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Story: Contemporary Māori art – ngā toi hōu

Sandy Adsett

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Sandy Adsett

Sandy Adsett (Ngāti Kahungunu) became best known for large, highly graphic works inspired in part by the patterns carved into the rafters of meeting houses. 

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Reference: Sandy Adsett, Cliff Whiting and Witi Ihimaera. Mataora: the living face: contemporary Māori art. Auckland: David Bateman, 1996, p. 116

by Margaret Kawharu

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Jonathan Mane-Wheoki, Contemporary Māori art – ngā toi hōu – Te tīmatanga o ngā toi hou, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/45358/sandy-adsett (accessed 13 June 2026).

Story by Jonathan Mane-Wheoki, published 27 May 2014.