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🔥 Mahuika, Goddess of Fire

30min flowstate last night.

My flowstate sketches have been suuuper moody lately. Weird as my life is in a settled phase. Maybe the emo needs somewhere to go lol.

Mahuika is the Māori goddess of fire who was tricked into parting with her fingernails by the demi god Maui (a full on haututu) giving mortals the gift of fire.

LOVE the texture of these latest charcoal and oil pieces. Human and earthy. CHEFS KISS

🔥 Mahuika, Goddess of Fire

30min flowstate last night.

My flowstate sketches have been suuuper moody lately. Weird as my life is in a settled phase. Maybe the emo needs somewhere to go lol.

Mahuika is the Māori goddess of fire who was tricked into parting with her fingernails by the demi god Maui (a full on haututu) giving mortals the gift of fire.

LOVE the texture of these latest charcoal and oil pieces. Human and earthy. CHEFS KISS

HOMAI NGĀ HŪ 🙏

"If i painted one of your guys...
*pauses for 5 years*
...Chuck Taylors"

Im sooo keen to do this e te Iwi!

If it all turns to shite then we can just paint the enitre shoe one color pai ana 😍

I will be posting this repeatedly to my stories untill someone gives me their shoes lol

Criteria:
🖤 Must live in Aotearoa
🖤 Have to be ok with your chucks being painted in whatever I paint na te mea we cannot undo it
🖤 Ok with me filming it. You wont be on camera x

Ft Chilli and Pepper my partners mums best good girls 🐶🐶

HOMAI NGĀ HŪ 🙏

"If i painted one of your guys...
*pauses for 5 years*
...Chuck Taylors"

Im sooo keen to do this e te Iwi!

If it all turns to shite then we can just paint the enitre shoe one color pai ana 😍

I will be posting this repeatedly to my stories untill someone gives me their shoes lol

Criteria:
🖤 Must live in Aotearoa
🖤 Have to be ok with your chucks being painted in whatever I paint na te mea we cannot undo it
🖤 Ok with me filming it. You wont be on camera x

Ft Chilli and Pepper my partners mums best good girls 🐶🐶

Current life lessons 👇

1. The Chinese Zodiac goes SO hard 🐍🐎

2. The creative restorative power of Pōneke

3. How much I dont want my young kids on socials in anyway except bare minimal and fleeting

4. Sisters = happiness

5. Im not shit at art

6. Just fucking draw. Fuck it.

Current life lessons 👇

1. The Chinese Zodiac goes SO hard 🐍🐎

2. The creative restorative power of Pōneke

3. How much I dont want my young kids on socials in anyway except bare minimal and fleeting

4. Sisters = happiness

5. Im not shit at art

6. Just fucking draw. Fuck it.

Full Entry Terms 👇

Awa Wahine X Christine Rena

The latest art piece by Christine Rena is featuring on the cover of the upcoming issue of Aotearoa Magazine Awa Wahine 💙

To celebrate we are giving away a ONE YEAR SUBSCRIPTION to Awa Wahine magazine and a signed A3 print of Hinemārie.

TO ENTER:
🖤 Follow @christinerena.artist
🖤 Follow @awawahine
🖤 Tag a friend
Tag as many friends as you like!!
1x tag = 1x entry

📢 Share to stories for an extra 5x entries

Competition open to NZ residents only.

Winner announced May 14th 2026

*Frame not included.
* Magazine shown are past issues.

Full Entry Terms 👇

Awa Wahine X Christine Rena

The latest art piece by Christine Rena is featuring on the cover of the upcoming issue of Aotearoa Magazine Awa Wahine 💙

To celebrate we are giving away a ONE YEAR SUBSCRIPTION to Awa Wahine magazine and a signed A3 print of Hinemārie.

TO ENTER:
🖤 Follow @christinerena.artist
🖤 Follow @awawahine
🖤 Tag a friend
Tag as many friends as you like!!
1x tag = 1x entry

📢 Share to stories for an extra 5x entries

Competition open to NZ residents only.

Winner announced May 14th 2026

*Frame not included.
* Magazine shown are past issues.

Money ❌️
Abundance ✅️

MAKE TRADES GREAT AGAIN

E te whanau times are toouuugghhh and it means the things that makes us feel human like art start to look like luxuries. So fuck that and fuck money.

Here is a list of things I could be happy to accept as payment insted of putea.

🖤 your art
🖤 homegrown kai
🖤 rongoa
🖤 stunt training
🖤 an extra role in LOTR
🖤 @avalanchecoffee hazlenut latte sachets
🖤 a tattoo
🖤 accommodation
🖤 an experience
🖤 so much more pea!

Kōrero mai Aotearoa - Abundance is so much more than money. We got this 💚💚

Money ❌️
Abundance ✅️

MAKE TRADES GREAT AGAIN

E te whanau times are toouuugghhh and it means the things that makes us feel human like art start to look like luxuries. So fuck that and fuck money.

Here is a list of things I could be happy to accept as payment insted of putea.

🖤 your art
🖤 homegrown kai
🖤 rongoa
🖤 stunt training
🖤 an extra role in LOTR
🖤 @avalanchecoffee hazlenut latte sachets
🖤 a tattoo
🖤 accommodation
🖤 an experience
🖤 so much more pea!

Kōrero mai Aotearoa - Abundance is so much more than money. We got this 💚💚

WIN this print and a ONE YEAR subscription to @awawahine magazine in my latest reel 💙

When your healing feels so healing that a goddess comes out 💙

This atua wahine Hinemārie just went live on my website! There's a link in stories or just comment if you want me to send it x

(Afterpay available)

🖤Soon to grace the 9th issue of @awawahine magazine 🖤

Her story 👇

Born from her own shadow work as the mortal Hine-ātārangi, the newly risen Hinemārie brought with her a hue, mended together with all the seperated fragments of her earthly self. This hue is imbued with the wairua of IO and with it she pours that mauri into Aotearoa and its people, healing back together all that has been seperated, divided and broken.

WIN this print and a ONE YEAR subscription to @awawahine magazine in my latest reel 💙

When your healing feels so healing that a goddess comes out 💙

This atua wahine Hinemārie just went live on my website! There's a link in stories or just comment if you want me to send it x

(Afterpay available)

🖤Soon to grace the 9th issue of @awawahine magazine 🖤

Her story 👇

Born from her own shadow work as the mortal Hine-ātārangi, the newly risen Hinemārie brought with her a hue, mended together with all the seperated fragments of her earthly self. This hue is imbued with the wairua of IO and with it she pours that mauri into Aotearoa and its people, healing back together all that has been seperated, divided and broken.

AFTERPAY AVAILABLE

Would you???

If this sneak peak calls to you then comment YES below and ill send you the link to purchase 💙

At 6pm tommorow (23-04-26) it will go up to its pre order price xx

This piece is so sooo personal to me and I cant wait to share it with you guys!

AFTERPAY AVAILABLE

Would you???

If this sneak peak calls to you then comment YES below and ill send you the link to purchase 💙

At 6pm tommorow (23-04-26) it will go up to its pre order price xx

This piece is so sooo personal to me and I cant wait to share it with you guys!

Thoughts on the third one??

🩸I cant remember the last time I got my period on Whiro but it was TOUGH 😂

These were all charcoal + oil around 15mins each. Just a flowstate release.

🖤

The third pikitia. OK. Man.

When I finished and stepped back I was immediately frightened. She looked scary, she made me nervous and I was so confused about why I painted her.

It felt like she was watching me and I very much wanted to close the sketchbook HEOI ANO something kept stopping me.

So insted I sat with her and let my mind go blank.

She watched me.
I watched her.

Slowly I came to the realization that she wasnt scary.

SHE was scared.
SHE was nervous.

She was inside looking out. Hiding behind her hair. Wary and afraid to step into the light.

Still figuring out the full kōrero on what feels like a BIG message but man. Thats one ikura Whiro portal right there.

Thoughts on the third one??

🩸I cant remember the last time I got my period on Whiro but it was TOUGH 😂

These were all charcoal + oil around 15mins each. Just a flowstate release.

🖤

The third pikitia. OK. Man.

When I finished and stepped back I was immediately frightened. She looked scary, she made me nervous and I was so confused about why I painted her.

It felt like she was watching me and I very much wanted to close the sketchbook HEOI ANO something kept stopping me.

So insted I sat with her and let my mind go blank.

She watched me.
I watched her.

Slowly I came to the realization that she wasnt scary.

SHE was scared.
SHE was nervous.

She was inside looking out. Hiding behind her hair. Wary and afraid to step into the light.

Still figuring out the full kōrero on what feels like a BIG message but man. Thats one ikura Whiro portal right there.

When two absolute legends swap some art and spread art happiness 🫶🫶🫶

Thank you so much for the amazing print @dda_toi_ cannot wait to get it up on the wall in my whare!!! Ngā mihi nui KI A KOE E HOOOOAAAA. Make sure you follow him 🔥🔥🔥

So grateful to be able to trade up my artwork for a gorgeous art piece from @christinerena.artist. Check out her website for more awesome artwork.'

When two absolute legends swap some art and spread art happiness 🫶🫶🫶

Thank you so much for the amazing print @dda_toi_ cannot wait to get it up on the wall in my whare!!! Ngā mihi nui KI A KOE E HOOOOAAAA. Make sure you follow him 🔥🔥🔥

So grateful to be able to trade up my artwork for a gorgeous art piece from @christinerena.artist. Check out her website for more awesome artwork.'

The latest rōpu o atua wāhine 🔥🔥

So excited for this commission with @energyintuitive to be birthed in the year of the horse/year 1 energy! The perfect wairua to launch such deep and meaningful kaupapa.

We back.

We baaaaacccckkkkk.

The latest rōpu o atua wāhine 🔥🔥

So excited for this commission with @energyintuitive to be birthed in the year of the horse/year 1 energy! The perfect wairua to launch such deep and meaningful kaupapa.

We back.

We baaaaacccckkkkk.

Raumati is halfway done with us e te whanau.

Another week and im cracking back into mahi 😍 i feel like this year is going to be experimental, acoustic + copasetic AF.

Raumati is halfway done with us e te whanau.

Another week and im cracking back into mahi 😍 i feel like this year is going to be experimental, acoustic + copasetic AF.

Im actually so glad to see the back of 2025 nē.

In amongst all these cool things was tough TOUGH happenings.

So many endings.
So many walking aways.

Engari for each thing that felt hard, the reason why was soon revealed and it was always GOOD.

Like when you clear an overgrown path and now you can finally see that you kept walking off the track this whole time. So no wonder you never found your way.

Apparently 2026 is going to be EPIC so lesh gooooo.

Im actually so glad to see the back of 2025 nē.

In amongst all these cool things was tough TOUGH happenings.

So many endings.
So many walking aways.

Engari for each thing that felt hard, the reason why was soon revealed and it was always GOOD.

Like when you clear an overgrown path and now you can finally see that you kept walking off the track this whole time. So no wonder you never found your way.

Apparently 2026 is going to be EPIC so lesh gooooo.

Buzzword: Limited Edition Print

HINE-ĀTĀRANGI is every piece of inner work you've ever done.

Every layer of change that has shaped you into the person you are today.

Every silent battle slowly strengthening you.

Every quiet or loud new addition of empathy.

Every test you passed and every lesson learnt.

She is all of us and yet so separately each of us.

She is carrying me over from the Year 9 snake to the Year 1 horse and will only be avaliable untill Jan 31st 2026 💙

Buzzword: Limited Edition Print

HINE-ĀTĀRANGI is every piece of inner work you've ever done.

Every layer of change that has shaped you into the person you are today.

Every silent battle slowly strengthening you.

Every quiet or loud new addition of empathy.

Every test you passed and every lesson learnt.

She is all of us and yet so separately each of us.

She is carrying me over from the Year 9 snake to the Year 1 horse and will only be avaliable untill Jan 31st 2026 💙

I know i normally beg you guys to buy my stuff but its Kirihimete so insted we are having a "sale BUT..."

Ki te hoko koutou i aku mahi toi, NGĀ MIHI

ENGARI

Kāhore koutou - PAI ANA. PAI PAI PAI ANA.

Take care of you and yours and wait for the next Sale.
Pronounced Sah-leh.

20% off everything*

Ends Decmeber 16th 2025

Afterpay is available - please please use it responsibilityness.

*except the orphans. You have no idea what it cost to feed and house them all 😭

I know i normally beg you guys to buy my stuff but its Kirihimete so insted we are having a "sale BUT..."

Ki te hoko koutou i aku mahi toi, NGĀ MIHI

ENGARI

Kāhore koutou - PAI ANA. PAI PAI PAI ANA.

Take care of you and yours and wait for the next Sale.
Pronounced Sah-leh.

20% off everything*

Ends Decmeber 16th 2025

Afterpay is available - please please use it responsibilityness.

*except the orphans. You have no idea what it cost to feed and house them all 😭

H I N E - A T A R AN G I

The inner self come to the surface to help shed an old cycle, old habits, toxic energy and anything that no longer serves us.

Beautiful. Chaotic. Shadow + Light.

All seeing. All knowing.

Expansive thought + Challenging patterns.

Transitioning us from the Year 9 Snake 🐍 to the Year 1 Horse 🐎

🖤

Limited edition print. Avaliable from now untill Jan 31st 2026. The transition window.

PRE ORDER NOW at an exclusive pre order price untill Decemebr 16th 2025.

H I N E - A T A R AN G I

The inner self come to the surface to help shed an old cycle, old habits, toxic energy and anything that no longer serves us.

Beautiful. Chaotic. Shadow + Light.

All seeing. All knowing.

Expansive thought + Challenging patterns.

Transitioning us from the Year 9 Snake 🐍 to the Year 1 Horse 🐎

�🖤

Limited edition print. Avaliable from now untill Jan 31st 2026. The transition window.

PRE ORDER NOW at an exclusive pre order price untill Decemebr 16th 2025.

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