Toi Te Rito Maihi (Ngai Te Apatu, Ngai Te Ipu o Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Hau o Tai Tokorau) has been a full-time artist since 1976, exhibiting widely. She is a painter, printmaker, author and fine weaver of tāniko, kākahu, whāriki and kete whakairo. Her work is held in the collections of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, MTG Hawke’s Bay Tai Ahuriri, and Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato. She was a major contributor to Whatu Kākahu | Māori Cloaks, a publication that accompanied the Kahu Ora exhibition held at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa in 2013. A second edition of the book was published in 2019.