Story: Māori rock art – ngā toi ana

More links and websites

• Craigmore Māori Rock Art

  Craigmore Station is a farm in the foothills of the South Island’s Southern Alps, where one of the most significant Māori rock-art sites is protected.

• Ngāi Tahu Māori Rock Art Trust

  Ngāi Tahu Māori Rock Art Trust supports local communities in the care, management and interpretation of their rock-art heritage.

• Te Ana Ngāi Tahu Māori Rock Art

  This visitor centre and exhibition, run by Ngāi Tahu Māori Rock Art Trust, is a non-profit venture that educates about rock art and raises funds for its care and protection.

More suggestions and sources

• Ambrose, W. ‘Archaeology and rock drawings in the Waitaki Gorge, Central South Island.’ Records of the Canterbury Museum 8, no. 5 (1970): 383–437.
• Dunn, Michael. Māori rock art. Auckland: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1972.
• Beattie, H. ‘Traditions and legends collected from the natives of Murihiku (Southland, New Zealand).’ Journal of the Polynesian Society 27, no. 107 (1918): 137–151.
• Schoon, Theo. ‘New Zealand’s oldest galleries.’ New Zealand Listener (12 September 1947): 6–7.
• Thompson, Paul. Māori rock art – an ink that will stand forever. Wellington: GP Books, 1989.
• Trotter, M., and B. McCulloch. Prehistoric rock art in New Zealand. Auckland: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1981.