Poihakena Portraits was started in 2014 by Gareth & Teowai to help raised funds for Urukahurangi Te Kōhanga Reo in St Clair. While at a committee meeting at the Ratahi whare a portrait day was proposed. Whaea Kaylene saw the above portraits of the Ratahi girls and...
We had the Taipeti girls come in for a Māori Portrait Session a few months ago. They were wanting to make portraits that represented the Māori part of their heritage. The portraits were to be gifted to their whanau back home in NZ. These girls are seriously photogenic...
Gareth, Stephanie & I were lucky enough to visit Perth in February. While we were there we held 4 Portrait days. We were in Sorrento on Thursday 2nd of February at the Quality Inn. Whaea Huia, her daughters Huriana & Rongomatane and grand daughter Kiara, who...
We photographed nearly 200 families this year. Thats almost 1000 people. We travelled from Sydney to Nelson and to a few places in between. We had people travel over 3 hours to come have portraits made and we really appreciated the effort. This year we have grown and...
With the 2016 coming to an end, Teowai and I would like to thank everyone who has come to visit us throughout Australia and New Zealand. A 10 day whirlwind tour from Auckland to Nelson and then back to Auckland again with 5 fully booked out portrait days and over 100...
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Maj Bob Wood enlisted in the NZ Army on the 3 October 1939 and was discharged on 28 December 1946, six years and 361 days of loyal and dedicated service to the NZDF. However, almost all of his service was served overseas in Egypt and Italy during the period January...
![NZ WWII Veteran – Maurice Borland – 97 year old NZ WWII (Italy) Veteran 82871 Cpl]()
Maurice enlisted in the NZ Army on the 8 January 1942 with the Army Service Corps at the young age of 24. The primary role of the Army Service Corps, which was formally established on the 6 May 1910, was to provide the supplies the Army needed, during peace and war,...
They sat around the table quietly chatting and catching up, most had grey hair, some of them over 90 years old. It was the 29th of May 2016 and we had come together for a subbranch meeting. I was there to take portraits of some of the veterans. Also in attendance were...
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We headed up to Bolton Pointon Saturday the 4th of June to Tautoko the Nga Hau e Wha Newcastle Maori Club with a Portrait Fundraising Day. We love the location up there. Its right on the lake and when the weather is good its a beautiful spot to be. Unfortunately the...
We are often asked if we photograph babies. The answer is YES! We love having babies in the studio. Well, i Teowai, love having them in our studio at St Clair Western Sydney. The portrait days maybe too busy to do a newborn photo unless they are a very settled baby....
This is our eldest daughter Tikanga. She is currently in yr 12 and this is exam week for her. I got her to take a break from the books this afternoon and photographed her outside. She hates being photographed as she has terrible acne. While i don’t change your...
