Māori Art Market

The genesis of the Market was Darcy Nicholas's Fulbright Studies in 1984, which proposed the idea to Ihakara Puketapu, Professor Ngatata Love of the Department of Maori Affairs and Glen Wiggs of the New Zealand Crafts Council.

This led to the Roi Toia and June Grant working with Nigel Reading of the Spirit Wrestler Gallery in Vancouver.

It was part of New Zealand 2011, a series of events linked to the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

[3][4][5] There was a market planned for December 2016 but the impact of an earthquake in New Zealand in November caused a postponement, due to the closure of Toi Māori's headquarters.

It was held at Te Wharewaka o Poneke, a venue on Wellington's waterfront 18 and 19 of March 2017.