April 03, 2019
China to get second look at Tuku Iho taonga
An exhibition of traditional and contemporary Māori artworks will return to China to mark the China-New Zealand Year of Tourism.
Tuku Iho – Living Legacy was first shown in Beijing in 2013 and has since toured the world.
It opens in Hokkaido, Japan, later this month, and then in Tokyo in August as part of the leadup to the Rugby World Cup.
From there it will go to the Powerstation of Art in Shanghai over the first two weeks of November.
Kiri Atikinson-Crean from Te Puia, the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute in Rotorua which developed the show, says it will demonstrate how Tuku Iho has evolved as it has travelled around the world.
She says the impacts of Tuku Iho go beyond cultural engagement and help support tourism promotion and the forging of economic partnerships.
As well as displaying up to 100 Māori artworks, there will be onsite wood, stone, bone and jade carving, and tā moko.
An events programme includes kapa haka, contemporary Māori singers, trade and tourism events, and collaboration with Chinese artists, cultural groups and universities.
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