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Japanese potter Shigemitsu Ohashi is fascinated by the moon. His ceramic recreation of it takes centre stage at his new solo show Beyond the sky and...

Euon Murrell joined the Board in March 2026. He brings extensive experience in business, local government and community initiatives. He is the owner of a local...

Toi MAHARA is the Kāpiti Coast’s award-winning art gallery and its Board of Trustees is currently seeking expressions of interest to fill a vacancy on the Board.  This is a voluntary role for someone with experience...

Make art, meet the artists, buy art, listen to live music Toi MAHARA held a Live Art Market on 31 January 2026 in Mahara Place. Over...

Karen Radford is an experienced private sector board member, managing director and fundraiser who believes that focussing on differentiated, sustainable long-term strategies maximises the opportunities for...

The Friends ‘Special to Me’ event brought three special guests together to share a story that art has played in their lives. They were Judy Turner, former...

When she’s painting, Waikanae artist Morag Stokes looks for subject matter in what is in her hands. In her Toi MAHARA award-winning work, the outcome is...

Barrie Lord started painting eight years ago when his daughter asked him to “do me a painting” for her 50th birthday. This was because she had...

Toi MAHARA celebrates local culture and heritage. We partner with eight Kāpiti museums to participate each year in Wellington Heritage Festival (18 October–9 November) and Kāpiti...

Two works by New Zealand artist Graham Percy (1938–2008): Two Kiwis in Paris and A Kiwi in Venice are on show in our stairwell. Percy was...

There is something special that happens when a forest is brought into a gallery space.  Like much good art, the current exhibition Te Ngahere transforms the...

Pat Stuart’s career was largely in the museum and art gallery sectors and included senior roles at Te Papa during its development and early operational phase,...