Mataaho Collective

[3] In 2011, the artists attended two hui (meetings) held at Poupatete Marae in Halcombe which gave them an opportunity to exchange ideas in a kaupapa Māori (Māori-focused) space.

Their first work, Te Whare Pora, was inspired by customary weaving spaces as sites of wānanga for sharing and learning reigned over by the atua wahine Hineteiwaiwa.

During the month of the Enjoy Summer Residency, twenty black faux mink blankets were deconstructed and reconfigured to create a 5 x 10 m installation that covered the gallery floor space and stood up against the back wall at 90 degrees.

"[5] For the work Te Whare Pora the collective used faux mink blankets, describing these domestic objects as "an instantly recognisable modern Māori material.

[7][8] Their 2019 commission for the National Gallery of Canada's exhibition Àbadakone | Continuous Fire | Feu Continuel, titled AKA, was nominated as a finalist in the 2021 Walters Prize.