Art Gallery New Zealand

Lecture Series: Māori Art Through the Lens of Te Ao Māori

This four-part series explores the vitality of Ngā Toi Māori using Julie Paama-Pengelly’s book *Māori Art and Design* (2010). The lectures examine how customary practices evolve while remaining a living embodiment of cultural authority, empowering Māori to represent themselves. Topics include weaving as a whakapapa for community concerns, pigment connecting people to earthly origins, carving's power in transforming materials, and architecture as a cosmological blueprint.