Celebration of living art of Moko Kanohi

Pokere Paewai, Te Papa showcases moko kanohi in action, Radio NZ, 3 October 2025

Over the past year a group of tā moko artists have studied over 200 toi moko, or Māori ancestral heads at Te Papa with the hope of identifying their iwi and eventually returning them home.

For the last 20 years the Karanga Aotearoa programme has been repatriating toi moko from overseas museums and universities and while western records are scarce the markings themselves reveal another layer of knowledge.

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