Tania Niwa Photographer

13/11/2025

Podcast episode on WĀ-HINE now LIVE on all the major 🎙️🎧🔉podcast players, including Apple, Spotify, Youtube.

Ngā mihi nui .co for creating this space and presenting an opportunity to reflect on life learnings, insights and giving a platform to share my vision.

In convo with Sandra, it is so evident to experience her immense grounded presence and awe inspiring wisdom, navigating as a mana wahine interview host.

Sandra is a business coach, mentor, and wā-hine Māori who also grew up in our home town of Waitara. One of the threads we organically interweave is about my experience of capturing an exhibition portrait of her beautiful māmā, the late Matehuirua Limmer as part of a commissioned series of trailblazing Taranaki Wāhine who were influential in reviving the ancient cultural practise of carrying moko kauae and how this paved the way for other Wāhine.

Sandra describes her podcast series as "Celebrating Wā-hine in business who are carving their own path with intention, courage and vision. This is a space for honest kōrero about building a business that reflects your identify, your values, and the legacy your creating"

06/11/2025

Playing in Canon Australia’s brand new, state-of-the-art hire studios ☀️ - with my fellow Australian Institute of Professional Photography Directors Lauren Mitchell and Charles Mckean.

Big thanks to Zoltan Blazer, Nudjezma Avdic, and the newest Canon Pro team member, Vanessa Woods who we will collab with to dream up impactful workshops / events for our Pro Image Community.

Side note: Vanessa was my star ✨intern back in her photography college days! 🎓📸 Congrats Vanessa on your new role supporting creators.

📸 .au ✨

06/11/2025

15/10/2025

Cultural narratives aerial commission for Taranaki Iwi...
Congrats to Te Kāhui o Taranaki Iwi on a very warm and successful AGM event where we as uri descendants each received this beautifully designed and presented AGM book.

Drizzly, gumboots type conditions didn’t deter whānau from attending the annual event at Te Pae Pae o Te Raukura Marae, Parihaka where insights were shared by the Board about achievements, milestones, financial investments, housing, grants and more, followed by a beautiful banquet.

This aerial view is one I was commissioned to capture as part of a collection for TKOTI. Featuring on the cover is snow capped Taranaki Maunga, Pouakai Maunga to the left with the Hangataahua awa Stoney river, Ōkato.

If you see the printed version at the Taranaki Iwi tari office or the online version (see link in post shared here from TKOTI) you'll see the rest of this scene wraps around to the back cover revealing Kaitake Maunga and the curving coastline.

🌱Ko te pukapuka e whakanuia nei tērā tau pūtea me hōna hua mai 🌱

The digital copy of our Annual Report for the 2024–2025 financial year is now live and ready for you to view or download 📲

We also have a limited number of printed copies available at the office 🧡

Link to Download our Annual Report 📄:
https://taranaki.iwi.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Te-Kahui-o-Taranaki-2025-Annual-Report.pdf

10/10/2025

Sharing how some of the final imagery looks from a special commision to set the scene for a bespoke housing project at Ōkato by Te Kāhui o Taranaki Iwi and Ka Uruora ☀️. You will see some of our local Taranaki uri and community featured

08/10/2025

SENTENCING 4 YEARS 2 MONTHS.
10.55am 7th October Daniel's parents TeUraura and Christine Nganeko, Daniel's twin brother Cameron along with whānau and friends exit New Plymouth District Court after delivering victim impact statements and witnessing the sentencing of Daytona Thompson to just four years two months.

For more details of how the sentence was reduced and response from the Nganeko whānau visit:
cowardpunchmovement

Signs with sobering and powerful messages including advocating law change:
PUNCHES KILL - NO EXCUSES
PAST VIOLENCE MUST COUNT IN SENTENCING
COWARD PUNCH KILLS - FAST TRACK THE LAW
It could be your son NEXT... CHANGE THE LAW - NOW
PUBLIC SAFETY AT RISK
ONE PUNCH MURDER - ONE LAW CAN CHANGE
COWARD PUNCHES KILL. WE KNOW IT. THE LAW SHOULD TOO

08/10/2025

ONE FATAL PUNCH
Whānau and friends of Daniel Nganeko gather peacefully prior to sentencing Daytona Thompson after a fatal unprovoked coward punch back in July after prize-giving at Tukapa Rugby Club.

Signs with these sobering and powerful messages advocating law change:
PUNCHES KILL - NO EXCUSES
PAST VIOLENCE MUST COUNT IN SENTENCING
COWARD PUNCH KILLS - FAST TRACK THE LAW
It could be your son NEXT... CHANGE THE LAW - NOW
PUBLIC SAFETY AT RISK
ONE PUNCH MURDER - ONE LAW CAN CHANGE
COWARD PUNCHES KILL. WE KNOW IT. THE LAW SHOULD TOO

08/10/2025

Whānau and friends of Daniel Nganeko prior to entering New Plymouth Court House for the sentencing of Daytona Thompson
9:55am, 7th October 2025.

Signs conveyes sobering and powerful messages advocating law change:
PUNCHES KILL - NO EXCUSES
PAST VIOLENCE MUST COUNT IN SENTENCING
COWARD PUNCH KILLS - FAST TRACK THE LAW
It could be your son NEXT... CHANGE THE LAW - NOW
PUBLIC SAFETY AT RISK
ONE PUNCH MURDER - ONE LAW CAN CHANGE
COWARD PUNCHES KILL. WE KNOW IT. THE LAW SHOULD TOO

16/09/2025

Captured the red carpet premiere of Tangata Pai TV Series set here in Ngāmotu New Plymouth - see it on Three tonight 8.30pm or Three Now.

Big mihi to our local people who had vital roles in shaping this drama.🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽💪🏾

10/09/2025

📷 Latest dream project rolling out…

Here’s the first image released from a collection created for Te Katonga Nui. The full series will be used in brochures, website
and socials.

🏡 16 whānau homes (3–4 bedrooms)
🏡 6 kaumātua units (1–2 bedrooms)

Architecturally designed, energy efficient, and grounded in cultural narratives — supporting quality rentals and progressive home ownership for our descendants of Taranaki Iwi and Ngā Mahanga.

✨ Project launch next Thursday ✨
📍 Hempton Hall, Ōkato
⏰ Doors open 5:30pm | Pōwhiri at 6pm

Full details ➡️ www.tekatonganui.nz

🌿 Te Katonga Nui is here! 🏡✨

We warmly welcome whānau of Taranaki Iwi, Ngā Mahanga, and the wider Ōkato community to join us for the launch evening.

Come along to enjoy some kai, hear from the team behind the development, view the plans, and ask any pātai you may have.

📍 Located in Ōkato, a coastal Taranaki town just a short drive from New Plymouth. Close to the beach, school, and skatepark, perfect spot for whānau living 🌊🏡

Interested? Come along to the project launch at Hempton Hall, Ōkato

🗓️ Thursday 18 Sept
🕠 Doors open 5:30pm
🍽️ Light kai provided
The Hall is also open Fri–Sun (19–21 Sept) between 10am–2pm for those unable to make the evening launch.

🔗 Register your interest at tekatonganui.nz

🔗 Follow the project at https://www.facebook.com/TeKatongaNui