Piki Toi is creating opportunities for people from the streets to make, show and hopefully sell their artwork.
If you're walking down K Road before next Sunday (22 December), check out their group exhibition in the old Leo O'Malley's menswear store.
If not, they have online shop.
Carving from Piki Toi Photo: RNZ
Margaret Lewis works for the Lifewise Trust, which supports Piki Toi, and is an artist herself.
She tells Jesse Mulligan the exhibition has been uplifting for everyone involved.
"The window in Leo O'Malley's has given our street whanau a sense of ownership and legitimacy of being on the street.
"They see themselves in photos in the windows, they see their mates work on display. It's been incredible, sitting outside on the seats talking to people – they're so proud."
The Piki Toi exhibition includes paintings, carvings, illustrations and T-shirts.
Artist Tiare Turetahi says that, like him, most of the other artists are Pasifika and Māori, and making work helps them connect with their cultures.
"[Piki Toi has allowed me] to walk alongside our whanau, watch them grow. [It has helped] restore their mana and given them a sense of identity."
The Piki Toi whanau are supported by Awhina Mai Tatou Katoa, Unitec, Lifewise Trust, and the City Mission art studio.
