28 Apr 2025

Reviving the art of aute-making (bark cloth)

From Afternoons, 1:35 pm on 28 April 2025

Exhibiting at this year's Aotearoa Art Fair is Nikau Hinden (Te Rarawa/Ngāpuhi).

Photo: Nikau Hinden

Through years of research and hands-on practice, she has re-established aute-making in Aotearoa, using traditional techniques to create works that reconnect Māori art with its Polynesian origins. 

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