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Story: Māori rock art – ngā toi ana

Important rock-art sites

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  • North Island

  • South Island

These maps show the locations of the most important known rock-art sites in the North and South islands. There may be many more sites to be discovered, especially in the North Island.

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Brian Allingham, Māori rock art – ngā toi ana – Who were the rock artists?, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/interactive/45517/important-rock-art-sites (accessed 14 June 2026).

Story by Brian Allingham, published 6 June 2014.

Comments

Stuart Nicholson
12 January 2015
I was delighted to find this website and story as I have been studying (as a lay person) prehistory in Europe for the last five years, and recently got in to "cave art" as it is called here. Thanks for providing this information :-)