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Johnson witehira biography

          Since completing his doctorate in Māori Visual Art ().

        1. Johnson Witehira is an Aotearoa New Zealand artist, designer, and academic, who is on a mission to bring Māori culture into all aspects of New Zealand life.
        2. Ki te taha tōku matua, No Ngāpuhi ahau.
        3. Dr Johnson Witehira, 37, is an artist and designer who lives in Feilding with his wife, journalist Michelle Duff, and their 4-year-old son, Nukutawhiti.
        4. Johnson Witehira is an artist, designer and academic of Tamahaki and Ngāi Tū-te-auru descent.

          5. Ki te taha tōku matua, No Ngāpuhi ahau..

          Johnson Witehira is an artist, designer and academic of Tamahaki and Ngāi Tū-te-auru descent.

          He is the co-founder of both Indigenous Design and Innovation Aotearoa (IDIA) and Waahi Wairua.

          Since completing his doctorate in Māori Visual Art (2013), Johnson has been on a mission to bring Māori culture into all aspects of New Zealand life.

          He has led the development of Māori design for some of New Zealand's most prominent organisations: The Auckland City Council, TVNZ, The Auckland International Airport, and Waka Kotahi (The New Zealand Transport Authority).

          Other significant design projects include developing the first set of Māori alphabet blocks, co-designing the PAKU gardening tools for children and developing the first functional Māori-specific typeface.

          As a contemporary Māori artist, his artworks have featured in significant galleries within Aotearoa and internationally.

          For example, in 2012 works from Witehira's exhibition Ko Aotearoa Tēnei (20