People's Choice Awards
The People’s Choice Awards are awarded based on the number of votes an artwork receives from visitors to the exhibition. The People’s Choice Award is sponsored by Toi Māori Aotearoa. This year’s winners are:
First Place
Name: Foua Tuielu
School: Western Heights High School
Title of work: The tapestry of my roots
Second Place
Name: Siena Terimene-Simon
School: Northcote College
Title of work: Kura-hau-awatea
Third Place
Name: Benjamin Brown
School: Ōtāhuhu College
Title of work: Pākati
The category award winners for the 2023 Ringa Toi Student Exhibition are as follows:
Toi Whakairo
Principal art form.
Highly Commended
Name: Stella Harding
School: Whangārei Girls High School
Title of work: Tūkaiaia
Commended
Name: Te Hau Tawhiti Pini
School: Tauranga Boys’ College
Title of work: Pūkaea
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Toi Matihiko
Digital print where the reproduction processes have been manipulated by computer.
Highly Commended
Name: Lottie Roberts
School: Wellington Girls’ College
Title of work: Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori Poster
Commended
Name: Ofa Taufa
School: Whangārei Girls HS
Title of work: Whakairo projects
Toi Whakaahua
Photography with no digital manipulation.
Highly Commended
Name: Maioha Mahanga
School: Whangārei Girls High School
Title of work: Tukaha ki te whenua
Commended
Name: Fidellis Lilii-Amiomio
School: Marist College
Title of work: Palu’ava
Toi Waituhi
Paint, ink and drawing where the brush or drawing tool is pulled across a surface. “Tuhi” is to strike a surface. This is where the instrument is pushed in the opposite direction to how it is normally used.
Highly Commended
Name: Jayme Hubbard
School: Western Heights High School
Title of work: Manu-nui-ā-rangi
Commended
Name: Siena Terimene-Simon
School: Northcote College
Title of work: Waenganui
Toi Matatuhi
Printmaking where the artist draws the image, prepares the plate, scribes/scratch the image onto the surface then inks and prints the image onto specifically prepared paper.
Highly Commended
Name: Isabelle Jefferys
School: Queen Margaret College
Title of work: Wahine Toa
Commended
Name: Zara Frost
School: Rangi Ruru Girls’ School
Title of work: Ahurea Tuakiri
Toi Matarau
Shaping and fashioning, usually more than one surface at a time. These surfaces are then impressed on again by joining and adding to with paint or multi-media materials.
Highly Commended
Name: Ocean-Lee Tito-Heremaia
School: Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Rāwhitiroa
Title of work: Pitomata Whatukura
Commended
Name: Rhythm Barclay
School: Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Rāwhitiroa
Title of work: Māu te Toiora, mākū te wairoa
Toi Wharepora
Traditional and contemporary weaving forms.
Highly Commended
Name: Te Maia Neho
School: Te Wharekura o Mauao
Title of work: Hieke
Commended
Name: Tiakihana (Jackson) Tavendale
School: Rangiora High School
Title of work: Kererū
Pacific Art Excellence Award – Te Moana nui a Kiwa Measina Award
This year alongside our usual categories, we will be also awarding a Pacific Art Excellence Award – Te Moana nui a Kiwa Measina award (Measina is the Samoan word for ‘treasure’), and this award recognises excellence in Pasifika Arts.
Pasifika Excellence Award
Name: Tiare Wichman
School: Avondale College
Title of work: Navigator
The 2023 Ringa Toi Student Exhibition was judged by Erena Koopu.
See Erena Koopu's work (external link)
NZQA acknowledges all the student artists and schools that contributed works for this exhibition and extends their sincere thanks to all those who made this exhibition possible through their support.