An oil painting of a Māori ... which is the traditional Maori system of tattooing, and wearing a large pounamu tiki (a carved human figure made usually from New Zealand greenstone) pendant ...

When early settlers arrived in New Zealand in the 1800s, they had no choice but to learn Maori to communicate with the locals – they needed the Maori’s survival and trading expertise.

The award-winning gardener and host of TV series He Kākano grew up near Invercargill, or Waihōpai, the southernmost point of New Zealand ... of Maori rituals – such as Tā moko, an art ...