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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Ta moko : the art of M?ori tattoo
Simmons, D. R.
Paper Book
A detailed study of mokos, Maori tattoos. The text traces the historical development, tribal variations, design principles, and social significance of the moko. The book has 143 black and white line drawings and photographs, and 26 colour plates of paintings and carvings. A bibliography and index...
The New Zealand Wars and the Victorian interpretation of racial conflict
Belich, James
Ebook
Revealing the enormous tactical and military skill of Maori, and the inability of 'Victorian interpretation' to acknowledge those qualities, Belich's account of the New Zealand Wars offered a very different picture from the one previously given in historical works. Māori, in Belich's view,...

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