iwi (tribe) based in the Waikato-Waitomo region of New Zealand's North Island. It is part of the Tainui confederation, the members of which trace their whakapapa (genealogy) back to people who arrived in New Zealand on th ...
'' * 1993 Nathanial Lees - ''
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'' * 1992 Jim Moriarty - ''Ngāti Toa,
Ngāti Koata Ngāti Koata or Ngāti Kōata is a Māori iwi of New Zealand, originating on the west coast of Waikato, but now mainly at the northern tip of South Island. Ngāti Koata whakapapa back to Koata who lived near Kāwhia in the 17th century. She ha ...
'' * 1991
Hone Tuwhare Hone Peneamine Anatipa Te Pona Tuwhare (21 October 1922 – 16 January 2008) was a noted Māori people, Māori New Zealand poet. He is closely associated with The Catlins in the Southland region of New Zealand, where he lived for the latter ...
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Ngāpuhi Ngāpuhi (also known as Ngāpuhi-Nui-Tonu or Ngā Puhi) is a Māori iwi associated with the Northland regions of New Zealand centred in the Hokianga, the Bay of Islands, and Whangārei. According to the 2023 New Zealand census, the estimate ...
'' * 1990 Selwyn Muru - ''
Ngāti Kurī Ngāti Kurī is a Māori people, Māori iwi from Northland Region, Northland, New Zealand. The iwi is one of the five Muriwhenua iwi of the far north of the North Island. Ngāti Kurī trace their whakapapa (ancestry) back to Pōhurihanga, the ca ...
'' * 1989 Momoe Malietoa Von Reich - ''
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'' * 1988 Ngapo Wehi - ''
Whakatōhea Te Whakatōhea is a Māori iwi of the eastern Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand. Their traditional territory extends along the coastline eastwards from Ōhiwa Harbour to Opape, and inland to Mātāwai, and is centred in the area around th ...
'' * 1987 Irirangi Tiakiawa - ''
Te Arawa Te Arawa is a confederation of Māori people, Māori iwi and hapū (tribes and sub-tribes) of New Zealand who trace their ancestry to the ''Arawa (canoe), Arawa'' migration canoe (''waka''). The tribes are based in the Rotorua and Bay of Plent ...
'' * 1986
Te Aue Davis Te Aue Takotoroa Davis (1 September 1925 – 28 November 2010), also known as Daisy Davis, was a key figure in the Māori renaissance in the field of weaving. Born and raised near her ancestral marae Tokikapu in Waitomo, of Ngati Uekaha and Ma ...
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Ngāti Maniapoto Ngāti Maniapoto is an iwi (tribe) based in the Waikato-Waitomo region of New Zealand's North Island. It is part of the Tainui confederation, the members of which trace their whakapapa (genealogy) back to people who arrived in New Zealand on th ...
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Hōhepa The opera ''Hōhepa'', composed by Jenny McLeod, premiered at the Opera House in Wellington in March 2012, in a production by NBR New Zealand Opera. It starred Phillip Rhodes, Deborah Wai Kapohe, Jonathan Lemalu, and Rawiri Paratene. It r ...
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Ngā Tohu ā Tā Kingi Ihaka (Sir Kingi Ihaka Award)

The Sir Kingi Ihaka award is for
kaumātua A kaumātua is a respected tribal elder in a Māori community who has been involved with their whānau for a number of years. They are appointed by their people who believe the chosen elders have the capacity to teach and guide both current a ...
in 'recognition of their contribution to strengthening the continuity of Māori culture through their support of ngā Toi Māori'. Laureates since 2019: * 2024 Ngahiwi Tomoana ''Ngāti Kahungunu/Ngāti Hawea, Ngāti Hori, Samoan'' * 2024 Haami Te Whaiti ''Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa, Ngāi Tahu, Rangitāne'' * 2023 Te Raina Ferris ''Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Māmoe, Kāi Tahu, Italy'' * 2023 Horiana Tootell ''Ngāti Waewae, Ngāi Tahu'' * 2022 Muriwai Ihakara ''Ngāti Porou, Te Arawa'' * 2022 Christina Wirihana ''
Ngāti Pikiao Ngāti Pikiao is a Māori iwi (tribe) of New Zealand. They are one of the iwi within the Te Arawa tribal confederation. Their rohe (territory) centres on Lake Rotoiti and the area east of the Kaituna River in the Bay of Plenty. History Ngāti ...
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Ngāti Maniapoto Ngāti Maniapoto is an iwi (tribe) based in the Waikato-Waitomo region of New Zealand's North Island. It is part of the Tainui confederation, the members of which trace their whakapapa (genealogy) back to people who arrived in New Zealand on th ...
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Ngāti Raukawa Ngāti Raukawa is a Māori iwi (tribe) with traditional bases in the Waikato, Taupō and Manawatū/ Horowhenua regions of New Zealand. In 2006, 29,418 Māori registered their affiliation with Ngāti Raukawa. History Early history Ngāti ...
, Ngāti Whawhakia, Te Arawa, Ngāti Rangiunora'' * 2021
Gillian Whitehead Dame Gillian Karawe Whitehead (born 23 April 1941) is a New Zealand composer. She is of Māori Ngāi Te Rangi descent. Her Māori heritage has been an important influence on her composing. Early life Whitehead was born in Hamilton in 1941 ...
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Ngāi Te Rangi Ngāi Te Rangi or Ngāiterangi is a Māori iwi, based in Tauranga, New Zealand. Its rohe (tribal area) extends to Mayor Island / Tūhua and Bowentown in the north, to the Kaimai Range in the west, south of Te Puke and to Maketu in the east. ...
'' * 2021 Haare Williams ''
Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki is one of the three principal Māori people, Māori iwi of the Gisborne District, Tūranga district; the others being Rongowhakaata and Ngāi Tāmanuhiri, Ngai Tamanuhiri. It is numerically the largest of the three, with 6, ...
'', '' Tūhoe'' * 2020
Whatarangi Winiata Whatarangi Winiata is a New Zealand accountant, academic, and Māori people, Māori leader. From 1994 to 2007, he was Chief Executive of Te Wānanga o Raukawa, a Māori tertiary education institution. He had been Professor (highest academic rank ...
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Ngāti Raukawa Ngāti Raukawa is a Māori iwi (tribe) with traditional bases in the Waikato, Taupō and Manawatū/ Horowhenua regions of New Zealand. In 2006, 29,418 Māori registered their affiliation with Ngāti Raukawa. History Early history Ngāti ...
'' * 2020 Gabrielle Rikihana ''Ngāti Raukawa'' * 2019 John Klaricich ''
Ngāpuhi Ngāpuhi (also known as Ngāpuhi-Nui-Tonu or Ngā Puhi) is a Māori iwi associated with the Northland regions of New Zealand centred in the Hokianga, the Bay of Islands, and Whangārei. According to the 2023 New Zealand census, the estimate ...
'' * 2019 Allen Wihongi ''Ngāpuhi'' * 2019 Sonia Snowden ''Ngāpuhi'' * 2019 Rim D. Paul ''
Te Arawa Te Arawa is a confederation of Māori people, Māori iwi and hapū (tribes and sub-tribes) of New Zealand who trace their ancestry to the ''Arawa (canoe), Arawa'' migration canoe (''waka''). The tribes are based in the Rotorua and Bay of Plent ...
'' * 2019 Maureen Lander ''Ngāpuhi''


Ngā Tohu Hautūtanga Auaha Toi , Making a Difference

* 2024 Julie Paama-Pengelly ''Ngāiterangi, Ngāi Tūwhiwhia, Ngāti Tauaiti, Ngāti Tapu'' * 2024 James Thornton Webster ''Tainui: Ngāti Apakura, Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Mahuta; Te Arawa: Ngati Pikiao; and Pākeha: Webster Clan'' * 2024 Mataaho Collective * 2023 Amber Curreen, ''Ngāpuhi'' * 2023 Estella Hineratia Tawha-Davis ''Ngaati Maahanga, Waikato-Tainui, Ngaati Raukawa, Ngaati Maiotaki, Ngaati Toarangatira'' * 2023
Graham Tipene Graham or Graeme may refer to: People * Graham (given name), an English-language given name * Graham (surname), an English-language surname * Graeme (surname), an English-language surname * Graham (musician) (born 1979), Burmese singer * Clan ...
''Ngāti Whātua, Ngāti Kahu, Ngāti Haua, Ngāti Manu'' * 2022 Veranoa Hetet, ''Te Atiawa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Maniapoto'' * 2022 Ross Hemara, ''Ngai Tahu'' * 2022 Gabrielle Belz, ''Ngāpuhi, Te Atiawa'' * 2021 Kereti Rautangata, ''Tainui, Te Arawa'' * 2021 John Miller, ''Ngaitewake-ki-uta, Uritaniwha, Ngāti Rēhia (hapū of Ngāpuhi)'' * 2021
Dolina Wehipeihana Dolina Wehipeihana is a New Zealand Māori dancer, choreographer and theatre producer. She affiliates to Ngāti Raukawa and Ngati Tūkorehe iwi. Biography Cambridge, New Zealand is Wehipeihana's home town where she grew up. She went to Sacred Hea ...
, ''Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Tukorehe'' * 2020 Baye Riddell, ''Ngāti Porou'' * 2020 Tanea Heke, ''Ngāpuhi Nui Tonu'' * 2020 Tama Waipara, ''Ruapani, Rongowhakaata, Ngāti Porou'' * 2019 Nancy Brunning, ''Ngāti Raukawa/Tūhoe'' * 2018 Lyonel Grant, ''Ngāti Te Takinga, Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Rangiwewehi, Te Arawa'' * 2017
Briar Grace-Smith Briar Grace-Smith is a screenwriter, director, actor, and short story writer from New Zealand. She has worked as an actor and writer with the Māori theatre cooperative Te Ohu Whakaari and Māori theatre company He Ara Hou. Early plays ''Don't ...
, ''Ngāpuhi'' * 2015
Lisa Reihana Lisa Marie Reihana (born 1964) is a New Zealand artist. Her video work, ''In Pursuit of Venus nfected' (2015), which examines early encounters between Polynesians and European explorers, was featured at the 2017 Venice Biennale. Early life ...
, MDes, BFA, ''Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Hine, Ngai Tu'' * 2016 Hoturoa Barclay-Kerr, ''Tainui'' * 2014 Professor Derek Lardelli, ONZM. ''Rongowhakaata, Ngāti Porou'' File:Derek Lardelli ONZM investiture.jpg, Derek Lardelli ONZM investiture File:Lisa Reihana CNZM (cropped).jpg, Lisa Reihana File:Briar Grace-Smith ONZM (cropped).jpg, Briar Grace-Smith


Te Tohu aroha mō Ngoi Kumeroa Pewhairangi: “Whakarongo, Titiro, Kōrero” , Award for strengthening Te Reo Rangatira

* 2024
Tweedie Waititi Mateheke "Tweedie" Waititi (born ) is a New Zealand film director and producer. The whāngai sister of Taika Waititi, she is best known for her work co-directing production company Matewa Media, which since 2016 has produced Māori language ve ...
''Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Rongowhakaata'' * 2023 Mr G (Graeme Hoete), ''Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāti Awa'' * 2022 Rob Ruha, ''Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Rangiteaorere, Tūhourangi'' * 2021 Dame Hinewehi Mohi, ''Ngāti Kahungunu, Tūhoe'' * 2020
Pere Wihongi Pere Te Ruru o te Ramana Wihongi (born ), sometimes known mononymously as PERE, is a New Zealand musician, voice actor, choreographer, and kapa haka performer. She is part of the award-winning music groups Maimoa and Te Kākano. Early life Wiho ...
, ''Ngāpuhi Nui Tonu'' * 2019 Derek Lardelli, ''Ngāti Porou, Rongowhakaata, Ngāti Konohi (Ngai Te Riwai), Ngāti Kaipoho (Ngai Te Aweawe)'' * 2018 Kuini Moehau Reedy, MNZM. ''Ngāti Porou'' * 2017 Pembroke Peraniko Bird, ''Ngāti Manawa, Ngāti Tahu'' * 2016 Mana Elizabeth (Liz) Hunkin, ''Ngāti Kahungunu'' * 2015 Rahera Wiremu Shortland, ''Ngāpuhi'' * 2014 Dr Apirana Tuahae Kaukapakapa Mahuika, ''Ngāti Porou'' * 2013 Dr Patu Hohepa, ''Ngāpuhi, Te Ātiawa'' * 2012 Professor Pou Tēmara, ''
Ngāi Tūhoe Ngāi Tūhoe (), often known simply as Tūhoe, is a Māori people, Māori iwi (tribe) of New Zealand. It takes its name from an ancestral figure, Tūhoe-pōtiki. ''Tūhoe'' is a Māori-language word meaning 'steep' or 'high noon'. Tūhoe people a ...
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Ngā Manu Pīrere , Award to recognise emerging Māori artists

* 2024 Purewa Hohi Hodge ''Taranaki, Ngāti Tama-rongo, Muaūpoko'' * 2024 Rangipo Ihakara ''Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Tuwharetoa, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kuri, Akatokamanava: Mauke Island; Araura Enua: Aitutaki Island'' * 2024 Jade Hohaia Te Uri Karaka ''Raukawa, Waikato, Ngā Puhi, Ngāi Tahu'' * 2023 Brianne Te Paa ''Ngāti Kahu, Ngāpuhi, Te Rarawa, Ngāti Whātua, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Te Whānau-a-Apanui'' * 2023 Bridy Lundon ''Ngāpuhi, Waikato-Tainui'' * 2023 Tuakoi Ohia ''Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Pūkenga, Ngāti Hine, Te Ati Awa, Tainui, Te Arawa, Ngāti Pākehā'' * 2022 Ngamoko Rota ''Waikato, Ngaati Mahuta'' * 2022 Ming Ranginui ''Te Ati Haunui-a-Pāpārangi'' * 2022 p.A ''Ngāti Kuri'' * 2021 Maia Keane, ''Ngai Tāmanuhiri, Rongowhakaata'' * 2021 Te Haana Paewai, ''Rangitāne, Ngāruahine'' * 2021 Te Huamanuka Luiten-Apirana, ''Ngāti Hikairo, Tainui, Tūhoe, Ngāti Whakaue'' * 2020 Ngā Hine Pūkōrero – Arihia Hall, ''Te Arawa, Ngāti Tuwharetoa, Ngāti Tukorehe'' * 2020 Ngā Hine Pūkōrero – Terina Wichman-Evans, ''Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Whātua, Te Aupouri'' * 2020 Ngā Hine Pūkōrero – Manaia Tuwhare-Hoani * 2020 Ngā Hine Pūkōrero – Matariki Bennett, ''Te Arawa'' * 2020 Ashleigh Taupaki,  ''Ngāti Hako'' * 2020 Amy Rameka, ''Ngāti Tuwharetoa, Ngāti Maniapoto'' * 2019 Ashley (Hine) Waitai-Dye – ''Ngāti Kuri'' * 2019 Cian Gardner – ''Ngāpuhi'' * 2018 Nerys Catrin Ngaruhe,''Ngāti Kahungunu'' * 2018 Isaac James Te Reina, ''Ngāti Raukawa, Ngati Kapumanawawhiti'' * 2017 Chevron Te-Whetumatarau Hassett, ''Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu, Rongomaiwahine'' * 2017 Turene Huiarau Jones, ''Rongowhakaata, Ngāti Whakaue'' * 2016 Te Kanawa Ngarotata, ''Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Maniapoto'' * 2016 Cori Masters, ''Te Arawa, Ngati Whakaue, Te Whakatō'' * 2015 Mapihi Maureen Te Rerehau Kelland. ''Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Kahungunu'' * 2015 Hana-lee -Wainohu. ''Ngāti Kahungunu, Rongomaiwahine'' * 2014 Te Utanga-ki-Whangaparaoa Tautuhi, ''Ngāti Ranginui, Ngai-te-rangi, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Porou'' * 2014 Chloe Rose Cull, ''Kāi Tahu'' * 2013 Damen Joe, ''Waikato/Tainui'' * 2013 Deane-Rose Marie Ngatai, ''Ngāti Porou''


Te Tohu o Te Papa Tongarewa Rongomaraeroa , Outstanding contribution to Ngā Toi Māori

This outstanding contribution award of $5,000 is funded and selected by staff at
Te Papa The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa is New Zealand's national museum and is located in Wellington. Usually known as Te Papa (Māori language, Māori for 'Waka huia, the treasure box'), it opened in 1998 after the merging of the Nation ...
. * 2024 Ngahuia Te Awekotuku ''Te Arawa, Tūhoe, Waikato'' * 2023 Putiputi Mackey ''Ngāti Porou ki Pōneke'' (posthumously awarded) * 2022 Hoturoa Barclay-Kerr, ''Tainui'' * 2022 Jack Thatcher, ''Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāti Porou, Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti'' * 2022
Stanley Conrad Stanley may refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television * Stanley (1972 film), ''Stanley'' (1972 film), an American horror film * Stanley (1984 film), ''Stanley'' (1984 film), an Australian comedy * Stanley (1999 film), ''Stanley'' (1 ...
, ''Te Aupouri'' * 2021 Hokimoana Te Rika-Hererangi, ''Tūhoe'' * 2020 Bob Jahnke, ''Ngāti Porou'' * 2019
Kura Te Waru Rewiri Kura Te Waru Rewiri (born 1958) is a New Zealand artist, academic and educator. Art historian Deidre Brown described her as "one of Aotearoa, New Zealand's most celebrated Māori women artists." Early life and education Te Waru Rewiri is the ...
, ''Ngāti Kahu, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kauwhata, Ngāti Rangi'' * 2018
Sandy Adsett Raymond Henry "Sandy" Adsett (born 27 August 1939) is a New Zealand visual artist and educator. He is acknowledged for championing the art of kōwhaiwhai painting, creating a context for the artform within the development of contemporary Māor ...
MNZM, MMVA, ''Pahauwera/Ngāti Kahungunu'' (2018) * 2017 Dr Cliff Whiting, ONZ, ''Te Whānau-ā-Apanui'' File:Robert Jahnke • Jane Ussher • Rangahau 2018.tif File:Kura Te Waru Rewiri 1996.jpg File:Sandy Adsett (cropped).jpg File:Cliff Whiting (cropped).jpg File:Ngahuia Te Awekotuku MNZM (cropped).jpg


Te Tohu Whakamanawa o Te Matatini , Recognising outstanding contribution to Kapa Haka

These awards have a prize $7,500 and are funded and selected by Te Matatini Kapa Haka Aotearoa. * 2024 Chris Henare ''Ngāti Kahu/Te Whānau-ā-Apanui/Ngāti Porou'' * 2024 Sandra Henare ''Ngāti Kurī/Te Arawa'' * 2023 Ngamoni Huata ''Tūhourangi-Ngāti Wahiao, Ngāti Whare, Ngāi Tuhoe, Te Whakatōhea, Ngāti Raukawa'' * 2022 Te Taepa Kameta ''Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Rangiunuora, Te Arawa, Te Whakatōhea, Taranaki'' * 2022 Te Aroha Paenga ''Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu, Tainui'' * 2021 Tangiwai Ria ''Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki'' * 2021 Trevor Maxwell ''Ngāti Rangiwewehi, Te Arawa'' * 2020 Tihi Puanaki, ''Ngāti Hine'' (2020) * 2019 Wetini Mitai-Ngatai – ''Te Arawa, Te Whakatohea'' * 2018 Kuini Moehau Reedy, MNZM. ''Ngāti Porou'' * 2018 Tā Pita Sharples KNZM, CBE, ''Ngāti Kahungunu'' * 2017 Louise Kingi, ''Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki'' File:Te Aroha Paenga Investiture 2016.jpg, Te Aroha Paenga, Investiture 2016 File:Pita Sharples 2012 (cropped).jpg


Te Tohu Iho Pūmanawa , Recognises the contribution of a Māori artist with the lived experience of disability

* 2024 Rāhera Turner ''Waikato/Tainui, Ngāti Mahuta, Te Patupō, Ngāti Tūwharetoa'' * 2022 Anaru Ruka ''Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Tuwharetoa'' * 2021 Cara Waretini ''Ngāti Rangi, Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi, Ngāti Rongomaiwahine, Ngāti Pākehā'' * 2020 Rodney Bell ''Ngāti Maniapoto''


Te Māori Award , Recognising Leadership in the Development of the Te Māori Exhibition

Supported by Te Māori Manaaki Taonga Trust *
Kara Puketapu Ihakara Porutu "Kara" Puketapu (26 February 1934 – 7 July 2023) was a New Zealand public servant and Māori leader. He served as Secretary of Maori Affairs and was later chair of Te Āti Awa based in Waiwhetū, Lower Hutt. Early life and ed ...
, ''Te Atiawa'' (2019)


Manaaki Taonga Award , Recognising the work of a Māori Artist who fulfils the legacy of Te Māori ‘He Taonga Tuku Iho’

Supported by Te Māori Manaaki Taonga Trust * Lewis Gardiner, ''Te Arawa, Ngāti Awa, Whanau a Apanui, Ngāi Tahu'' (2019)


References

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