In the early days Maori women wore tiki to help with fertility and ward off evil spirits when pregnant." Tupu first put the hand-drawn design onto a T-shirt in 2004, before casting it in resin to ...

Te Ririu says what she enjoys about design is creating and coming up with new ideas, and learning different techniques. Te Puia sales and marketing general manager Kiri Atkinson-Crean says Tiki ...