Ko Native Arts Aotearoa tētahi pakihi i waihangahia nei e te mātanga whakairo nō Ngāti Paoa, ko Ronald Petley.
E kaingākaunui ana a ia ki te mahi whakairo me te hāpai o ngā mātauranga tuku iho. Kei ia whakairo āna kōrero – pēnei i ngā kōrero e pā ana ki ngā tūpuna, ko te whenua, ko te wairua, ā, he mea whaowhao e te ringa o te mātanga me ōna tikanga.
I noho a Ronald ki raro i ngā tohutohu o te tohunga whakairo a Hone Mutu rāua ko Gordon Toi, nōna te pakihi e mōhiotia whānuitia, ko “The House of Natives.”
Kei te kōkirihia e Ronald, te whakareretanga nā te waihanga o ngā whakairo me te whakapuaki o āna nei kōrero ki roto i ngā wānanga me ngā kaupapa mahi-tahi ki te hapori.
Ehara i te mea, he pakihi Toi Māori anake a Native Arts Aotearoa – he hononga mō ngā whakatupuranga, he mea whakamiharo i te tūākiritanga Māori, ā, he kuaha e whakatūwhera ana kia kuhu mai ai te tangata kia kitea mai tōna ātaahua me te pai o ngā Mahi Toi nō ngā iwi taketake o Aotearoa.
