Ngaahina Hohaia

Ngahina Hohaia (born 1975) is a visual artist of Te Āti Awa, Ngāti Ruanui, Ngāti Moeahu, Ngāti Haupoto and Greek descent from Parihaka, New Zealand.

Biography Hohaia has artistic influences from her grandmothers. Her Māori grandmother was a weaver and Greek grandmother was a painter.

Ngaahina gained a Masters in Māori Visual Arts from Toioho ki Āpiti in 2009 and in 2010 received the Arts Foundation of New Zealand New Generation Award. Her contemporary art work uses traditional fibres combined with metals and silks.

Exhibitions 2016 Tools of Oppression and Liberation Pataka Art + Museum, Porirua 2013 Navigation Pacifica, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Sydney 2009 Ngahina Hohaia City Gallery Wellington 2009 Fibra Spirare, Rydals Museum, Sweden - showcased five contemporary New Zealand textile artists

Personal Hundreds of people gathered at Ōwairaka mountain in Auckland in 2020 in solidarity for Hohaia after she made a complaint with the New Zealand police about a racial attack on her. Māori leaders spoke out against the decision made by the police not to prosecute.