Ngahiraka Mason
A Very Different World with Ngahiraka Mason
A Very Different World is a new exhibition at Te Tuhi in Auckland promising to offer a much-needed glimmer of hope for the future, while at the same time looking at the unprecedented difficulties we… Audio
The importance of curating and celebrating contemporary Maori art
We are a creative nation. No one knows that better than art historian and contemporary-art curator Ngahiraka Mason. The former Indigenous Curator Māori Art at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki is now… Audio
The Maori Portraits: Gottfried Lindauer's New Zealand
Ngahiraka Mason is the guest curator of the Auckland Art Galllery's exhibition featuring more than 120 Māori and Pākehā portraits by late 19th and early 20th century painter Gottfried Lindauer. Audio
Continuing the conversations that need to be had
Continuing to focus on the Māori Pākehā relationship without considering the dynamic between other indigenous peoples does a disservice to Māori according to Indigenous Arts Curator and commentator… Audio
Ngahiraka Mason and the conversations that need to be had
Māori are in need of solid, critical self-reflection according to contemporary Māori art commentator and cultural historian, Ngahiraka Mason. If we can do that we will find more value in engaging iwi… Audio
Five Maori Artists
Historic Taonga, says Auckland Art Gallery curator Ngahiraka Mason, provide not just a foundation for contemporary Maori art, but also strongly suggest that painting is a long-term Maori practice. Audio