I tū a Nikau Hindin hei kaikōrero matua Taiao to Toi Māori i tā mātou He Kete Mātauranga Hui tuarua, whakatūngia ai ngā rā e rua i Maehe 2025 ki Te Puna Creative Hub i Te Kōpua.
Nikau Hindin
Ngai Tūpoto, Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi
Contemporary Artist
Ko Nikau Hindin he kaiwaihanga aute nāna i mahi ki aute (paper mulberry, Broussonetia papyrifera) me ngā tae nō te ao. I ngā tau tekau kua pahure nei nāna i whakarauora te ritenga o aute i Aotearoa nei – tae rā anō ki te whakaakoranga tēnei mātauranga ki tētahi reanga kaiwaihanga hōu. He ngākau nui ia ki te ora o te tupu aute, mai i te whakatupu me hauhake, ki te tukanga kiri iho kia puta tētahi renga weru. E mahi ngātahi ana ki ngā tupu me ngā taputapu nō te taiao, e tīaroaro ana a Hindin me ōna ritenga ki te maramataka. I whai whakamihi ia mai tāwāhi ā, i tēnei wā tonu e whakaatu whānui ana ōna toi tae nō te ao hei tauira whakatōmene mai i tētahi ringatoi Māori o nāianei.
