20/11/2025
We are delighted to share that ๐ป๐๐ ๐ป๐ ๐ด๐๐๐: ๐จ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฏ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ด๐ฬ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐, from art historians Deidre Brown (Ngฤpuhi, Ngฤti Kahu) and Ngarino Ellis (Ngฤpuhi, Ngฤti Porou), together with the late Jonathan Mane Wheoki (Ngฤpuhi, Te Aupลuri, Ngฤti Kurฤซ), has been named the winner of Best Book at the 2025 Apollo Awards.
'Oceanic art has inspired a vast literature. Since the early 20th century, hundreds of catalogues and monographs have highlighted the collections of museums, explored genres and traditions and, more recently, celebrated contemporary practice,' say the judges. 'The achievement of Toi Te Mana (which roughly translates as โarts of powerโ) is of another order altogether. Its subtitle points to its distinctiveness. This is both a work grounded in and animated by Mฤori concepts โ of time, place, people and valuables โ and the outcome of sophisticated art-historical research . . .'
We are so proud to have helped bring this book and the formidable scholarship of Deidre, Ngarino and Jonathan to fruition and now to the world stage. To read more about the shortlisted books and the judges' notes, head to the Apollo magazine website.
