Kiwa Art

Kiwa Art is a Parnell Road gallery dealing in traditional Māori and Pacific art, named after Te Moana nui a Kiwa, the Pacific Ocean. Owner Andrew Pendergrast has traded in this field since 1989, mentored by his uncle Mick Pendergrast, the raranga specialist and former Auckland Museum assistant curator. Stock includes pounamu, Māori wood carving such as taiaha, bone carving, tapa cloth, basketry and tribal jewellery, with oceanic pieces from across the Pacific and Indonesia. Kiwa Art Publishing has also reissued Mick Pendergrast’s book Raranga Whakairo.