The Maori art of tattooing is deeply rooted in their culture, and stems from a legend of two lovers— Mataora and Niwareka. According to the legend, Mataora was a chief who lived in the natural ...

An artist will create in zero gravity for the first time in 2009. New Zealand’s Makoure Scott won a spot on the Virgin Galactic’s first flight by submitting a portfolio of his Maori-influenced ...

An oil painting of a Māori elder by New Zealand painter Charles Frederick Goldie was sold at an auction for a record £1.7m, becoming the most valuable work in New Zealand’s art history ...

An oil painting of Maori elder Wharekauri Tahuna by Charles Frederick Goldie sold for a record-breaking $3.75 million, becoming the most valuable Maori portrait in New Zealand art history.

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.” ...

Toi Te Mana: An Indigenous History of Māori Art, Deidre Brown, Ngarino Ellis and Jonathan Mane-Wheoki, University of Chicago Press, 616pp, £44 (hb). This volume covers 800 years of Māori art ...

Identity is a much richer and more nuanced concept than we often admit. In many Western and Westernized countries, finding one’s identity is an independent journey of self-discovery through ...

LOS ANGELES, July 12 (UPI) --Guy Pearce said his new movie The Convert, in theaters and video-on-demand Friday, made a permanent impact on him as he got Maori tattoos from the film's Maori tattoo ...