Toi Te Mana will be the first comprehensive survey of Māori art from the time of the tūpuna (ancestors) to the present day. The authors explore a wide field of art practice: raranga (plaiting), whatu (fine twining), tā moko (tattooing), whakairo rākau (wood carving), whakairo kōiwi (bone carving), whakairo kōhatu (stone carving), kahurangi ( jewellery), kākahu (clothing), whare (architecture), tuhituhi kōhatu (rock art), painting, photography, sculpture, ceramics, installation, digital media and film. And they do so over a long time period – from the arrival of Pacific voyagers 800 years ago to contemporary artists in New Zealand and around the world today. This ambitious book will initiate a Māori art history written by Māori and for the world.

Deidre Brown

Deidre Brown is professor at the University of Auckland, author of Māori Architecture (Penguin, 2009) and co-author of Art in Oceania: A New History (Thames and Hudson/Yale 2012).

Ngarino Ellis

Ngarino Ellis is　senior lecturer at the University of Auckland and author　of A Whakapapa of Tradition: 100 Years of Ngāti Porou　Carving 1830–1930 (AUP, 2016), winner of the Best　First Book award, Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.

Jonathan Mane-Wheoki CNZM

Jonathan Mane-Wheoki CNZM (1943–2014) was formerly director of art at Te Papa and professor and head of the Elam School of Fine Arts at the University of Auckland.