Riki Manuel
b. 1960
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Riki Manuel is a descendent of Ngāti Porou and traces his whakapapa to Te Whānau-a-Iwirākau.
A master of whakairo and tā moko, Manuel studied at New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute in Rotorua from 1977 with Hōne Taiapa.
He moved to Ōtautahi holding a studio in Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora from 1985 until the major earthquakes closed the buildings in 2011.
Manuel continues to live and work in Ōtautahi.
See also:
Riki Manuel (Ngāti Porou), ‘He poupou tohu ahi-ka o Ngāi Tahu: A mark of the long burning fires of Ngāi Tahu’ (1994), Victoria Square, CBD, Ōtautahi Christchurch
Image: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand, 2021
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