The ātaahua wahine here with Tim is Tayla. Tayla works for VOYCE Whakarongomai. Recently she came and collected the first 56 ira taonga Tim carved for our care experienced tamariki and rangatahi. (If you don’t know what I’m talking about have a read of this story here) Yesterday a number of these taonga were gifted […]
Tū Māia; To stand strong, brave, bold and confident. We are so excited to finally release our project to the world – Tū Māia! Since Tim was led to his first pounamu kohatu by his moemoea taniwha he knew he was meant to do more with this gift than simply fill his own cup. Something bigger was being
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At Neudorf vineyard the other night we were dance struck with the invigorating sounds of DJ Norman Jay MBE, supporting act for Fat Freddy’s Drop NZ summer tour. A legend in his own right, DJ Norman Jay MBE hales from the far shores of London town and has dedicated his life to the art of
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Kia ora nga taonga whanau, we are really excited to share this video with you outlining our packaging system that delivers your taonga to you in 100% compostable packaging. Open it up, enjoy your precious pounamu taonga and place all the packaging in your compost to feed your worms and your vegetable garden and take care
Life for Taonga By Timoti began with Tim’s moemoeā of the green taniwha pulling him into the awa. You can read more about that on our home page, suffice to say this moemoeā changed our lives. Before this time Tim was working in the building trade. This work paid the bills but Tim was away
