DEPOT Artist
Terence (Ti) Hibbert
Māori, English, Greek
“Tēnā koutou e hoa ma… Ko Terence ahau – everyone calls me Ti, even my mum. My whakapapa is Māori, English and Greek (before any tests are taken lol). I’m a passionate artist, musician, dad, koro, public speaker and facilitator, business consultant, Rongoa Māori practitioner, softball player, mean as cook, fisherman, diver and Hangi master – greedy aye lol. Always learning and growing, living in Torbay Tamaki Makaurau. I’ve had an affinity with wood, stone and bone making taonga since childhood. My connection with nature is a taonga, in itself nurtured and expressed in the love of mahi toi. I stepped out of the rat race when making shareholders rich no longer did it for me. Sure, the money was great, but the energy used to be successful had too many negative effects on other aspects of my life. I’ve never been happier or had a richer existence. Like my cooking (my waistline tells the story here lol) I do what I do with love whether it be singing, creating or just being present.
