Isobel Joy Te Aho-White (born 1988) is a New Zealand illustrator, artist and author.
She is of Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti Kahungungu ki te Wairoa. She illustrated Whiti: Colossal Squid of the Deep by Victoria Cleal, which won Best Children’s Book at the 2021 Whitley Awards for zoological literature.
In 2025, three books illustrated by Te Aho-White were shortlisted for awards at the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults: Ten Nosey Weka, written by Kate Preece, for the BookHub Picture Book Award; A Ariā me te Atua o te Kūmara, written by Witi Ihimaera and translated by Hēni Jacob, for the Wright Family Foundation Te Kura Pounamu Award for Te Reo Māori; and Ngā Kupenga a Nanny Rina, written by Qiane Matata-Sipu, also for the Te Kura Pounamu Award.
Te Aho-White's book Whenua: Māori Pūrākau of Aotearoa won the Elsie Locke Award for Non-Fiction at the 2026 NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.
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