TE AO HURIHURI O NGĀ TAONGA TUKU IHO: THE EVOLVING WORLDS OF OUR ANCESTRAL TREASURES

This paper argues that biography in Māori art has many forms, from the individual named taonga, to the artist, to the life of the art form itself. As such, the nature of biography is not fixed and static, but rather is reflexive and reflective of time and space, as well as cultural values.