Nikau biography
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Tawera Nikau
Former NZ & NZ Māori international rugby league footballer
Tawera Nuieia Nikau[4]MNZM (born 1 January 1967) is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s.[1] A New Zealand international representative forward, he played club football at a number of different clubs in New Zealand, England and Australia during his career, including the Melbourne Storm's victory in the 1999 NRL season Grand Final.
Early years
[edit]Nikau was born in Huntly, New Zealand. He began his career playing rugby league for the Otara Scorpions and rugby union for the East Tamaki Rugby Union club in Auckland before his family moved to the Waikato.[5]
Playing career
[edit]A Waikato and Auckland representative, Nikau played his early club football for the Otahuhu Leopards, Sheffield Eagles, York Wasps (1990-1) and Castleford Tigers. Tawera Nikau played loose forward in New Zealand's 0–17 defeat by Great Britain at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 16 October 1993.[6] Tawera Nikau played loose forward in Castleford's 12–28 defeat by Wigan in the 1992 Challenge Cup Final during the 1991–92 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 2 May 1992, in front of a crowd of 77,386.[7] Tawera N
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Nikau Hindin
Nikau Hindin
Born 1991 in Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland), Aotearoa New Zealand
Lives and works in Tāmaki Makaurau
Te Rarawa/Ngāpuhi
UNSW Galleries and Sydney Opera House
Te Wheiao II, In-Between Light and Darkness, 2022
Ngā Maungakura, The Red Mountains, 2022
Manu Taketake, Native Bird, 2022
Pekerangi, Outer Palisade, 2022
Kōtuku,White Heron, 2022
Kōtiritiri, Shooting Star, 2022
Ngā Ara ki Hawaiki, Pathways to our Ancestral Homeland, 2022
Manu Taua (e ono ngā whetū), Flight as Fight (six stars), 2022
Te Wheiao I, 2022
Kōnekeneke, 2022
Pātiki (Flounder), 2022
Ngā ahi Tīpua, 2022
Manu Taua (e toru ngā whetū), Flight as Fight (three stars), 2022
Rehua Pouwhakarae, 2022
Haumi, 2022
Rehua, 2022
Arorangi, 2022
Reu, 2022
Manu Taketake, 2022
Roimata Toroa, 2022
Whiria, 2022
Rehua, Antares, 2022
red and yellow ochre, black carbon ink on barkcloth, flax cordage, rattan core, supplejack, kākāho, Austroderia toetoe, mountain daisy tassels, clay beads
Presentation at the 24th Biennale of Sydney was made possible with generous support from the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain and Creative New Zealand
Courtesy the artist
It is a balance of time, water, and energy that allows Māori artist Nikau Hind
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Standing Tall - The Tawera Nikau Story
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