
Winners 2011
NZ Body Art Awards
theme Aotearoa
1 October 2011
Waituhi Festival 2011
Saturday 29 January 2011
'The Shed' - Taupo
speedpainting
gallery 'The Shed' here
Sunday 30 January 2011
Waituhi Festival- Taupo
body painting, body art
gallery 'Waituhi Festival' here
Waituhi is the Maori word for applying cosmetics and paints on the body. This was normally done during tribal wars.
Waituhi Body Painting Festival has settled in the vibrant and amazing EventsCapital, Lake Taupo with the next festival weekend from the 24 - 30 January 2011. The annual theme is ‘Maori Myths and Legend' with different subtitles each year.
It is a fun event in the sun with art competitions, exhibitions, colourful stalls, face painting, glitter tattoos, music, stalls, fire poi, mask making, wing making, bouncy castle and other fun actitvities for all children, teenagers and adults!
Please visit
the official Waituhi Festival site
NZ Body Art Awards
for more information

NZ Body Art Awards 2010 - all photos by Aotearoa.co.nz