E Tu Ake: Maori Standing Strong

Explore the richness of Maori culture – dynamic, diverse, and politically strong – through the ancestral treasures, contemporary art, and stories of New Zealand’s indigenous people. E Tu Ake: Maori Standing Strong is an eye-opening and highly accessible account of the Maori world, both traditional and modern. The book showcases Te Papa’s most prized ancestral taonga (treasures) – carvings, jewellery, weaponry, and more, while a superb selection of contemporary works reveals the vibrancy of current Maori art practice. A clear and compelling account of key ideas underlying Maori creative and political expression today – mana, whakapapa, kaitiakitanga, tino rangatiratanga – completes the book.