Henare (Henry) Brooking is a ta moko artist and teacher at the Eastern Institute of Technologies Toihoukura Maori Visual Arts School in Gisborne, New Zealand. The tattoo artist is one of the many ...

Maori carvings are an integral part of New Zealand's cultural heritage, showcasing the rich history and traditions of the ...

Structural analysis saw myths and art forms as means through which contradictions in social life could be resolved. This article deals with arf forms which address contradiction, but adopts a ...

Pacific Arts is the journal of the Pacific Arts Association (ISSN 1018-4252). It is issued twice annually in a new series begun in 2006. Publisher Information The Pacific Arts Association (PAA), ...

Meet the Explorer: Taryn Beri is an independent tā moko practitioner in Wellington and a member of the Ngāti Toarangatira tribe of the Wellington Region, North Island, Aotearoa, New Zealand. 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 ...

NOT only students of Maori ethnography, but those who are interested in artistic technology, will heartily congratulate Mr. A. Hamilton on the completion of his great work on “Maori Art.” Although ...

EXCLUSIVE: Chelsea Winstanley, the Oscar nominated producer of Jojo Rabbit and What We Do In The Shadows, has arrived back in her native New Zealand to begin filming on feature documentary Toi Tu Toi ...

When Hori Parata talks to a dead whale on a New Zealand beach, he welcomes it home. “It is returning to where it was born,” he says. The earliest whales walked on land—evolutionary biologists learned ...