ABOUT UNITY COLLECTION
Unity Collection is an authentic Māori contemporary gallery, curating high quality, design, fashion and art from leading Māori creatives.
Tania Rupapera, (Ngāti Kahu, Ngāruahine) curates a beautiful collection to share the creative's story while aligning with Unity's vision and values, inspiring connectivity through culture and creativity.
She also mindfully curates her team with different strengths to lead with purpose and passion to inspire and uplift. Sharing share these core values; connectivity, manaakiatanga, whanaungatanga and aroha with our whanau and community.
Unity Collection is a small gallery with a big purpose.
MEET OUR TEAM
Tania Rupapera is the founder of Unity Collection (Ngāti Kahu, Ngāruahine).
Tania has experience as a buyer and retailer with a reputation for discovering new brands. Today, she is focused on curating high quality, Māori designer brands that align with Unity's vision and values. Embracing her culture, supporting start-ups and established brands, she weaves her passions to bring this beautiful kaupapa to life. Authentic Māori storytelling to share their journey through design, fashion and art. Tania is also an NLP Master Practitioner, Transformational Leadership Coach as well as the creator and facilitator of Mana Mindset Well-being Wānanga at Mana Coaching.
Juanita Helg is the PA, Strategic Advisor and Team Leader. (Ngāpuhi)
Juanita is an experience executive coach with over 20 years leadership across IWI and enterprise environments. She has worked extensively with Māori-led entities on leadership development and organisation transformation. She is known for her calm presence, insightful questioning and practical wisdom.
Cherie Williams, Our Kuia and Kaitiaki of Unity (Ngāti Wai)
Cherie is Pakiri based, whanau centred, Junction Magazine voted employee of the year award by Matakana Coast Community and she has everyone in the village saying "kia ora" She is renown for her manaakitanga, kindness and generosity of wairua.
Desiree Hoey, Unity Kaitiaki (Ngāti Kahu, TeAupouri, TeRarawa)
Desiree has been with us since the beginning helping to get the gallery open and contributing endlessly her retail and business knowledge. Her passion and commitment to Unity and our whanau (customers) is endless. She genuinely loves Unity kaupapa so much so that when she became unwell Unity was her focus to get back to work. Her daughters encouraged her as they knew it was her happy place. We are blessed to have Desiree back at Unity.