Tēnā tātou kātoa
Ko wai au?
Ko Motopōhue te puke
Ko Te Ara a Kiwa te moana
Ko Tākitimu te waka
Ko Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Māmoe, Waitaha, Ngāti Raratonga ōku iwi
Kai Ōtautahi ahau e noho ana
Ko Te Rau Aroha te marae
I te taha o tōku pāpā, ko Kimi Henry rāua ko Raylene Milne ōku tūpuna
I te taha o tōku whaea, ko Errol Ryan rāua ko Glenys Young ōku tūpuna
Ko Riana Henry rāua ko Errolyne Ryan ōku mātua
Ko Legion Henry rātou, ko Connor Ryan-Wills, ko Lars Maniapoto-Henry, ko Praize Maniapoto-Henry aku tāina
Ko Infinity Henry rāua ko Jasmine Henry aku tuāhine
Ko Maddison Henry-Ryan tōku ingoa.
Maddison (or ‘Mads’ as he is often known), 23 belongs to the Ryan and Young whānau. His early schooling was at Konini School before moving away from Bluff with his whānau.
Over the last few years, Mads has been learning about his whakapapa, Ngāi Tahutanga and starting up a creative business with some ‘bros’, known as Māui Studios Aotearoa.
Māui Studios is a creative studio based in Ōtautahi, focusing on telling Aotearoa stories. Currently the creative brains and founders of this business are Mads, Vincent Egan (Ngā Ruahinerangi, Ngāti Ruanui), Patrick Hussey (Ngāti Tūwharetoa) and their newest member Luke Egan (Ngā Ruahinerangi, Ngāti Ruanui).
Māui was originally formed in 2014 by Vincent Egan and Mads, under a business known as Ixist Design and Illustration, after they completed their degrees in Communication Design at the Otago Polytechnic.
During their journey Vincent and Mads discovered their core values in tikanga Māori. Their mahi has led them to work with Māori organisations, helping with their commercial design, branding, websites and film outcomes.
Their passion for illustration has come to fruition at Mauiempire.com. They have released two graphic novels: The Ascension and The Sun Tamer and will be launching more soon. One of their goals is to bring Manamé to fruition (Think Māori and Anime).
During this time Patrick came on board with his business skills and Māui Studios Aotearoa was created. Some of their projects include working with Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu branding the entire 2015 Hui-ā-Iwi event and working alongside the new funding commissioning agency Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu filming digital stories for Whānau Ora.
For more information contact Mads at: [email protected]
Left to right: Vincent Egan, Te Ururoa Flavell and ‘Mads’ Henry-Ryan.