Taonga

A 100-year old religious icon has been discovered by chance in a church storage room. The crozier, or pastoral staff, was gifted to the church by four Northland Maori tribes in 1914 to mark 100 years… Audio

Precious Cargo is an exhibition that takes a traditional Māori tāonga and through its design, another interpretation of it's functionality is explored. Essentially Waka Huia were designed as intricate… Audio

A Māori activist and former inmate, Tame Iti, says prisoners are more likely to have their underpants stolen than their greenstone necklaces, and taking away their right to wear taonga is punishing… Audio

Museum curator Alice Hutchison has spent the last fifteen years working in the United States and now she's back to keep a watchful eye on our national treasures at Aratoi Museum of Art and History in… Audio