Toi Māori on the Map

In 2006 the two-year long Pasifika Styles exhibition launched at Cambridge University’s Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. The show was ground-breaking for confronting the contentious origins of the museum's Pacific artefacts, by inviting 15 contemporary Māori and Pacific artists over to show works and "revitalise the taonga" already on display. Shown on Māori Television, this documentary follows two of the artists, George Nuku and Tracey Tawhiao, from K Road to the cloisters of Cambridge to collaborate with objects, curators, fellow artists and scholars.

There's a lot of energy and excitement about the Pacific, the arts of the Pacific past and present. [...] Even later this year in the British Museum there's going to be another exhibition on the Pacific, so it's 'Pacific Fantastic' here in England, and we're really happy about that.

– Curator Steven Hooper

Key Cast & Crew

Meg Douglas

Director, Producer

John Houldsworth

Cinematographer

Kay Ellmers

Executive Producer

Jimmy Rapata

Editor

Andrew Morton

Camera Operator

Tom Walsh

Camera Operator