[13] In 1991 the School of Fine Arts celebrated their Māori students past and present with an exhibition "He Tol Tutanga Na Ngaa Toa O Te WhareWaananga O Waltaha".

[1] Other Māori students who have graduated from the school include: Matt Pine 1962,[15] Gavin Bishop (Waikato, Ngati Awa) 1964–1968, Jonathan Mane-Wheoki [Nga Puhi] 1966–1969, Eruera (Ted) Te Whiti Nia 1970–1973,[16] Kura Te Waru-Rewiri (Nga Puhi)1970-1973, Shane Cotton (Nga Puhi) 1985–1988, Peter Robinson (Kai Tahu) 1985–1988, Chris Heaphy (Ngai Tahu) 1987- 1990, Darryn George [Ngapuhi) 1989-1991 and John Walsh Aitanga a Hauiti/ New Zealand Irish 1973–1974.

Sutton, Doris Lusk, Eileen Mayo, Tom Taylor, Rudi Gopas, Don Peebles, Maurice Askew, John Panting, Barry Cleavin, Quentin Macfarlane.

[citation needed] Rita Angus, Leonard Booth,[17] Grace Butler, James Cook,[18] Rhona Haszard, Rata Lovell-Smith, Ngaio Marsh, Owen Merton, Raymond McIntyre, Evelyn Polson (Evelyn Page), Daisy Osborn, Flora Scales, Olivia Spencer-Bower, William Thomas Trethewey.

[19] Rita Angus, Kathleen Brown, Russell Clark, James Coe, Austen Deans, Margaret Frankel, Ivy Fife, Molly Macalister,Frances Rutherford, John Weeks, Toss Woolaston.

[citation needed] Philippa Blair, Philip Clairmont, John Coley, Barry Cleavin, Bill Culbert, Neil Dawson, Michael Dunn, Tony Fomison, Dick Frizzell, Gil Hanly, Patrick Hanly, Bill Hammond, Ronnie van Hout, Hamish Keith, Tom Kreisler, Vivian Lynn, Maria Olsen, Jonathan Mane-Wheoki, Quentin McFarlane, Trevor Moffat, Gaylene Preston, Philip Trusttum, Boyd Webb.