Seven centuries. 147 taonga. One living, shape-shifting artform. Māori carving is taking centre stage at Te Papa. He Toi Whakairo: The Art of Māori Carving is a major new long term exhibition opening ...

Nā Ngāti Tamaoho i takoha te whakairo ki te hapori o Pukekohe, ā, kua tū whakaharahara ia i te teihana rerewē, kātahi anō i whakahoutia. The carving was a gift from Ngāti Tamaoho to the Pukekohe ...

An introduction to the scope of Māori art with a view to recognising traditional elementary forms and their significance. Social and cultural dimensions will be considered and Māori art forms from pre ...

Tohunga Whakairo Rākau (Master Carver) Clive Fugill was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to Māori Art at Government House on Friday, afterwards reconnecting with the ...

Jiaxi Du’s piece in the Boys' High Whakairo Exhibition was dominated by Chinese motifs and Qing dynasty “flood hero”, Yu Chen Long. Picture by Mark Peters Among Boys’ High students’ boundary-pushing ...

An individually supervised and approved study involving Māori or indigenous visual culture to realise an individually conceived body of work. The constitution of the pre-thesis studio will consist of ...

ANTH copy Purchased from the Jean Axelrod Acquisitions Endowment. "Richly illustrated with more than 100 historical and contemporary photographs and original watercolour illustrations, The Māori ...

The opening of Rehua Marae on Springfield Rd was documented in photographs too, including ones of Te Ariki Tapairu, Princess Piki, later the first Māori queen, Te Arikinui Te Atairangikaahu , signing ...