About Us

Meet Aroha, Inez and Tawa ...

 

Who Are We?

Tawa Hunter (nee Armstrong)
Te Whanau a Apanui

1 Spunky husband - Shamos Hunter
4 Sons - Arana 13yrs, Maia 12yrs, Anahera 8yrs, Te Rangianiwaniwa 3yrs
Born with a flair for the dramatic and fashion Tawa has filled her life with all sorts of interesting journeys ranging from Denmark, to Drama school, Motherhood, a Bachelor Of Education, and Business.

Aroha Armstrong (nee Riley)
Te Arawa

1 Luscious Husband - Moehewa Armstrong (Tawa's brother)
3 (and a half) Outrageous Kids - Mohaka 14yrs, Tamiro 4yrs, Te Ataiti 2yrs and 3 months to go for the next one!!
Eldest of 6 children, Aroha has also filled up her life with interesting journeys.  A Bachelor of Social Sciences, Burger King Drive Thru Girl, Public Policy and Maori Development, New York and Europe, Maori Health Development, Maori Tourism, Motherhood (the wildest of them all!) and Business (Loving It!!).

 

Inez Crawford
Te Whanau A Apanui

Inez has jam packed her life! Beginning her career with owning her own successful Hair Salon, competing in and winning National Hair Competitions, Qualified Aerobics instructor for Les Mills (back in the 80’s hee hee!), Rowing at premier level in NZ, Make Up and Hair for Film and Television (notably LOTR, HBO, 60 Mins, Alexander the Great the list goes on…..!!), Landscaping, Mountain Climbing and Snowboarding internationally (Ski bum!), Bachelor of Fine Arts Otago. Now of course the craziest challenge of them all, Too Luscious!!

Click here to view article about Inez's latest art exhibition....

Our Story!

Formerly known as Yummy Mummy, the Too Luscious sister in laws Tawa Hunter and Aroha Armstrong are ecstatic to have on board their LUSCIOUS aunty – Inez Crawford. How this connection works…. Inez is Tawa’s mothers (Ata’s) younger sister, Aroha is married to Inez’s eldest nephew (Moehewa), Moehewa and Tawa are brother and sister, Shamos (Tawa’s husband) is Moehewa’s best mate, Ata is Aroha’s mother in law, Inez and Aroha met in a Chocolate Shop in Aspen before she met and married Moehewa. !!!!!!!!!!!

Its taken three years to get from Belly Casting (click here to find out more) to advertising our Contemporary Handmade Resin Jewellery in AUSTRALIAN VOGUE magazine, which has been quite a trip! Now with our forces combined – we plan to be unstoppable in any venture we choose to take on!

A lifelong frustration for us has been never finding jewellery that was FABULOUS enough, FUNKY enough, ATTENTION-GETTING enough! So we started making our own. The early editions got purchased straight off our bodies, by complete strangers in places like the street and supermarket. The demand grew, and we spent more and more time on our Resin Tiki and jewellery. Until there came a point where we decided to spend ALL our time on it!

We still get accosted in the street and supermarket - however now its much more convenient for you to go to a shop or buy Too Luscious online! click here to check out our delicious range of funky handmade NZ Maori Jewellery!

Too Luscious is a state of being that we want every person to experience. Wear our creations and have them tell the world of your confidence and pride in who you are and where you are from, no matter where that is.

Our Inspiration

At the top of our list of course is WHANAU / FAMILY.   Everything we do is for our family, and made possible by our family. 

We draw much of our inspiration and guidance from our TIPUNA / ANCESTORS.  Our ancestors were passionate about adornment.  Even in the face of bare survival our ancestors took the time to beautify themselves, their possessions and their surroundings.  We align many of our values with those of our ancestors - aroha (love), mana (integrity), and kaitiakitanga (guardianship) to name a few.  Our people did not believe we owned the land - we simply had the honour of taking care of it.  We take this responsibility seriously and ensure our families and our business do all we can to preserve our beautiful country, Aotearoa NZ.