Fayne Robinson

Robinson was born in 1964 and grew up in the South Island town of Hokitika on the West Coast of New Zealand. His iwi are Kāti Māmoe, Kai Tahu, Ngāti Apa Ki Te Rā Tō and Ngāti Porou. Robinson trained in Māori carving at the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute, Rotorua and graduated in 1984, He was just 17 when he got accepted, and was one of only four from Ngāi Tahu who have attended. He was influenced to pursue Māori art from meeting the head weaver from the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute, Emily Schuster, when he was younger. Robinson has carved on meeting houses and at marae, including Te Tauraka Waka a Māui Marae in Bruce Bay, completed in 2005, and Arahura Marae near Hokitika, completed in 2013. The New Zealand national museum Te Papa Tongarewa owns three of his works in their collections. == Works and exhibitions ==

Wharenui as master carver • 2005 – Kaipō, Te Tauraka Waka a Māui Marae, Bruce Bay • 2010 – Wheke, Rāpaki (Te Wheke) Marae, Te Rāpaki-o-Te Rakiwhakaputa (with Riki Manuel) • 2013 – Tūhuru, Arahura Marae, Arahura Exhibitions • 2003 – Kiwa-Pacific Connections, Vancouver, Canada, group exhibition • 2017 – Ka Nohoaka Toi, Toi Moaraki CoCA, Christchurch, group exhibition sponsored by Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu • 2019 – Kura Pounamu: Our Treasured Stone, group exhibition curated by Te Papa Tongarewa Public installations • 2010 – Te Pou Herenga Waka, Christchurch Civic Building, Worcester Boulevard, Christchurch • 2013 – Te Kaiwhakatere o Te Raki, pouwhenua, Scott Base, Antarctica • 2017 – Pounamu sculpture, Hanmer Springs Thermal Pools and Spa, Canterbury (with Caleb Robinson) • 2018 – Tāwhaki, Tūranga, Christchurch (with Caleb Robinson) • 2018 – Kāhui Whatu, Tūranga, Christchurch • 2020 – Carved memorial stone, Jacobs River • 2022 – Woolston Village pou, six pou, Woolston • 2022 – Pou Tū te Raki o Te Maiharanui, Takapūneke, Banks Peninsula • 2022 – Te Kopikopiko o Te Waka, Gillespies Beach Road • 2023 – Kauawhi, temporary installation at the Bridge of Remembrance, Christchurch; to be permanently installed at Kahurangi, the new youth mental health facility at Hillmorton Hospital, in 2024 • 2024 – Te Arawhiti ki Matangi Āwhio, balustrade to bridge spanning Saltwater Creek, Nelson File:Te Pou Herenga Waka, Christchurch, New Zealand.jpg|Te Pou Herenga Waka, Worcester Boulevard, Christchurch File:Christchurch Public Library Art mask.jpg|Head of Tāwhaki, Tūranga, Christchurch File:Tūranga 964.jpg|Kāhui Whatu, Tūranga, Christchurch File:Mana Motuhake, Christchurch, New Zealand 01.jpg|Mana Motuhake, Victoria Square, Christchurch File:Te Kopikopiko o te Waka MRD 05.jpg|Te Kopikopiko o Te Waka, Gillespies Beach Road, South Westland File:Saltwater Creek footbridge, Nelson.jpg|Te Arawhiti ki Matangi Āwhio, footbridge balustrade, Nelson Other • 2017 – Crozier for Richard Wallace, second Pīhopa o Te Waipounamu • 2018 – Design of Manly Warringah Sea Eagles jersey, worn by Manly for matches played in Christchurch • 2018 – Te Ātanga, Broadhurst–Shelford Trophy, contested in NRL matches between Manly Warringah and the New Zealand Warriors • 2023 – Design of Tahutahi pounamu pendants (with Rānui Ngārimu) for the 2024 New Zealand Olympic team == References ==