About us

We are utilising the medium of Pounamu as a tool of engagement and wellbeing.  

Empowering a community to rise above some of the intergenerational trauma by therein reactivating our knowledge-based systems of our tupuna within education.

There is a hononga with Pounamu which enables us to authentically connect, to each other, to ourselves and our personal narratives. Tūhono Taonga talks of the connections pounamu creates, Tūhono Tāngata speaks of the agency we develop to establish meaningful connections.

Irihāpeti Mahuika and her husband Jon Jeet, two of the founders of Tūhono Taonga, Tūhono Tāngata, see Toi Māori as a gateway to Māori empowerment and self-belief .  see more... 

For Whānau Ora agency Te Pūtahitanga, mahi aroha is at the core of creating enduring change for whānau across the South Island. The agency supports and funds 330 Whānau Ora kaupapa across Te Waipounamu that focus on creating intergenerational transformation and advancing the wellbeing of Māori.  see more...