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Chevron Hassett

Chevron Hassett (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Rongomaiwahine, Ngāti Kahungunu) is an artist based in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. His work spans sculpture, photography, and public installations, exploring urban Māori experiences, memory, and place. He has exhibited across Aotearoa and Australia, and is currently developing new sculptural works that respond to community, architecture, and whakapapa.

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Māori artist Atarangi Anderson stands with her hands on her hips in her Grey Lynn studio, surrounded by barkcloth, tools, shelves of materials and hanging strips of aute.

Atarangi Anderson wants aute to be more than a museum piece

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A person in black clothes sits in an art studio surrounded by paint cans, artworks, and art supplies, with colorful paintings and splattered walls in the background.

Meet the artist who created a new portrait every day for a year

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A man stands in front of a garage art studio, wearing a brown jacket and black hoodie. Behind him are large abstract artworks, canvases, and art supplies.

How Hugo Koha Lindsay turned colonial blackboards into works of Māori resistance

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An older man in a brown suit stands beside a colorful, abstract portrait featuring a face with vibrant red, blue, and green hues, displayed in an art gallery. More colorful artwork is visible on the wall behind him.

Darcy Nicholas: A homecoming half a century in the making

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A large abstract mural is displayed on the exterior wall of a modern gray building. People sit at tables outside a café near the entrance, enjoying a sunny day.

The Toi Tauranga Art Gallery reopening has brought a community home

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A person in a green shirt works on a wooden sculpture in an art studio filled with tools, wooden figures, drawings, and a large flag on the wall. The workspace is creative and organized.

Holding space: The work of Ngaroma Riley

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A man in a workshop uses a wooden mallet and chisel on a piece of wood at a workbench covered with tools, with woodworking equipment and supplies visible in the background.

Carving a different path: The art and whakapapa of Leon Kipa

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