DEPOT Artist
Ngahiwi Walker
Ngāti Porou
Ngahiwi is a Māori wood carver known for his beautifully crafted Māori sculptures or pou (pillars).
His iwi (tribe) is Ngāti Porou and he is originally from Te Araroa in Te Tai Rāwhiti (the East Coast).
Ngahiwi lives locally with his whanau in Te Hau Kapua (Devonport) and has served in Te Taua Moana o Aotearoa (The Royal New Zealand Navy) for over 40 years.
The purakau (stories) of these carved works represent his knowledge of some of the many celestial stories associated with ‘Te Waka o Rangi’ and this important time of ‘Te Putanga mai o Matariki’ (the appearance of Matariki).
Ngahiwi works mostly with macrocarpa and occasionally NZ tōtara and he hand-carves each piece.
