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New Plymouth Girls High School (NPGHS) commissioned three pou to represent their core values and honor important taonga. Local Māori artist Hemi Sundgren and graphic designer Jennie Aitken Hall created tukutuku patterns that connect to each value: • Niho Taniwha (red): Whanaungatanga (Relationships) • Purapura Whetu (blue): Whakamana...

Step back into Retro Taranaki’s pop culture with Kount Five Plus Two, a covers band from the 60s to 80s. This vibrant exhibition lets visitors explore the music, fashion, and fun of those decades. First, guests encounter a mural of record covers printed on Phototex. Then,...

The new Wai O Rua Stratford Aquatic Centre needed a visual identity that reflected both its name and deep cultural roots. Local artist Wharehoka Smith joined us to bring this story to life through contemporary Māori design. Project Overview This project was unlike anything we’d been asked...

The State of Nature exhibition shares stories of native forests through the botanical paintings of Fanny Bertha Good. We enjoy projects like this because they let us use a wide range of skills. The project had a tight deadline. Since the client’s in-house graphic designer was...

Time Walk Paihia offers an app-driven self-guided tour. It shares stories about the Church Missionary Society (CMS) and mana whenua in Paihia. Visitors learn about early Māori history and how different cultures worked together to shape modern Aotearoa. The Challenge: Method Digital created the digital content but...

How do you get people to sort their rubbish properly at a night-time festival? Simple - light it up! The New Plymouth District Council Events Team came to us with a challenge. They wanted to improve waste sorting at the popular Festival of Lights, which attracts...

Our client wanted to transform an Airport Express Coffee Bar into a souvenir and gift shop. The budget was tight - just $30k and the timeline was only 4 weeks from design to completion. Mihi runs a Rongoā Māori Healing Clinic and sells handmade natural beauty...