Every year, someone in your life is impossible to buy for.
They don't need more stuff. They have opinions about quality. They appreciate things that mean something. And they will absolutely notice if you've grabbed something generic at the last minute.
If that person has any connection to Māori culture, to art, to Aotearoa — or if they're simply someone who values beautiful, considered things — this is the gift.
Why a puzzle, though?
Fair question. Puzzles have had something of a renaissance in recent years, and not because people suddenly have more time. It's because screens are exhausting and working with your hands is not. There's something quietly radical about sitting down with 1,000 pieces and committing to being present for a few hours.
But what makes Theresa Reihana's puzzles different from anything else you'll find is the artwork itself. These aren't stock images or licensed prints. Each one is an original painting — symbolic, layered, and deeply rooted in te ao Māori. Hinemoana, the female Atua of the sea. Ranginui and Papatūānuku, still yearning for each other across the sky. Matariki, the mother star, rising to signal a new year.
You're not giving someone a puzzle. You're giving them a painting they get to build themselves.
The part that keeps surprising people
We hear this regularly from customers: they finished the puzzle, looked at it, and couldn't bring themselves to pull it apart. So they framed it instead.
Some have taken theirs to a framer. Others have found frames that fit. Either way, what started as a few evenings on the dining room table is now on the wall — and it looks like art, because it is.
At approximately 50cm × 70cm completed, the puzzles fit standard large frames, which makes this easier than you might think.
When to give one
These puzzles work as gifts across almost every occasion:
Matariki — the Māori new year is the most natural fit. Several pieces in the series connect directly to Matariki, and gifting something that celebrates the season feels intentional rather than incidental.
Christmas — a considered alternative to the usual, particularly for anyone who finds Christmas gifting stressful. These are the kind of gift that land well because they're specific and thoughtful.
Birthdays — especially for anyone who puzzles, appreciates Māori art, or is going through a season of life where slowing down would do them good.
Housewarming — given that many customers end up framing theirs, a puzzle is quietly also a piece of wall art. That's not a bad housewarming gift.
Just because — some of the best gifts aren't tied to an occasion at all.
A note on the series
There are 10 paintings in Theresa's series, each one distinct in palette, subject, and feeling. Rangi & Papa in deep blue and red. Te Waka with its two luminous sails against an open sky. Embrace Mokopuna — a newborn held in light, watched over by an ancestor.
If you're buying for someone you know well, there's likely one in the series that will mean something specific to them. That's worth taking a moment to consider.
Collect them all
Several of our customers are working through the full series — one puzzle at a time, framing each as they go. It's become a kind of slow, ongoing project. A gallery wall being built puzzle by puzzle.
We think Theresa would approve of that.