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Born in Wairoa in 1939, Adsett attended Raupunga Native School where he first witnessed kowhaiwhai painted around the doorway of an old whare. This artistic spark was kindled at Te Aute College, then with the Department of Education, where he received his formal training in Maori art from tohunga whakairo Pine Taiapa, developing his skills and knowledge of kowhaiwhai to become one of the most influential contemporary Aotearoa New Zealand artists of his generation.

Author: Reuben Friend

152 pages, hardcover, 230 x 305 x 20mm