Shona Tawhiao is an artist and designer whose main medium is traditional Maori weaving - and her woven garments will be showcased in this Friday's Miromoda show at New Zealand Fashion Week.

Movie, sports stars, celebrities prompt traditional Maori tattoo revival. BUSINESS is booming for Maori tattoo artists, as celebrities sprort their designs on the world stage.

A Maori woman with traditional facial tattoos, known as moko, poses in Waikato, New Zealand, on Feb. 14, 2000. PHOTO: AFP. The art gradually died in the 19th and early 20th centuries as Maori culture ...

The joint faculty and student exhibit features both contemporary and traditional Maori art. It is showing in Gallery 303 located south of the Pardoe Drama Theatre until the end of the month.

Traditional Māori design is at the heart of new road art installed as part of the Whanganui town centre regeneration project.

"I'm telling my family story purely with traditional Maori art," Pearce said. Making 'The Convert' Before filming The Convert, Pearce said Maori history was "a new education" for him.