ABOUT US

KIWA ART, named after te moana nui a Kiwa or the great ocean of the Pacific, stocks traditional Maori & Pacific artefacts & craft including wood carving, pounamu (NZ Greenstone), bone carvings, tapa cloth,  and tribal jewellery.

Andrew Pendergrast has been trading in the traditional art of Austronesian cultures from New Zealand, the Pacific and Indonesia since 1989 after being inspired by a lengthy trip to Indonesia in 1987. He was mentored by his uncle Mick Pendergrast. author and Maori expert (especially in raranga whakairo), who was assistant curator at Auckland Museum.