We are a Maori-owned and family-run gallery, working studio, store and place of learning in Kawakawa in the Bay of Islands, Northland.
As well as offering Maori art and taonga direct from the artist, we also offer workshops, tours and demonstrations for tourists and anyone interested in Maori art, sculpture, artefacts and culture.
Owner, Creator and Facilitator, Wiremu Wilson-Diamond is a specialist in the use and construction of pre-European traditional Maori tools, in particular stone woodworking tools, whakairo (carving) and Maori material culture.
We also run education programmes and facilitate workshops where participants are empowered by the self-knowledge and re-connection that comes about through learning more about the intelligence of indigenous culture.
The range of goods on offer changes all the time and includes
- jewellery - pounamu / greenstone, whalebone, bone, resin, shell, feather, glass
- traditionally carved Maori woodworking tools - toki / adze, whao / chisels
- waka huia / treasure boxes
- Maori weaponry - taiaha, patu, tewhatewha, long-handled tomahawks
- contemporary and traditional Maori sculpture
- framed resin artpieces
Everything in our store is made either by or in collaboration with Wiremu Wilson-Diamond
Products/Services
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Maori Carvings
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Jewellery
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Maori Cultural Tours
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Education Programmes
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Commissions eg 21st Keys
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Art Tutoring
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Pounamu and Bone Carving
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Contemporary Maori Art
Business Hours
- Mon
- By Appt
- Tue
- 10:00am – 5:00pm
- Wed
- 10:00am – 5:00pm
- Thu
- 10:00am – 5:00pm
- Fri
- 10:00am – 5:00pm
- Sat
- 10:00am – 5:00pm
- Sun
- Closed
I went to this gallery in search for a traditional Maori weapon or tool to add to my collection. I was pleased to talk with the owner and artist Wiremu Wilson-Diamond. He explained to me the skills, methods and meaning behind many of his art pieces. He was friendly and very knowledgeable and provided me with a wealth of knowledge I was totally unprepared for. I purchased one of his PATU maces after he explained to me how he fashioned and prepared the PATU in the traditional Maori way, and I knew I wanted to own one.