Rāwhā | Thursday
5–Rātapu | Sunday
29 June, 2025
Kia ora e te whānau Next month, our Te Manawa Toi | Coastlands Gallery will be a ‘blank canvas’ and for the first time we are holding...
Live Art @ Toi MAHARA & Events
Join Toastmasters of Waikanae for a morning of entertainment
Rāwhā | Thursday
5 June, 2025
Come and be entertained by a showcase of prepared and impromptu speeches from members of Toastmasters of Waikanae. All welcome. In addition, you can get a...
Dame Gaylene Preston screening – Lovely Rita
Rāmere | Friday
6 June, 2025
Join us at Shoreline Cinema for a special screening of Lovely Rita – A Painter’s Life (2007), followed by a ‘bit of a natter’ with the...
Create a sparkle paper collage with Maungarongo (Ron) Te Kawa
Rāhoroi | Saturday
7 June, 2025
Drop into Toi MAHARA to create a sparkle paper collage based on one of the Matariki stars to illuminate the dark winter night. Maungarongo Te Kawa...
Community Singing with Kāpiti Community Choir
Rātū | Tuesday
10 June, 2025
Enjoy a morning of song from the four corners of the world – come to listen or to join in as you would like. We’ll practice...
Image in Focus
Rātū | Tuesday
10–Rāwhā | Thursday
26 June, 2025
Curator Vicki Robson will talk for 10 minutes about a work from the Field Collection. Take this opportunity to look in detail at a painting by...
Taster of a Toastmasters Club Meeting
Rāwhā | Thursday
12 June, 2025
Join Toastmasters Waikanae for their fortnightly club meeting and get a taste of how to learn to speak effectively in a friendly and supportive environment. All...
Twinn Ethyr x Moth Quartet
Rāmere | Friday
13 June, 2025
An immersive and captivating musical experience that transcends conventions and ignites the imagination. A collection of guitar and vocal songs written by Briar Prastiti under the...
Community Singing with Kāpiti Community Choir
Rāhoroi | Saturday
14 June, 2025
Enjoy a morning of song from the four corners of the world – come to listen or to join in as you would like. We’ll practice...
Toi MAHARA Quiz Night
Rāhoroi | Saturday
14 June, 2025
Make a team and join us for a fun quiz night and fundraiser for Toi MAHARA. No prior art knowledge necessary! There will be spot prizes,...
Kapakapanui School Kapa Haka performance
Rāapa | Wednesday
18 June, 2025
Members of Kapakapanui School’s Kapa Haka group will perform in Mahara Place.
Workshop: Foraged basketry with Birgit Moffatt
Rāapa | Wednesday
18 June, 2025
Join artist Birgit Moffatt for a relaxed evening at Toi Mahara and learn how to weave a simple basket from leaves such as lilies, harakeke and red hot...
Talk — Splendid Seaweed!
Rāwhā | Thursday
19 June, 2025
Learn about the wonders of seaweed / rimurimu with seaweedologist Lea Bramley. Lea is passionate about encouraging and educating others to embrace the wonders of seaweeds...
Kimono and Japanese textiles winter market
Rāhoroi | Saturday
21 June, 2025
Handpick your own Japanese clothing — select from yukata, vintage kimono, obi, haori jackets and hakama pants or get in the groove for some sashiko fashion...
Craft fashion: Sashiko slow stitch group
Rāhoroi | Saturday
21 June, 2025
Come join our craft group of visible mending stitchers in Te Manawa Toi | Coastlands Gallery. Free. All ages and levels welcome.
Ikebana workshop and demonstration
Rātū | Tuesday
24 June, 2025
Ikebana is a centuries old Japanese art form based upon a deep awareness of nature. In this workshop using branches and flowers you will learn the basic...
Kimono and Japanese textiles winter market
Rātū | Tuesday
24 June, 2025
Handpick your own Japanese clothing — select from yukata, vintage kimono, obi, haori jackets and hakama pants or get in the groove for some sashiko fashion...
Talk — Frances Hodgkins: Life and Art
Rāapa | Wednesday
25 June, 2025
Frances Hodgkins is considered New Zealand’s first significant expatriate artist. Director Janet Bayly will share some of Frances Hodgkins’ life-story and her connection to the Kāpiti...
Workshop: Drawing a violinist from life with Harriet Bright
Rāwhā | Thursday
26 June, 2025
This workshop offers two hours of drawing violinist Richard Taylor as he performs, under the guidance of tutor Harriet Bright. This is a chance to practise a fluid,...
Dance your socks off!
Rāmere | Friday
27 June, 2025
Join us on Friday night to try out some new dance moves. Explore modern jive dance, a fun social partner dance generally done to chart toppers...
Live tā moko with Taryn Beri
Rāhoroi | Saturday
28 June, 2025
Taryn Beri (Ngāti Toarangatira, Te Ātiawa ki Whakarongotai, Ngāti Raukawa ki te tonga, Ngāti Koata and Ngai Tahu) tā moko practitioner will demonstrate her practice.
Live music with Mocean
Rāhoroi | Saturday
28 June, 2025
Celebrate Matariki with sounds from local music duo Julia Truscott and Himiona Grace (Ngāti Toa, Te Ati Awa, Ngāti Porou). Based at Wai Ata Studio in...
Weave a Matariki star
Rāhoroi | Saturday
28 June, 2025
Weave a Matariki star with Te Rōpū Raranga o Manaia, a group of weavers who enjoy getting together to weave, learn from each other and to...
Taste, Imbibe, Enjoy Fundraising Evening
Rāhoroi | Saturday
28 June, 2025
Bring your friends to enjoy a wonderful evening of wine, food, music and ideas! Enjoy lively talks on art and culture, listen to classical guitar by...
Tā Moko by Toi – Ake
Rāhoroi | Saturday
5–Rātapu | Sunday
6 July, 2025
Tā Moko by Toi – Ake, Henare Brooking and Maia Gibbs at Toi MAHARA during the opening weekend of Kia Emiemi. If you are interested in...
Past events
2025
In war ‘the ground dictates’ – nothing is more true than for the Wars in New Zealand: 3 May, 2025
Celebrate Frances Hodgkins birthday with a film screening: 28 April, 2025
Workshops for children — Portraiture with Harriet Bright: 17 April, 2025
Workshops for children﹣Create Japanese-inspired textile art: 14–15 April, 2025
Artist’s Talk — Bruce Connew: 5 April, 2025
Tours of Te Kohinga | Collection Store: 2 April, 2025
Floor talk — Gerda Leenards: 9 March, 2025
Tours of Te Kohinga | Collection Store: 5 March, 2025
Artist’s talk — Yukihito Kanai: 15 February, 2025
Talk — Ecologist Dr Mike Joy: 9 February, 2025
Workshop — Kāpiti Coast natural dye & shibori with Yukihito Kanai: 8–9 February, 2025
Tours of Te Kohinga | Collection Store: 5 February, 2025
Workshop — Mixed-media weaving: 31 January, 2025
Workshop — Ekphrasis: Creative writing: 28 January, 2025
Artist’s talk — Celebration of Sue Soo: 18 January, 2025
Workshop — Bug habitats: 14 January, 2025
2024
Drop-in — Origami Christmas decorations: 21 December, 2024
Demonstration — Māori cloak weaving: 17 December, 2024
Tours of Te Kohinga | The Collection Store: 4 December, 2024
Demonstration — Māori cloak weaving: 12 November, 2024
Floor talk — Selections from the Field Collection: 10 November, 2024
Poetry reading — Dinah Hawken: 3 November, 2024
Kāpiti Coast Art Trail: 2–10 November, 2024
Toi MAHARA Young Artists Exhibition opening and presentation of awards: 1 November, 2024
Tours of the Collection Store: 29 October–14 November, 2024
Floor talk — The Paintings of Patricia France: 27 October, 2024
Workshop — Ekphrasis—a two day creative writing workshop for children: 7–9 October, 2024
Floor talk — ‘Ira Wahine: Portraits by Hariata Ropata-Tangahoe’: 5 October, 2024
Exhibition opening & book launch: 20 September, 2024
Exhibition opening — Kei ‘ea te kōmako e kō?: 30 August, 2024
Exhibition opening — Ira Wahine: Portraits by Hariata Ropata-Tangahoe: 16 August, 2024
Artist’s talk — Huhana Smith: 10 August, 2024
Artist talk — Pip Devonshire: 4 August, 2024
Demonstration — Curator in the gallery: 30 July–24 September, 2024
Workshop — Matariki paper craft: 19 July, 2024
Puppet show — Once in a Full Moon: 18 July, 2024
Workshop — Clay for adults: 10 July, 2024
Workshop — Teen’s Matariki: 9 July, 2024
Workshop — Children’s Matariki: 9 July, 2024
Exhibition opening — Thirteen Months of Memories: 5 July, 2024
Exhibition opening — Ngā Ngārara: 5 July, 2024
Matariki weekend at Toi MAHARA: 29 June, 2024
Floor talk — Women of Ōtaki: photographs: 15 June, 2024
Exhibition opening — He kete, he whiri, he tangata & Rua Pōtae, John Baxter: 1 June, 2024
Artist talk — Adrienne Riseley and Wirihana Kiriona: 11 May, 2024
Workshop — Pottery mug making: 9 May, 2024
Workshop — Pottery creatures: 8 May, 2024
Exhibition opening — Elemental & Women of Ōtaki: 3 May, 2024
Workshop — Matariki Star Making: 24 April, 2024
Curator talk — Kohai Grace: 13 April, 2024
Demonstration — Weaving in the gallery: 13 April, 2024
Music in the gallery with Jodie Gummer: 30 March, 2024
Talk — The Art World of Frances Hodgkins—lecture series with Dr Pamela Gerrish Nunn: 24 March–28 April, 2024
Artist talk — Elisabeth Vullings: 2 March, 2024
Curator talk — Ngā Taonga Tuku Iho: 21 January, 2024
Demonstration — Weaving in the gallery: 21 January, 2024
Kāpiti Coast Heritage Clue Hunt: 20–21 January, 2024
2023
Workshop — Kids Christmas Collage: 16 December, 2023
Puppet Show – Nan and Tuna: 2 December, 2023
Kāpiti Chamber of Commerce – Business After 5: 22 November, 2023
Toi MAHARA is participating in the 2023 Kāpiti Coast Art Trail: 4–12 November, 2023
Director Q&A — Frances Hodgkins, Anything but a Still Life: 3 November, 2023
Toi MAHARA Opening Festival Weekend: 28–29 October, 2023
Exhibition opening — Robin Rogerson: a Tribute: 13 April, 2023
Exhibition opening — Lost Objects + Beckoning Land: 23 February, 2023
Floor talk — Sophie Saunders: 8 February, 2023
Live Art: 31 January–28 April, 2023