I am so grateful to all my Cairns clients. I also created 5 new paintings in a new collection called ‘UENUKU DREAMING’ when I was in Cairns. Thank you to all my hosts.
Visiting Bali, Indonesia this month
Kia ora, I am grateful to be back in beautiful Bali, Indonesia, on the island of The Gods.
I have had some of the best times of my life here in prior years. It has been four years or so since I was here last.
I am deep in healing, reflection, prayer and meditation mode and so grateful to all that helped me to get me here.
I have PERTH TAA MOKO BOOKINGS now available in October on the MOKO BOOKINGS page.
Thank you for your tautoko.
Check out my new song 'Alight Aflame' published by Whiti Te Rā Multimedia House
Check out my new song 'Whaanau First' released by Whiti Te Rā Multimedia House
Check out my new song 'Whaanau First' released by Whiti Te Rā Multimedia House
The 'UENUKU DREAMING' 7 piece taonga giftpack
The ‘UENUKU DREAMING’ 7 piece taonga giftpack. Featuring 4 unique rainbow light A6 art prints and 3 pretty bookmarks.
$44NZD per pack including international postage.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
Cairns taa moko bookings available 27 July - 10 August 2026
Cairns taa moko bookings available 27th July - 10th August 2026.
Please complete the BOOKING ENQUIRY FORM: HERE.
I could be your AUAHATANGA Creativity Mentor...are you ready?
Do you need a CREATIVITY MENTOR to kick your arse, guide, inspire, motivate, teach, encourage, help and develop you to achieve YOUR CREATIVE GOALS AND DREAMS? I am NOW taking on new CREATIVITY TAUIRA and AUAHATANGA coaching clients, long distance online and via phone (aka right in your pocket).
This is for people who want a creative wake up call, help staying on track to achieve your creative aspirations, an experienced mentor and fire lit under you on the regular. This is for creativity across the board and is not specific to any one medium. No, I will not be teaching taa moko in this offering.
But I will teach you how to THINK, ACT, BEHAVE, DECIDE, COMPLETE, PROGRESS, BUILD and LAUNCH your own ideas in the best ways to suit YOUR unique recipe and makeup.
Tell your kin who may benefit from this opportunity to work with me one on one, personalized to YOUR situation and creative dreams. This is open to anyone who HAS A STRONG DESIRE TO WORK CREATIVELY, ACTIVELY and INTENTIONALLY WITH ME.
This is for you if you want and need TO PROGRESS AND EVOLVE YOUR OWN INDIVIDUAL CREATIVE and ALTERNATIVE PATHWAY.
This is for you if you are out of other options and YOU NEED TO MAKE IT AS A CREATIVE or if you are SOMEONE THAT DOES NOT FIT IN WELL OR SUCCEED ANYWHERE ELSE and instead of continuing to suffer trying to squash yourself into other peoples boxes…YOU DECIDE TO BET ON YOURSELF and TAKE A CHANCE ON YOU and what actually lights you up.
This is for you if no one else will invest in you so YOU MUST INVEST IN YOURSELF NOW. TODAY. Before this wayward society takes you out!
This is suitable for anyone that is at an earlier stage of their AUAHATANGA than me, or if you have seen me doing things that you also want to do (apart from tattooing).
We can start on YOUR NEW CREATIVE PATHWAY AND FIRST NEXT STEPS today! You can cancel at any time, no worries. You will need access to your own phone and wifi to participate in my AUAHATANGA programs and personalized coaching.
You will also need to actually DO the tasks and exercises that I give to you and CUSTOM CREATE FOR YOU.
Unconventional multi-passionate and neuro-spicy oddballs are going to love my style of unorthodox coaching. Creative people who have LOST THEIR SPARK and want TO COME BACK TO THE PATH will also benefit from this.
People with GOOD IDEAS that need a little help and boost to EXECUTE and KEEP EXECUTING will also get value from my unique style of mentoring.
You can participate weekly for as short or long as you like…until you no longer need or want what I have to give you. Everything is easier with a bit of support and my 20+ years of creative practice spanning multiple disciplines and countries is RARE, PRICELESS, UNIQUE and IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ANYWHERE ELSE.
I will only be offering this for as long as I feel like it, or for as long as it is needed to serve the vast sections of my communities that would otherwise have FUCK ALL SUPPORTS IN BRINGING THEIR OWN UNIQUE AND UNUSUAL VISIONS INTO REALITY.
So if you know in your bones, and you can just FEEL IT…that you need to try this with me for at least a month to unstuck yourself and MOVE INTO DEEP CREATIVE FLOW AND PRODUCTIVE ARTISTIC EVOLUTION…SIGN UP TODAY and GET TO FUCKING CRACKING MY DARLING!
THIS IS GOING TO BE FUN!
You are going to love it…AND THE NEW WORK THAT COMES OUT OF YOU.
Let’s get you on your way this week!
$22AUD a week, get in the waananga and let’s do this together.
You can cancel at any time and try it for as long or short as you like.
Check out my new song 'Play it with me cuz (OTF Ahi Kaa)' published by Whiti Te Rā Multimedia House
Check out my new song 'The Sun Shines' published by Whiti Te Rā Multimedia House
in About Me, Music, Te Uira Music
Check out my new song The Sun Shines published by Whiti Te Rā Multimedia House.
'New Beginnings' and 'Ahi Kaa' added to the 'FOUNDATIONS' open edition collection
Two pieces added to the ‘FOUNDATIONS’ open edition canvas art collection today.
Collectable open edition stretched canvas art print titled ‘NEW BEGINNINGS’ comes ready for you to hang.
Thick width, gorgeous quality, beautiful colour depth.
Professionally packaged, presented and posted worldwide.
60cm by 40cm in size.
$444AUD each including international delivery.
Please allow up to 3 weeks delivery time.
Collectable open edition stretched canvas art print titled ‘AHI KAA’ comes ready for you to hang.
Thick width, gorgeous quality, beautiful colour depth.
Professionally packaged, presented and posted worldwide.
30cm by 20cm in size.
$222AUD each including international delivery.
Please allow up to 3 weeks delivery time.
Poem excerpts from my upcoming new projects
Wrap me, cloak of every hue.
Red, black, white, green, blue.
Hold me when I cannot stand.
E te atua, take my hand.
Pango for the night I keep.
Rā for when I wake from sleep.
Kākāriki for the love that grows.
Kikorangi for what I know.
What Is The Rainbow Prophecy?
Across the world, many nations speak of a time when:
The Earth is sick.
People of all colours come together.
Old teachings return.
The land and people are healed.
We are the Rainbow Tribes.
My brothers and sisters, now is our time.
We follow the rainbow rhythm, lines, songs and signs.
Drink here. Fill up. Then give.
Hands that create.
Hands that protect.
Hands that love.
Hands that give.
Hands that make.
These are my hands.
Huihui mai, e te iwi.
Gather, oh people.
Huihui mai, e te whānau.
Gather, oh family.
We are one.
In love.
In history.
In present.
In future.
As it was in the beginning, so shall it be in the end.
Clear my mind.
Soothe my spirit.
Purify my body.
Protect my heart.
Guide my mouth.
Enlighten my eyes.
Delight my ears.
Fill my hand.
Let my work be true.
6 weeks in Melbourne
Today marks six weeks in Melbourne, after being home in Aotearoa for four years. I have been blessed with wonderful friends to stay with, and I am grateful to all the fabulous people on my Melbourne trip. It has been an intense healing, shedding and RECALIBRATION time, and I am happy with the fun new directions that my work is now heading in.
Just today I have added Sri Lanka and South India into my travels plans for around the August - September period and I feel very pleased about this. The first and last time that I visited India with my older sister, was about twenty years ago now, and I always did want to go back, particularly to the South. I have also always wanted to visit Sri Lanka, and am particularly looking forward to the TEMPLES, artisans and HOT WEATHER.
I am still refining the new eBooks that I have been developing (there are several), and each day they are getting better and I am ironing out my process, editing, macrons, formatting, designing the style elements, and configuring the reader display between laptop viewing and phone viewing.
‘HOW TO HAVE A STAY HOME ART RETREAT’ and ‘THE CLOAK OF UENUKU’ are available now on my blog, and they now have pastel rainbow colored pages, which I’m happy about too…several of my upcoming eBooks will now feature these signature pastel rainbow colored pages, which look so soft, pretty and gorgeous.
I have some Tā Moko (Māori Tattoo) bookings available in Melbourne (Ballarat) for July 2026.
I am working on a new collection of small one off original paper works called ‘RECALIBRATION’ which will be available to purchase soon. I am currently loving a bone, blush, sage, cream, white, lilac, and blues colour palette.
I will also have some LIMITED EDITION hand signed A4 high quality 300gsm art prints of ‘TE ATA PŪAO’ available to buy soon. I am working on a little progress, improvements, and upgrades every day, and gaining clarity on my moves forward and what I want to do next. Grateful to God!
Ngaa mihi nui,
Te Uira
Council of Uenuku - 12 Seats of Mana - Build your Legacy with me - Become a Patron of the Arts + 1 of my esteemed Benefactors
THE COUNCIL OF UENUKU - 12 Seats of Mana - Build your Legacy with me - Become a Patron of The Arts and one of my esteemed Benefactors.
$12,000 per year | 12 Seats | Apply Now
THE COUNCIL OF UENUKU IS NOW OPEN. Be one of 12 global supporters who fund indigenous wisdom, traditional artforms, ancient knowledge, Māori wellbeing, peace, joy, love, intergenerational healing and MANA.
E hoa (my friend),
I launched THE CLOAK OF UENUKU: THE POWER OF COLOUR ACROSS WORLDS today.
The first loaf is broken.
Now I’m inviting 12 people to help multiply it.
THE COUNCIL OF UENUKU: 12 SEATS OF MANA
$12,000 per year | $1,000 per month
This is for the ones who:
Believe art can heal nations
Aren’t intimidated by big vision
Know there’s enough for all of us
Want their name on something eternal
Are currently building their legacy
What your $12k builds in 12 months:
11 mini ebooks released + 1111 free printed copies and 1111 digital copies gifted to disadvantaged individuals and communities
1 original painting sent to you per annum, named for you
12 months of protected creation for me – no burnout, just the work
What YOU get:
1 original painting per annum, named for you
Annual private wānanga with me – see, discuss, influence and help shape the work
“Council of Uenuku” naming credits in every new book (digital and print), all new major releases, collections, major works + new publications for the year
Direct access to me. You’re whānau now.
12 seats only for ‘THE COUNCIL OF UENUKU’.
If your heart swelled reading this… this is for you.
Email me: taryn.teuira@gmail.com
Subject: “I’M ONE OF YOUR 12 NEW MIRACLE BENEFACTORS DARLING”
Let’s build a new world together.
Te Uira
Ringatoi
Be One of The 12 Who Fund The Future of Indigenous Art.
The 12 who sit around the fire.
The 12 who say “we’ve got you” before the miracle shows up.
The 12 who fund peace, not panic.
12 people. 12 Attributes. 12 months of protected creation.
$12,000 per year = $1,000 per month
Each seat funds one pillar of THE COUNCIL OF UENUKU.
Read them. Feel which one has your name on it.
THE 12 SEATS
SEAT OF MANA
Funds: Authority, Leadership, Public Voice
You are: The one who says “This work matters. The world needs to see it.”
Your legacy: Executive Producer credit. Opening speech at launches.
SEAT OF AROHA
Funds: Healing, Community Copies, Gifting
You are: The one who makes sure the broke + hurting get it free.
Your legacy: 1,111 digital mini books + 1,111 printed mini books gifted in your name.
SEAT OF WĀ
Funds: Time, Rest, Protected Creation Days
You are: The one who says “Don’t rush. Make it right.”
Your legacy: A year of art made without panic.
SEAT OF MĀTAURANGA
Funds: The 11 new mini books, RINGATOI 101, Research, Development, Design
You are: The one who funds wisdom to be written down.
Your legacy: Your name in every book.
SEAT OF PŪTEA
Funds: Materials, Studio, Operations, Amplification
You are: The one who makes the practical possible.
Your legacy: The engine that keeps the work running.
SEAT OF UENUKU
Funds: The Bridge, Visibility, Global Reach
You are: The one who says “Take this to every nation.”
Your legacy: Named sponsor of THE CLOAK OF UENUKU tour.
SEAT OF TAPU
Funds: Sacred Space, Safety, Protection
You are: The one who guards the room so I can create.
Your legacy: “This work was made in peace because of you.”
SEAT OF KŌRERO
Funds: Storytelling, Voice, Speaking, Writing
You are: The one who funds the stories to be told.
Your legacy: Co-creator credit on the Manifesto.
SEAT OF WHENUA
Funds: Roots, Land, Belonging, Heritage Work
You are: The one who keeps me connected to home.
Your legacy: Māori art archive funded.
SEAT OF WHĀNAU
Funds: Kind People, Collaboration, Community
You are: The one who builds the circle around me.
Your legacy: Bi-annual wānanga hosted.
SEAT OF TOI
Funds: Original Artworks on Canvas, Paper, Pencils, Paint, Art Materials
You are: The one who puts art back in my hands.
Your legacy: 12 original paintings created per annum.
SEAT OF MĀRAMATANGA
Funds: Light, The Future, Next Generation
You are: The one who funds what comes after me.
Your legacy: Scholarship for 1 emerging Ringatoi.
WHAT EVERY COUNCIL OF UENUKU MEMBER RECEIVES
1 signed 1/1 original painting per annum, named for you
Bi-annual private wānanga – be part of shaping and influencing the work
“Council of Uenuku” credit in all 11 mini ebooks + Manifesto
Your chosen Attribute named after you in the book credits
Direct access. You’re whānau.
12 SEATS. WHEN THEY’RE GONE, THEY’RE GONE.
Email: taryn.teuira@gmail.com
Subject: “I CLAIM THE SEAT OF ___”
P.S. If more than one seat calls you, that’s okay.
Uenuku knows who you are.
THANK YOU,
Te Uira
Ringatoi
'THE CLOAK OF UENUKU: THE POWER OF COLOUR ACROSS WORLDS' new EBOOK now available
THE CLOAK OF UENUKU: The Power of Colour Across Worlds, By Te Uira
E te atua, ko Uenuku
This book is dedicated to you, Uenuku.
Atua of the rainbow. Keeper of colour. Walker between worlds.
You who show us that after rain comes light.
You who hold all colours without choosing.
You who bridge Ranginui and Papatūānuku.
E Uenuku, guide my hands. Guide this mahi.
Why I Wrote This Book
For the love and joy of colour. I’ve been asked this for years: “Why colour? Why do you paint in rainbows?” The answer is simple: Because colour has been one of the gifts that has saved me.
I wrote THE CLOAK OF UENUKU for 3 people:
The artist – who wants to use colour with respect + meaning.
The healer – who knows colour is medicine, but wants tools.
The curious – who saw a rainbow after rain and felt something shift.
This is not an academic text. It’s a practice book. Part kōrero, part science, part ritual.
Use it however you need. Colour in the pages. Try the 5-day practice. Read one page after rain.
E Uenuku, may this book be useful, and may it draw your people into my world.
— Te Uira, Melbourne, 2026
THE CLOAK OF UENUKU
Part 1: The Light
What Is Chromotherapy?
Ancient Pigments of the World
The Science: Light is Colour
Uenuku: Atua of the Rainbow
More Pūrakau of Uenuku
Part 2: The Colours
Māori Pigments: Ngā tae
Māori Colour Language
Techniques: Tā Moko + Painting
Colour Meaning in Healing
Neuroscience: What Happens in Your Brain
Global Spiritual Colour
Part 3: The Practice
Modern Chromotherapy: 7 Ways Today
Making Pigment Today
Colour in Your Studio
Colour for Your Mood: 5-Day Practice
Colour First Aid Kit
Respect in Use
Working with Colour
My Practice as Te Uira
Colour Rituals
Part 4: The Journey
Colour + Emotion Journal
Colour + The Body
Colour + Nature in Aotearoa
Uenuku in the Whenua: Places
62 pages, illustrated A4 collectable printable ebook available now. Digital pdf download.
$44AUD per copy.
Featuring pastel rainbow colored pages, clean design, compiled with half text and half images. Space for you to write your own ideas, notes and drawings.
PUBLISHED BY:
‘DIVINE UNION’ BY TE UIRA.
A few new poems
A few new poem excerpts from my upcoming suite of new ebooks, that are currently in the editing and design phases. Some of my selected original poems also feature in the $11AUD ‘POETRY PACK’ monthly subscription of TOI TREASURY MAORI ART MAIL CLUB available now.
Mō ngā iwi katoa o ngā tae katoa
For all tribes of all colours
For the keepers who remembered
For the children who will lead us
Into Te Ao Hou
For the Earth who is waiting
May we be worthy of the rainbow
Night
Cover me
I have no words
I have no tears
Only weight
Sit on my chest if you must
But do not leave
Nobody told me grief is quiet
I thought it would wail
Instead it sits
Like a stone in my throat
Like a house with all the lights off
Black is not empty
Black is full of you
Mō ngā wāhine o te pō me te ao
For the women of night and day
For the keepers. The seers.
The ones who remember.
For the Māreikura of old, and the priestesses rising now.
You do not need permission to be sacred.
A priestess is a bridge
Between the seen and unseen
Between people and atua
Between chaos and order
Between wound and wisdom
She is not a performer
She is a presence
'Te Ata Pūao' exhibition on now at Toi Matarau Gallery, Maoriland
Big thanks to Toi Matarau Gallery in Otaki Wellington for exhibiting my painting ‘Te Ata Pūao’ in their current exhibition of the same name. My artist profile was also featured recently in their newsletter as follows:
Taryn is an international Artist and A.R.T descendant of Te Āti Awa, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Kāi Tahu.
Largely a travelling artist, Taryn creates across multidisciplinary art forms with a background in fashion and graphic design. Her chosen disciplines are Tāmoko, Poetry and Mixed Media.
Taryn’s paintings are meditational, philosophical and biblical where she draws on connection to faith and te ao Māori to navigate her path of self-healing. She often leans into soft pastel pallets of colour to uplift her work.
Te Ata Pūao is inspired from the Ōtaki view of Kapiti, the ocean coast line of this area where magical panoramic views of the sun can be soaked in every morning and evening. Te Ata Pūao is a composition of brush strokes, whispers of reclamation from the first human woman; Hineahuone who became Hinetauira. She then became Hinetītama transitioning from Te Ao Mārama, the world of light back into the otherworld beyond the veil.
'PRIESTESS' a new online waananga for 12 wahine starts on Friday 14th August 2026
Join me and 10 other Priestesses for a month long ‘PRIESTESS’ deep dive online waananga starting Friday 14th August 2026. There will be 12 wahine in this waananga only.
$111AUD to secure your spot.
Facilitated by Te Uira.
HOW TO HAVE A STAY HOME ART RETREAT GUIDEBOOK NOW AVAILABLE
A gentle guide to creativity, rest, beauty, and wairua — from your own home.
71 pages of guidance, inspiration, and ideas for you to custom design your own STAY HOME ART RETREAT.
Illustrated digital pdf download for you to print and use at home, or read on your device.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
What Is a Stay‑Home Art Retreat?
Preparing Your Space
Dressing & Adorning Yourself
Opening Rituals & Blessings
Affirmations
Simple Art Practices
Resting Between Creations
Psychology of Colour
Flexible Retreat Formats
Daily Schedule Template
Creative Prompt Ideas
Poets’ Corner
Journal Prompts
Workbook Section
Materials List
Materials Shopping Guide
Using Found, Free & Scrap Materials
Themes for Your Retreat
Artists Who Inspire You
Benefits of Regular Creative Practice
Closing Blessings
Next Steps After Your Retreat
$55AUD per copy, illustrated, digital pdf download, printable, A4 collectable.
Featuring pastel rainbow colored pages, clean design, compiled with half text and half images. Space for you to write your own ideas, notes and drawings.
PUBLISHED BY:
About my new ebook 'TOI TŪHĀHĀ: A Māori creative cultural therapy manual' coming soon
Toi Tūhāhā is a Māori creative cultural therapy framework that weaves together cultural knowledge, creative practice, somatic healing, ritual and therapeutic insight to support individuals and communities in reconnecting with identity, regulating emotion, integrating trauma, and restoring balance.
The name Toi Tūhāhā reflects a return to the creative origins of self — a standing place of identity, culture, and wairua. It honors the understanding that healing is relational, embodied, spiritual, and deeply connected to whakapapa, spirituality, self expression and whenua.
This framework is built on the belief that creativity is a powerful medicine. Through colour, movement, pattern, story, breath, artistic practice, creativity, personal narrative, storytelling, ritual, journalling, music, self expression, and cultural practice, people can access pathways of healing that are intuitive, accessible, and culturally grounded.
Toi Tūhāhā is designed for clinicians, facilitators, educators, artists, youth workers, community practitioners, and individuals seeking tools that honor spirituality, culture, and wellbeing.
It is not a clinical replacement — it is a cultural companion. A kete of practices that strengthen identity, reconnect people to their ancestors, integrate the power of ritual, facilitate productive creative self expression, and support emotional, spiritual, and somatic healing.
Chapters
Introduction to Toi Tūhāhā
Ngā Rangi Tūhāhā — The 12 Realms
The Toi Tūhāhā Framework
The Science of Creative Cultural Therapy
Core Principles of Toi Tūhāhā
Acrylic Painting & Colour Healing
Toi Māori Modalities
Individual Practices & Exercises
Group Waananga & Collective Practice
Clinical Applications — Anxiety, Depression, PTSD & Addiction
Identity, Whakapapa & Cultural Reconnection
Somatic Healing & Body-Based Practice
Advanced Facilitation & Cultural Safety
Realm Integration & Holistic Practice
MY NEW COMPREHENSIVE ‘TOI TŪHĀHĀ MĀORI CREATIVE CULTURAL THERAPY MANUAL’ IS COMING SOON!
PUBLISHED BY:
My new music album 'ANCESTRAL INTELLIGENCE' released September 2025 by WHITI TE RA MULTIMEDIA HOUSE
CLICK HERE TO PLAY MY 1ST MUSIC ALBUM ‘ANCESTRAL INTELLIGENCE’.
My new music album 'ANCESTRAL INTELLIGENCE' released September 2025 by WHITI TE RĀ MULTIMEDIA HOUSE.