The Raro Dog

15/05/2025

27/04/2025

A pilot cooking comedy in te reo Māori hopes to provide a safe place for learners to make mistakes.

15/04/2025

Excited to share the news that Āku Hapa! is out now on Māori+

It has been an awesome project to work on, bringing together a great team, good food, reo Māori learning and a lot of laughs. This is also us doing our part to contribute to the larger journey of language revitalisation.

We would appreciate your support to take some time to watch the pilot, which will help us with the next steps to making a series. And we'd love your feedback too.

Sincere thanks to Te Māngai Pāho for the funding and Whakaata Maori for the platform support. Kia ora whanau. Enjoy!

Kua p**a! We're on Māori+! ✨

Check it out and share with your hoa who CAN RELATE:

https://www.maoriplus.co.nz/show/aku-hapa

10/06/2024

A few weeks ago I traveled to Hastings to photograph the work of Kalisolaite 'Uhila during his endurance performance for his exhibition, 'Kelekele Mo‘ui (Living Soil)'.

Prior to, the show, Kalisolaite and I, had a discussion about whether or not we should shoot video, stills or film etc. Kalisolaite and I have worked together for approximately a decade or so. For the last 10 years or so it's been considered standard, for us, to shoot video for the documentation and presentation of performance art.

It was Kalisolaite who decided that we should shoot 10 stills to capture the 'traces' of his endurance performance in Hastings. It seems crazy to try to capture a performance with only a handful of images. But it also felt like a watershed moment.

I will be doing an artist talk with my Kalisolaite 'Uhila at Hastings City Art Gallery Saturday 13 July. If you're in the area make sure you come down and have a kōrero!

Ngā mihi!

30/04/2024

We are already at the start of the Term 2. Where does the time go. All the parents will be glad that the school holidays are over! Some images from the school holidays. We welcome baby Nikora to the whānau!

14/04/2024

I regret the delay in sharing this, but I must express my gratitude to Raymond McKay from RUN. Ray generously took the time to have a meaningful conversation with me about my work. I truly appreciate his perspective in creating a podcast series that resonates with us as Māori artists - a valuable resource that I wish I had when I was a young artist seeking guidance. You can find the podcast linked in the bio. I recommend checking out his work in the creative communities.

09/04/2024

Excited to unveil some exclusive shots from our photoshoot with ThaMovement last year 📸✨ Supporting Tha Movement and his recent music video 'The Lecture', check it out now! Shout out to Samson Rambo for doing his thing!

27/10/2023

Come through and join the celebration with our Tuvaluan community this morning. This is the launch event for 'Pokisi, Te Fatu Manava' and will be at Te Manawa, West Auckland.

07/07/2023

‘Untitled’, 120mm LomoChrome Purple. Printed and framed by

Over the past couple of years I’ve been working on a photographic series based around aspects I’ve my whakapapa.

This is a new step for me as I’ve never been fully confident as a photographer, or rather I still myself as a photographer.

But following on from one of my video installations, “Horohoro”, I started experimenting with still photography. And the journey and process of film photography.

Thanks to for doing an amazing job.

I’m proud to exhibit the first in a series of new photographic work at Rotorua’s, The Arts Village group show, “Under the Stars”. A group show to celebrate Matariki.

If you’re in town this holidays head down to the gallery and visit the excellent show. And if you’re in town tomorrow morning head over to the opening and I’ll see you there. Show opens at 10.30am at

22/06/2023

Sharing the update that 'I Am the Moment' is now available via NZ Film on Demand. Thanks to the NZ Film Commission for this platform and the support. Awesome to give this film some more light and we thanks in advance to everyone who watches it. We hope you enjoy the film.

📣 New to the NZ Film On Demand platform this week: I Am The Moment (2020)

I Am The Moment directed by Robert George, premiered at the 2020 Whānau Mārama New Zealand International Film Festival in the first competitive Ngā Whanaunga Māori Pasifika Shorts section of the programme.

The short documentary invites you to join Tongan performance artist Kalisolaite ‘Uhila in the lead up to a new performance work in Tokyo, Japan. I Am The Moment is a cinematic portrait, where Kalisolaite speaks philosophically about his process as a contemporary performance artist.

Director Robert George has short film Whakaako kia Whakaora / Educate to Liberate screening in the 2023 Whānau Mārama New Zealand International Film Festival - Ngā Whanaunga Māori Pasifika Shorts programme. More information at the link here: https://www.nziff.co.nz/director/robert-george-kuki-airani-ngati-kea-ngati/

Watch the film here: https://ondemand.nzfilm.co.nz/film/i-am-the-moment/

13/06/2023

Whakaako Kia Whakaora / Educate to Liberate🎨✊

Our short documentary captured the development of a collaborative art work that honours the historical presence of the Polynesian Panther Party and their connection to the Black Panther Party.

🎬 Following a successful screening at the unique join us at launch here in Tāmaki Makaurau.

🖌️ This awe-inspiring mural is a joint effort by incredible artists Huriana Kopeke-Te Aho, Numa McKenzie, Toa Sieke Taihia, in collaboration with the legendary Emory Douglas, former Minister of Culture and revolutionary artist of the Black Panther Party. Tigilau Ness, former Minister of Culture of the Polynesian Panther Party, and the talented Chris McBride, activist artist/curator, have also played pivotal roles.

✨ This mural is a beacon of hope, inspiring future generations to fight for justice and create a better world for all.

🔗 Discover more about the project and explore the liberationlibrary.nz website, made possible by the support of Creative New Zealand.

🙏 This humble short documentary wouldn't have been possible without the generousity of our Boosted patrons. Thank you for believing in our vision and supporting this meaningful project.

Together, let's educate, liberate, and ignite change. 💫