Gallery & Studios

The Whitford Market promotes local food, wine and art, and is held the third Saturday of each month (depending on the weather), outdoors in Wharf Road. Hours: 10:00am - 4:00pm Come along and enjoy the variety of products on offer, than enjoy a cafe or restaurant lunch before browsing the delightful specialty shops.

Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts is a nationally significant art gallery presenting exhibitions and projects by local and international artists.

Te Taumata Art Gallery is owned and operated by Maori with a passion to enable Maori artists to reach for highest quality exhibition pieces which include fine arts, sculptural and spatial arts i.e.; finely woven kete, greenstone pendants, paua shell necklaces, Wood Carvings, Maori designed glass bowls, etc.

The official Ta Moko website created and run by Maori Ta Moko practitioners. The site contains displays of the moko work of many of the prominent Ta Moko artists in Aotearoa today including the new Manamoko Studios in Tamaki Makaurau - Auckland.

From 2005-2008 Rachel set up the Koputai Project Space, Port Chalmers, Dunedin ( and adjacent gallery the Last shop) to show and support theory and research-based practices of Local, National and International artists. Rachel is currently re-locating to Auckland to grow the Nocturne Gallery, Ceramic Lighting and Sculpture.

Maori Art Gallery & Design store. Buy both traditional and contemporary Maori art. Native Agent stocks Maori themed goods including traditional Maori weapons, home-wares, linen, jewellery, children’s clothing, flax weaving, wood carvings, paintings etc.

There's something for everyone, bri-a-brac, new & second hand clothing, jewellery, Tapa, plants, books, crafts. Stall holders required. See and buy art works from wonderful new artists. Come and enjoy the atmosphere of K-rd!! Held every Saturday, 10am - 4:30pm

Maori resources: Taonga Database, Canoe Traditions, Newspapers and Electronic Text, Tangata People, Maori Tradition, Tribal Organisations, Treaty of Waitangi, Whenua Land, Tribunal, Origins, Maori Creation Traditions, Hawaiki, Pacific Migrations, Matariki. Virtual Gallery, Geography Map... a hive of resources.

For 150 years Auckland Museum, has protected and cared for the taonga, the treasures, of Iwi and Hapu from throughout Aotearoa. And together we are now forging ahead, to create new levels of understanding and enlightenment in the presentation of Maori culture and customary values, that will benefit all visitors to the Museum.

APE-X is a unique family based sculpture and jewellery business set upon Waiheke Island, within Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf. The APE-X retailing studio workshop exhibits works of 3 artists who work with precious metals, gemstones, and also sculpt in jade, marble, granite and glass. With over 30 years of experience the works reflect a mix of both the traditional and contemporary.