Rerehua / Taonga Puoro - Arts and Music
Explore traditional and contemporary Māori arts and music.
Waka toi – Contemporary Māori art
This page highlights established and up and coming contemporary Māori artists working in different media.
Popular topics
Featured arts and music topics
Te manu tukutuku, the Māori kite
Find resources and information about woven, traditional Māori kites.
Telling our stories: An archive of Māori artists - Teina
In the second in a series of posts, Māori Collections Specialist, Māia, highlights the work of contemporary Māori artists.
Kapa haka
Information and resources about performance of traditional and contemporary Māori waiata, mōteatea, poi and haka.
Toi Māori – Traditional Māori art
Resources about traditional Māori arts such as whakairo (carving) and raranga (weaving).
Pūawaitanga o te Ringa – Fruits of our busy hands
About the series of tukutuku panels that were specially woven as a community project and are in place at Tūranga.
Māori weaving for kids
Find out the different steps in weaving harakeke and different types of weaving (raranga).
The stars of Matariki / Ngā whetu o Matariki
Instructions and video on how to make a woven star from harakeke.
A chat with carver George Edwards
An audio interview with Tohuka Whakairo (master carver) George Edwards (Ngāi Tahu) of Wairewa.
Pūawaitanga o te Ringa – Fruits of our busy hands
About the series of tukutuku panels that were specially woven as a community project and are in place at Tūranga.
Māori weaving for kids
Find out the different steps in weaving harakeke and different types of weaving (raranga).
The stars of Matariki / Ngā whetu o Matariki
Instructions and video on how to make a woven star from harakeke.
A chat with carver George Edwards
An audio interview with Tohuka Whakairo (master carver) George Edwards (Ngāi Tahu) of Wairewa.
In the catalogue
Ngā Whāinga – Challenges – MAHI POI - Make your own poi
This school holidays, our Māori Services team bring you activities for tamariki. Today: Ngā Whāinga – Challenges - MAHI POI - Make poi
Ngā Whāinga: AKONA TĒTAHI POI HOU – Learn a new poi song
Ngā Whāinga – Challenges - AKONA TĒTAHI POI HOU – Whaea Rochelle helps you learn a new poi song.
Māori music — Taonga Puoro
Information and resources about Māori musical traditions and taonga puoro.
Taonga Puoro – Music websites
Our links to online resources and websites about taonga puoro - music.