“Kia ora a Papatūānuku, Ka ora te tangata mō, ā, ka muri ake nei - If we heal Mother Earth, we heal the people, for us and our children after us.”
“Kia ora a Papatūānuku, Ka ora te tangata mō, ā, ka muri ake nei - If we heal Mother Earth, we heal the people, for us and our children after us.”
“Kia ora a Papatūānuku, Ka ora te tangata mō, ā, ka muri ake nei - If we heal Mother Earth, we heal the people, for us and our children after us.”
“Kia ora a Papatūānuku, Ka ora te tangata mō, ā, ka muri ake nei - If we heal Mother Earth, we heal the people, for us and our children after us.”
OUR VISION
Our vision is to restore balance between people and Papatūānuku — through design, healing, and innovation that awakens collective wellbeing.
Kahu Creative Universe is a movement for regeneration — where wairua leads, mātauranga guides, and creativity becomes a vessel for healing.
Our Values
Our values are the pou that hold the Kahu Creative Universe — guiding everything we design, create, and nurture.
Each kaupapa — Studio, Kā̄kahu, and Hauora — is woven through these same threads: love for Papatūānuku, care for our people, and the healing power of mahi-toi.
Together, they remind us that when design is guided by wairua, it becomes a living form of restoration.
Papatūānuku.
The heartbeat of everything we do.
We design, create, and heal in service to Papatūānuku — the living source of our inspiration and wellbeing.
Through our Studio, we restore her mauri in the landscapes we design.
Through Kā̄kahu, we explore materials and products that come from the earth and return to it.
Through Hauora, we guide whānau to live in rhythm with her cycles and seasons.
When we honour Papatūānuku, we remember who we are.
The People.
The reason for our mahi.
Our kaupapa exists to uplift whānau, hapū, iwi, and community — to help people return to balance, belonging, and collective wellbeing.
Through our Studio, we co-design with iwi and communities to tell their stories of place.
Through Kā̄kahu, we create for whānau and home, ensuring every design supports everyday wellbeing.
Through Hauora, we help people map their life, routines, and energy back to their whakapapa and taiao.
When the people thrive, the land thrives with them.
Mahi-toi.
The expression of wairua through creation.
Mahi-toi is the thread that weaves together our universe — design as prayer, creativity as medicine, storytelling as transformation.
Through our Studio, mahi-toi shapes landscapes and buildings into vessels of whakapapa.
Through Kā̄kahu, mahi-toi becomes the textures, forms, and frequencies of healing products.
Through Hauora, mahi-toi guides the design of tools, practices, and systems that restore harmony and joy.
Every act of creation is a form of healing.