Pou Rewa, the Liquid Post, Māori Go Digital?

Art that uses non-traditional media and emerging technologies, specifically the electronic or digital, has the potential to create and nurture a distinctive ‘public space’ for the articulation of alternative Māori worldviews. Although a growing number of publications focus on contemporary Māori art practice, no specific attention has yet been given to the swelling numbers of Māori practitioners operating in the field of digital media. This essay contextualizes my earlier research in the wider framework of Māori digital art and seeks to explain a kaupapa Māori creative practice.