Type Here 3: An Aotearoa Poster Competition x Kaan Hiini – By Type Here
Type Here is back for 2026. This year’s theme and campaign is a collaboration with Kaan Hiini, overall winner of the first Type Here.
Type Here is an Aotearoa poster competition, focused on contemporary and expressive typography. Aotearoa is a place rich in storytelling, from epic mythologies to emotional journeys, our stories carry the very DNA of our nation. Type Here celebrates these personal stories, expressed through language, culture and typography.
Our theme for Type Here 3 is Wāwāhia Te Tahā (Break The Calabash). This is framed by the whakataukī ‘ko te mahi a te tamariki, he wāwāhi tahā’ (the activities of children break calabashes). It speaks to the inquisitive nature of tamariki as they explore the world and its objects, necessarily breaking precious items within it.
In this spirit, our theme foregrounds risk-taking and experimentation. We encourage the application of typography in unexpected and inventive ways. Because true progress requires risk.
Judges for Type Here are previous winners Chris Flack, Sonia Mijatov, Sheahan Huri, and Tana Mitchell.
Finalist entries will be exhibited at Te Wai Ngutu Kākā Gallery, AUT.
Enter: typehere.co.nz
Entries close: 6 July
Contact: convenor@typehere.co.nz
Instagram: @typehere.aotearoa
Image Credits:
Top L-R: ‘The Future is Non-Binary’ by Olivia Erskine, ‘Whakaute, Respect.’ by Brett King, ‘FROM from’ by Mark Wilson, ‘Land of the Long Line of Road Cones’ by Hamish Childs’, ‘Toitū Te Tiriti’ by Kaan Hiini’, ‘24 in ‘24’ by Jenna Billman, ‘Make Do’ by Zoe Ikin, ‘The Great Divide’ by Chris Flack, ‘rancœur vs cœur’ by Adeline Marteil, ‘Aotearoa Today’ by Rhiannon Hudson
Middle L-R: ‘The Gap’ by Stephen McCarthy
‘Comment Section’ by Jacob Davies, ‘Scattered’ by Erin Joyce, ‘Interwoven Through Vibrations’ by Sandy Hughes, ‘Kabayan’ by Denise Narciso, ‘Te Tiriti Takeaways’ by Léon Bristow, ‘The Fabric of Society’ by Sonia Mijatov, ‘YEAH NAH by Laura Cibilich, ‘Land Is Life’ by Hannah Small, ‘trespassing’ by Pollyanna Colquhoun
Bottom L-R: ‘A happy blending’ by Clem Devine, ‘StinkDrongoEgg’ by Nina Vasiljevic, ‘He rimu pae noa’ by Stephanie O’Kane, ‘Filth: Mid-Winter Kanikani’ by Sheahan Huri, ‘FAIR GO / GONE’ by Tana Mitchell, ‘The Kiwi Culture Blend’ by Fraser Wallace, ‘It’s bad, whichever way you look at it.’ by Emma Hickey, ‘Wired to think’ by Alice Murray, ‘Dream Sequence’ by Nick de Jardine, ‘No Anti Only Love’ by Hanna Shim
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