Young Māori in New Zealand are embracing tā moko, the ritual tattoos that were banned under British colonial rule and became ...

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 Art Beat festival at Whangarei’s Cafler Park Rose Gardens on Saturday was the perfect backdrop for this year’s NorthTec Certificate in Whakairo (Visual Arts) students to showcase some special work ...

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 ...

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 ...

The name of a new touring exhibition is self-explanatory: Te Huringa/Turning Points: Pakeha Colonisation and Maori Empowerment. KELLY ANDREW takes a look before the opening in Wellington on Saturday.

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 ...

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 ...