Guides: Art History: NZ and Pacific art

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DigitalNZ
Search more than 30 million digital items mostly from New Zealand cultural institutions. You'll discover interviews , video, newspaper clippings, maps, photographs, audio and artworks from the 19th century to today.

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
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Oceania by Peter Brunt, Nicholas Thomas, eds.
Publication Date: 2018

Brings together the most up-to-date scholarship by the leading experts in the field, encompassing a dazzling array of objects from the region.
Art in Oceania : a new history by Peter Brunt, et al.
Publication Date: 2012

Lavishly illustrated and encyclopedic in scope, this landmark book places the art of Oceania in its comprehensive and often complex historical context.

Reading Room Journal
Peer-reviewed journal of art and culture published by the Gallery's E H McCormick Research Library.
Journal of Polynesian Society
The early issues contain a rich repository of indigenous texts and traditions contributed by Pacific peoples.
Journal of Pacific History
Provides access to research of the Pacific Islands history, including its political, economic, religious and cultural history.
Contemporary Pacific
Covers a wide range of disciplines with the aim of providing comprehensive coverage of contemporary developments in the entire Pacific Islands region.