28/07/2026
HAPPY 7TH BIRTHDAY!! - It’s a surreal feeling to be celebrating our 7th anniversary as a Māori tourism business. When we started all those years ago, we could’ve never imagined how things would unfold. An immense journey, full of ups and downs, uncertainty and doubt, embarrassments and setbacks. The challenges faced, sights seen, lessons learned, endless. But through it all, we’ve received so much support from every corner of the Kirikiriroa-Hamilton community and made lifetime friendships along the way. Truly blessed. We genuinely love what we do and feel honoured to have shared our Māori Art Walking Tour with 2000+ guests from all walks of life and all parts of the globe. There are so many amazing people and organizations we would like to thank for their support over the years, far too many to list here, so we express widespread gratitude to each and every one of you. However, we give special recognition to BOON Arts and MESH Sculpture Hamilton for their ongoing efforts and collective vision to establish Kirikiriroa as an arts centre for Aotearoa-New Zealand, it’s beautiful to see our city blossom creatively. E kore e mimiti te puna mihi ki a koutou e te whānau, incredible work. Lastly, we extend our deepest gratitude to the artists themselves, for their skill, their expertise, their knowledge, their humility and generosity. Thank you for your creative contributions to our home, allowing us to share your artistic legacies and interwoven stories, enriches our city visually, whilst impacting it culturally. Your work nurtures understanding and brings people closer together. Well whānau (family) what a ride it’s been and the best thing is, we’re just getting started, here’s to 7 more years. Ngā mihi nui ki a koutou te hāpori. Love.
