TUKU: Open Studio Emerging Māori artists 18 May - 28 June 2026

Come down to Puke Ariki and watch fresh treasures being created before your eyes! Over six weeks in May and June, early career artists Dwayne Duthie and Jodie Tipa will be at work adorning manaia (guardian figures), under the direction of senior artist-designer WharehokaSmith.

Talk with the artists about this unique collaborative project, which prepares the space for the arrival of 40 tūpuna (ancestor) portraits from around Aotearoa, as part of the Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award, opening 25 July at Puke Ariki. See the manaia come into being, as each artist extends their visual arts practice through this customary form.

https://pukeariki.com/museum/exhibitions/upcoming/tuku-open-studio-emerging-maori-artists

Updated April 16, 2026
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TUKU: Open Studio Emerging Māori artists 18 May - 28 June 2026

Come down to Puke Ariki and watch fresh treasures being created before your eyes! Over six weeks in May and June, early career artists Dwayne Duthie and Jodie Tipa will be at work adorning manaia (guardian figures), under the direction of senior artist-designer WharehokaSmith.

Talk with the artists about this unique collaborative project, which prepares the space for the arrival of 40 tūpuna (ancestor) portraits from around Aotearoa, as part of the Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award, opening 25 July at Puke Ariki. See the manaia come into being, as each artist extends their visual arts practice through this customary form.

https://pukeariki.com/museum/exhibitions/upcoming/tuku-open-studio-emerging-maori-artists

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Mau Moko : the world of Maori tattoo
Te Awekotuku, Ngahuia.
Paper Book
In the traditional Mori world, the moko, the facial or body tatoo, was a sign of great mana and status. Male warriors wore elaborate tatoos on their faces and bodies; women took more delicate chin tatoos. After almost dying out in the twentieth century, Mori tatooing is now experiencing a powerful...
Ta moko, the art of Maori tattoo
Simmons, D. R.
Paper Book
An illustrated guide to Maori art
Barrow, Terence
Paper Book
Highly illustrated, this book will answer the questions most commonly asked about Maori art and will give the reader a deeper understanding of the symbolic and spiritual significance of the works.s
Greenstone trails : the Maori search for Pounamu
Brailsford, Barry.
Paper Book
I shall not die : Titokowaru's war, New Zealand 1868-9
Belich, James
Paper Book
The Victorian interpretation of racial conflict : the Maori, the British, and the New Zealand wars
Belich, James
Paper Book
In The Victorian Interpretation of Racial Conflict James Belich shows that the legend of New Zealand race relations is not only flawed, it is inaccurate. He notes that typical stories "emphasize inevitability, minimize the importance of conflict and the Maori success in it, and present a...
Potiki
Grace, Patricia
Paper Book
Patricia Grace's classic novel is a work of spellbinding power in which the myths of older times are inextricably woven into the political realities of today. In a small coastal community threatened by developers who would ravage their lands it is a time of fear and...
Tu
Grace, Patricia
Paper Book
Three brothers, one war and multiple secrets. Tu is proud of his name- it belongs to the Maori god of war. But for the returned soldier there's a shadow over his war experience with the Maori Battalion in Italy. Three young men from the one family went to war, but only one...
Days of darkness : Taranaki, 1878-1884
Riseborough, Hazel.
Paper Book
Tikanga whakaaro : key concepts in M?ori culture
Barlow, Cleve.
Paper Book
Important concepts in Maori culture are defined and discussed in short essay-style definitions in both English and Maori. The traditional knowledge of the ware wananga (school of learning) is drawn upon, and modern usage of Maori language is also described.
Whakairo : Maori tribal art
Simmons, D. R.
Paper Book
This is the first analysis of Maori carving styles by tribal area. Simmons draws on the work of Kendall and an important new source to provide a coherent analysis of style and symbolism in Maori carving. The first part of the book discusses the mythological context and symbolism in Maori art, and...
Te Maori : Maori art from New Zealand collections
Mead, Sidney M.
Paper Book
Raranga whakairo = Maori plaiting patterns
Pendergrast, Mick
Paper Book
Te Ao Hurihuri : the world moves on : aspects of Maoritanga
King, Michael
Paper Book
Tikao talks : ka taoka tapu o te ao kohatu : treasures from the ancient world of the Maori
Tikao, Teone Taare
Paper Book
Teone Taare Tikao, who died in 1927, was one of the most respected rangatira of the South Island. Trained as a boy in the ways of the tohunga, he was acknowledged to have a vast knowledge of M'ori mythology, history and culture. In 1920 his great knowledge was tapped by the historian Herries Beattie...
New Zealand women artists
Kirker, Anne
Paper Book
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