Ngaroma Riley’s Tīhei…mauri ora!, presented in Echo at Artspace Aotearoa, brings together carving, storytelling, and speculative reimagining. Grounded in the form of the tekoteko, the work reconsiders Māori creation narratives through a contemporary lens that fuses tradition and imagination.

In this artist-led tour, Riley reflects on form, whakapapa, and the transfer of mātauranga across generations. The video offers insight into carving as both physical process and conceptual framework, tracing unseen threads between ancestor and descendant, creator and creation.