31 May 2025

Photographing life around Ōpōtiki

From Saturday Morning, 7:50 am on 31 May 2025
The winner of the 2025 Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award Jazmin Tainui Mihi Paget-Knebel with her winning photo Taniwha Chasers.

The winner of the 2025 Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award Jazmin Tainui Mihi Paget-Knebel with her winning photo Taniwha Chasers. Photo: RNZ/Pokere Paewai

Photographer Jazmin Tainui Mihi Paget-Knebel recently won the Kīingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award.

The 22-year-old of Te Whānau a Apanui, Whakatōhea, Ngāpuhi and Ngāti Hine descent won for a striking frame of a child on horseback - and if you look at her instagram page you'll see many such insights into life around Ōpōtiki.

She talks to Mihi and Susie.