New Zealand's most significant indigenous art exhibition this year opens on Saturday at Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato.
Puhoro ō mua, Puhoro ki tua showcases artwork by nearly 100 indigenous artists from nations across the Pacific and Pacific Rim including Tahiti, Guam, The Cook Islands, Australia, United
States, Canada and Aotearoa New Zealand.
Waikato Museum director Cherie Meecham says: "This exhibition celebrates a special event in global indigenous visual arts.
"It showcases a diversity of new and contemporary indigenous art while also highlighting traditional legacies."
Waikato Museum has partnered with Te Ātinga, the Māori Visual Arts Committee of Toi Māori Aotearoa to present the exhibition in association with Puhoro ō mua, Puhoro ki tua, the 9th International Indigenous Artists Gathering at Turangawaewae Marae, where more than 120 international indigenous artists are gathering from today for 10 days to make art, exchange arts knowledge, and share their respective art traditions.
