The Matamata Piako District with its three main centres Matamata, Morrinsville and Te Aroha spreads out at the foot of the Kaimai Ranges, east of the Waikato District. With its wide variety of landscapes ranging from wetlands, lush farming to dense bush and its quarry of Hinuera Stone it is home to sculptors, potters, bone/jade carvers, spinners and weavers, quilters, embroiderers, woodcrafters, papercraft artists and bookbinders and photograhers. The region has two art societies, a quilt and textile gallery, an art school and two art councils. Exhibitions, craft days and a sculpture symposium are held yearly.

For detailed information contact the community arts co-ordinator on 0064 7 889 8003 or by email avanderplas@mpdc.govt.nz

Bone/Jade carving
J Te Wiata
1 Studholme Street,
Morrinsville
0064 7 889 7072

Felting
J Clyne
4 Beatty Road,
Matamata
0064 7 888 6815

Maori woodcarving
I Te Wiata
1 Studholme Street,
Morrinsville
0064 7 889 7072

E Kirkness
23 Tamihana Street,
Matamata
0064 7 888 6167

Papercraft/Bookbinding/Calligraphy
B Orr
Springs Road,
Matamata
0064 7 888 5454

R Williams
Factory Road,
Waihou
0064 7 884 7796

A Bovaird
151 Whitaker Street,
Te Aroha
0064 7 884 8330

Patchwork and Quilting
C Cossar-Johnstone
P O Box 224,
Te Aroha
0064 25 516 181

S Frew
22 Tamihana Street,
Matamata
0064 7 888 7215

D Barton
R D Waharoa
0064 7 888 0853

Pottery
M Allison
498 Taihoa Road South,
Matamata
0064 7 888 6918

D Graham
7 Willow Grove,
Morrinsville
0064 7 889 7237

K Gray
7 Alexandra Avenue,
Morrinsville
0064 7 889 6640

J Johnson
18 Willow Grove,
Morrinsville
0064 7 889 5892

M v d Oord
RD 1,
Morrinsville
0064 7 824 0850

Sculpture
C van de Veen
Ngutumunga Road,
Te Aroha
0064 7 884 9860

Woodcraft
D Arbuckle
49 Tawari Street,
Matamata
0064 7 888 7303

G Oliver
15 Tawa Street,
Matamata
0064 7 888 6400

J von Holzen
Manawaru Road,
To Aroha
0064 7 884 6863

E C Udy
80 Lorne Street,
Morrinsville
0064 7 889 5309

Galleries
Post Office Quilt and Textile Gallery
111 Whitaker Street,
Te Aroha
0064 25 516 181

Artisan Arts School and Gallery
64 Rawhitit Avenue,
Matamata
0064 7 888 6510

Craft Organisations
Quilters and Patchworkers
22 Tamihana Street,
Matamata

Spinners and Weavers
140 Studholme Street,
Morrinsville
Educational institutions (craft night classes) Morrinsville College
0064 7 889 7745

Te Aroha College
0064 7 884 8625

Matamata College
0064 7 888 7166