Warren Warbrick

Warbrick hafting an adze

Warren Manu Kirk Warbrick (born 1966)[1] is a New Zealand artist, carver, and experimental archaeologist. Examples of his work are held at Te Manawa, Palmerston North and are on public display throughout Palmerston North and the Manawatū.

Warbrick is of Rangitāne descent.[2] His interest in Māori stone tools began when he was 12, after observing museum specimens.[3] He later became a self-taught carver and toolmaker, creating replica tools and Taonga pūoro.[3] He was hired as an exhibitions officer at the then-Manawatu Museum by Mina McKenzie, and while there he was mentored by carver John Bevan Ford.[4] In 1990 he assisted Ford in carving the Rangitane Guardians, a series of pou depicting the history of Te Marae o Hine.[4] During a restoration in 2021 he carved two replacements, depicting Te Rongorito and Hineaupounamu.[5]

In 2017 he was commissioned to carve a series of pou for Palmerston North's Ahimate park.[6]

In 2018 he and his partner Virginia performed KONO: Song Cycle of a New Town at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.[7] The piece was later performed at the Palmy Fringe Festival.[8]

In 2025 he was commissioned to create three pieces of art for the new Te Ahu a Turanga – Manawatū Tararua Highway.[9]

Works

References

  1. ↑ "Toikairangi". Te Manawa. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
  2. ↑ "Warren Warbrick". Festival of Design Aotearoa. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
  3. 1 2 Lee Matthews (11 June 2012). "Carving out of the past". Manawatu Standard. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
  4. 1 2 Malcolm Hopwood (27 December 2019). "Artist Warren Warbrick embraces the tools, toil and timbre of the past". Manawatu Standard. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
  5. ↑ Maxine Jacobs (10 April 2021). "Carvings speak to the kaupapa of Te Marae o Hine". Manawatū Standard. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
  6. ↑ Janine Rankin (8 December 2017). "Ahimate Park starts emerging from Waitoetoe wilderness". Manawatu Standard. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
  7. ↑ Tina White (31 July 2021). "Memory Lane: A marriage of two worlds". Manawatu Standard. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
  8. ↑ Richard Mays (11 October 2018). "Thirty-two possible permutations in walk through the story of Palmerston North". Manawatu Standard. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
  9. ↑ George Heagney (28 June 2025). "The art that weaves links along the Manawatū-Tararua highway". Manawatū Standard. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
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