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Story: Contemporary Māori art – ngā toi hōu

Shane Cotton

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Shane Cotton

Shane Cotton (Ngāpuhi) often draws on New Zealand's contested past in his work. This photo shows part of his massive 2001 work 'Blackout', which refers to an early-19th-century prophetic movement. 

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

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Jonathan Mane-Wheoki, Contemporary Māori art – ngā toi hōu – Ngā toi hou i te tau ruamano, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/45378/shane-cotton (accessed 4 June 2026).

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