Tēnā koutou katoa
Ki te taha o tōku Māmā
Ko Taranaki tōku Maunga
Ko Hangatāhua tōku Awa
Ko Kurahaupo tōku Waka
Ko Puniho tōku Tupuna Marae
Ko Ngā Māhanga ā Tairi tōku Hapu
Ko Taranaki, Ko Te Ati Awa ōku Iwi
Ki te taha o tōku Pāpā
Ko Ruahine tōku Maunga
Ko Rangitikei tōku Awa
Ko Te Arawa tōku Waka
Ko Tokorangi, Ko Moawhango ōku Tupuna Marae
Ko Ngāti Whiti Tama, Ko Ngāti Pikiahu Waewae ōku Hapū
Ko Ngāti Tuwharetoa, Ko Ngāti Raukawa, Ko Ngāti Maniapoto ōku Iwi
Ko Karyn Hall tōku Māmā
Ko Maureen Morgan rāua ko Anthony Hall ōku Tupuna
Ko Whaitikitiki (Anaru) Kimura tōku Pāpā
Ko Paekiri Pine raūa ko Mauriri Kimura ōku Tupuna
Ko Khy-Noa Kimura-Hayes taku tamahine
Ko Misty Kimura tōku ingoa
Kei Pāpāmoa ahau e noho ana
Tihei Mauri Ora!
Creativity lives in the wairua of Misty. Shared in a number of ways including music, fashion and ensuring a Māori lens is culturally
applied for branding, engagement and design in her mahi at whānau
consultancy Whetūmaiangi (she’s a Cultural Creative Advisor). She has joined our Ambassador crew with the main focus of helping us (and others) street style our activewear for everyday wear as well as for when we move our bodies. She has recently started to play Golf so has
some outifts that show who she is while she "tees" off!
Born in New Plymouth, Misty’s whānau moved to Marton when she was seven. Always an active kid, this theme has carried on into her adult life. Premiere Netball, basketball, reformer pilates, golf and moving in te taiao (nature) are all ways Misty loves to connect to her tinana(body) and hinengaro (mind). She had the awesome opportunity to represent Western Australia in the Super National’s Netball when she lived in Perth and represent te Iwi Māori at the Nations Australian Tournament in Queensland.
Misty is the proud Māmā of the beautiful Khy-Noa. Khy was born with arare disorder called Trisomy 9 Mosaicism. She is in more ways than one 1:100,000,000. After Khy was born, Misty and her small whānau made the hard decision to move to Perth for a better life. One where they could create a legacy for their daughter. After being there for 6 years, they moved to the Gold Coast then moved back to Aotearoa in 2019 to allow Khy to be immersed in Te Ao Māori and to have that whānau support around her. They’re currently living their beach lives in Pāpāmoa. Raised in Te Ao Māori, the language and culture impacts her whole world. As a kid she enjoyed singing in the whānau marae kapahaka group, lead actor/singer in many school musicals and in more recent years has returned to her love of singing. Aligning with other loca lmusicians she has joined the band Left Hand Break as their lead female singer and she’s recently started to release her own music, you can listen on Spotify here. Misty's music dream is to have a label that sits under Whetūmaiangi and to produce her late Dad's music. He composed many waiata in Te Reo Māori and English and never had the chance to release them. His legacy is one that must be carried on and never forgotten.When she’s not being a Māmā and singing her heart out, Misty is an advocate and works closely alongside Rare Disorders NZ. To this she brings her unique talents and lived experiences where she advocates for equity and change for those living with and supporting others with rare disorders, more so to ensure that a Māori Voice is always at the table. She has contributed many hours of her time to the National Strategy for Rare working with Te Aka Whai Ora and Manatū Hauora and Te Whānau Māori. She has represented whānau as their Māori support lead and launched a report at parliament house "The Impact of Living with a Rare Disorder in Aotearoa" for Māori, the first ever report for Rare Māori where data was collected from the bi annual Rare Survey.
You’ll find Misty taking in the views of Mauao, at reformer pilates in Pāpāmoa, tee'ing off at Te Puke Golf Club, supporting her girl, learning her language and generally rocking her activewear as casual wear and corporate wear. She graduated from Te Ronākitanga Level 5 TeReo Maori with Te Wananga Aotearoa recently which further deepened her connection with her people and her language and is currently studying Te Reo with Te Rekamauroa- a Ministry of Education led programme. Next year she will head back to TWOA and study Te Aūpikitanga Level 6 and launching "Whai Mai Music" - the music label her Dad always dreamt about.