”We shall never be lost, the seed sown from Rangiātea"
Māori art has played a meaningful role in the renaissance of the Māori culture.
Toi Māori is inseparable from Māori culture. To find out what Auckland City Libraries holds in regards to traditional and contemporary Māori art and artists click on any of the links below:
Useful shelf (Dewey) numbers
391.65 - Tā Moko Māori - Tattooing
709.93 - Ngā Toi Māori - Māori art (General)
736.2 - Mahi Pounamu - Jade (greenstone) and bone carving
736.4 - Mahi Whakairo - Wood carving
746.41 - Mahi Raranga - Weaving
759.993 - Ngā Toi Hou - Painting
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Selected titles
Tā Moko Māori - Tattooing
Dedicated by blood by Gordon Toi Hatfield
Ngā Toi Māori - Māori art (general)
Māori art on the world scene
Sidney Moko Mead
Twenty papers on Māori art and literature published between 1968 and 1996.
Mataora the living face: contemporary Māori art
Witi Ihimaera, ed
Contributions of more than forty contemporary artists and writers.
Mahi Pounamu - Jade (greenstone) and bone carving
Jade treasures of the Māori
Murdoch Riley
Treasured taonga
Ropata Davis
Traditional and contemporary techniques and concepts in bone carving.
Mahi Whakairo - Wood carving
Carved histories
Roger Neich
An account and analysis of the major tradition of Māori woodcarving with specific focus on Ngāti Tarawhai woodcarvers of the Rotorua district.
Mahi Raranga - Weaving
Raranga whakairo
Mick Pendergrast
Ngā Toi Hou - Painting
Painted histories: early Māori figurative painting
Roger Neich
Explores the extraordinary flowering of figurative painting in the decoration of Māori meeting houses, especially in the east of the North Island, in the latter half of the nineteenth century.
Te Māori: Māori art from New Zealand collections
Sidney Moko Mead, ed.
A comprehensive overview in authoritative texts, of the artistic heritage of the Māori of New Zealand and its relationship to their culture and traditions. This book was published in conjunction with a major exhibition that toured United States museums.
Māori patterns painted and carved
J. H. Menzies
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Māori music and performing arts - links to books
Māori music with its polynesian background by Johannes Anderson
Haka : te tohu o te whenua rangatira by Timoti Karetu
Kati au i konei : a collection of songs from Ngati Toarangatira and Ngati Raukawa compiled by Te Ahukaramu Charles Royal
Traditional songs of the Māori by Mervyn McLean and Margaret Orbell
The rhythm and life of poi by Ngamoni Huata
Nga Moteatea by Apirana Ngata
New Zealand Hip-Hop Scrapbook : MC Realm and Hip-Hop music (N.Z) in general by Jill Leahy and Dena Jacob
New Zealand : our land, our music EMI, 2 compact discs + booklet.
An evening with Billy T James and Howard Morrison : the original uncut version recorded live at the Aotea Centre Isambard, video recording
Te ku te whe by Hirini Melbourne & Richard Nunns. 1 compact disc + booklet.
Famous Māori songs : Māori song and picture album 1 score
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