The painting, sold for NZ$3.75m (£1.7m), was first shown in Paris, France, in 1939 and shows a kaumātua (tribe elder) with an elaborate moko, which is the traditional Maori system of tattooing ...

As birthplace of a nation and a significant first point of social interaction between Maori and Pakeha ... This, like so many other paintings included in Te Huringa/Turning Points, can be seen ...

An oil painting by renowned New Zealand artist Charles Frederick Goldie set a new benchmark in the country's art history. The portrait, Thoughts of a Tohunga, depicting Maori elder and Ngati ...

detailing the Maori practice of facial tattooing. The New Zealand Herald reported that the paintings were valued at NZ$1 million ($700,000) as a pair. “It is one of the most significant art ...

including paintings and traditional forms such as weaving and carving in wood and jade. Guest curator John Royal selected artwork in this exhibit to introduce the contemporary art of 14 leading New ...

PHOTO/JOHN STONE Ten years painting houses put recent NorthTec graduate Paora Tiatoa in good step for a successful future in the contemporary Maori art scene. Mr Tiatoa described himself as a ...

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Photo/supplied On the heels of an exhibition titled House of Divinity, locally based contemporary Maori ... Art Market in March. "As soon as I revisited my cultural roots and an early painting ...

detailing the Maori practice of facial tattooing. The New Zealand Herald reported that the paintings were valued at NZ$1 million ($700,000) as a pair. "It is one of the most significant art thefts ...