2 April, 2026
Powerful and sacred As people enter Western Bay Museum in the next few months, they will get to see an exhibition never attempted by the facility before. Toki – the edge of tradition aims to take people on a journey of recovering traditional Māori knowledge through one of the culture’s historic, high-status items.
Western Bay Museum’s Pou Matauranga Māori (traditional Māori knowledge lead) Hingangaroa Smith, pictured here with the centrepiece display – a Toki Poutangata created by his father Takirirangi Smith, a well-known tohunga whakairo (master carver) – is behind the new exhibition.
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Both Smith and facility manager Paula Gaelic say the exhibition is the first of its kind for Western Bay Museum where the theme, culture and emphasis on is traditional Māori knowledge from a Māori point of view. “It is the most powerful exhibition Western Bay Museum has ever delivered and we are
most proud,” Gaelic said. For Smith it’s about restoring the mana back into toki. “The purpose of this exhibition is educating people how special and sacred the taonga [treasure] of toki are.” Find out more on page 3. Photo / Merle Cave
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