Neke Moa

born 1971, Tāmaki Makaurau

Ngāti Kahungunu ki Ahuriri, Kāi Tahu, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Tūwharetoa


Neke Moa lives and works at Ōtaki Beach. Her pieces draw heavily on materials found in, or given to her by, te taiao (the environment). Between 2016 and 2020, she taught shell craft in Fiji and Tonga. She continues to teach and learn as part of her art practice, which centres on mātauranga Māori, hauora, connectedness, and materiality. One of Aotearoa's most highly esteemed adornment artists, she is represented in collections around the country and abroad.

'I am not methodical in what I collect; I go with what I am gifted from Tangaroa and I follow it—follow it, putting the wairua in the forefront, instead of the hinegaro.'
NEKE MOA
Te Papakāinga o Papaīra (installation view), 2022
Part of A Stone, an Echo, a Sign
Objectspace, Tāmaki Makaurau
Photograph courtesy of Objectspace
NEKE MOA
Papaīra, 2022
Driftwood, bone, kūkupa (kererū) feathers, seaweed, seed necklace, muka, paint
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NEKE MOA
Rarōmia
Driftwood, pounamu, muka, anga
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NEKE MOA
Hine Tītama
Driftwood, anga, pāua, kūkupa feathers, hemp fibre
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NEKE MOA
Waireremo
Tio, pāua, quartz, muka, tikoaka, bone
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NEKE MOA
Kokoputūriripi, Tuiletu and the Tohunga
Driftwood, anga, bone, pounamu, paint
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NEKE MOA
Tuākana Tū: Tūwhāriki, Tūmengataha, and Tūmateaha
Driftwood, paint, anga, pakohe, muka
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NEKE MOA
Whānau Mārama (installation view), 2022
Aotea, Commercial Bay, Tāmaki Makaurau
NEKE MOA
Te Ara o Rangitoto, 2022
Tuatua, muka, kōwhatu turua
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NEKE MOA
Hiiaka, 2022
Driftwood, kōwhatu turua, hemp, shells, paint
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NEKE MOA
Matapoho, 2022
Kere, shell, muka, bone, paint
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NEKE MOA
Ngā Whatu, 2022
Kōwhatu turua, muka, paint
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