Historic Maori carvings are set to return to New Zealand after a 130-year staycation at an English country house. England’s National Trust, which owns Clandon House, has agreed in principle with the ...

After the Maori welcome and the Poi and Haka are done, we have the chance to visit the rest of the Te Puia Cultural Center. Initially, Te Puia focused on traditional Maori hand crafts, especially ...

Last month, a century-old Maori carving was restored and gifted to the British people. Carved originally in 1910, by master carver Tene Waitere, the pou was completed by his great-great-great grandson ...

In one of the pictures of the weavers in the last post, one of the women had a tattoo on her chin. Tattoos, called Moko, have been an integral part of Maori culture for many hundreds of years. Far ...

COURTESY KAATERINA KEREKERE Kaaterina Kerekere’s “Collecting Cultures Series: Paikea,” reflects the broad, vibrant color palette of Maori culture. "I wanted to tell the stories of our forebearer ...

An ornate Maori carving, described as being a "remarkable tour de force" by a master carver, has been sold at auction in France for $321,000. The 68cm piece, resembling a mutu kaka or parrot snare, ...

MOUNT VERNON, Maine — Borrowing designs from carvings of New Zealand natives, a Maine couple are using moose bones to produce hundreds of delicately cut pieces of art displayed on necklaces. Working ...

Long lost treasured whakairo rākau located in museums across the globe. Professor Brown visits one of the eight missing whakairo - a kūwaha pātaka doorway on display at the Ethnological Museum in ...

An initiative that began as a collaboration between Te Kōhao Health and Hillcrest Normal School in late 2022, aimed at empowering ākonga Māori, has grown into a widely popular carving project ...