Stunning new book on weaving launched by Maori Queen in San Francisco Over the weekend a new book about traditional and contemporary weaving, 'The Art of Maori Weaving' was launched in San Francisco ...

The biggest ever showing of contemporary Maori art from more than 200 Maori painters, clay and glass workers, carvers, jewellers, ta moko, musicians, story-tellers and film-makers goes on display at ...

TEAMING UP: Artists Olivia Hall, left, and Cindy Turipa will feature at the inaugural Tohu Maori Arts Market. Photo: MARION VAN DIJK / FAIRFAX NZ Prefer us on Google Wouldn't it be great if Nelson had ...

The perspective of Maori art -- Village society and the craftsman -- The arts of personal adornment -- Maori religion and the arts -- Symbols of the woodcarvers' art -- Tools and techniques of the ...

Adam Gifford reviews a survey of Maori art 20 years in the making. A meandering, ever-changing river is the analogy Rangihiroa Panoho uses for his overview of Maori art. The river in question turns ...

Arekatera “Katz” Maihi can vividly recall the sickening stench of smoke and harrowing echo of family members’ cries as his tribal house in Auckland, New Zealand, went up in flames in the middle of the ...

An oil painting by renowned New Zealand artist Charles Frederick Goldie set a new benchmark in the country's art history. The portrait, Thoughts of a Tohunga, depicting Maori elder and Ngati Manawa ...

Tā Moko is the traditional tattoo worn by the Maori of Aotearoa, New Zealand. Since the Maori people consider the head to be the most sacred part of the body, the most popular kind of Maori tattoo is ...

When George Tamihana Nuku, a Maori chief with a full facial moko (as the elaborate skin art is known), was touring America two years ago, not everyone was shocked by his appearance. "Some people are ...