He whakaaturanga nui whakaharahara a Te Māori i roto i te whakaoranga o te reo Māori me ngā tikanga atu i te tekau tau 1970. I te tau 1984 ka kawea a Te Māori ki Te Hononga o Amerika kia whakaaturia ki New York, St Louis, Chicago me San Francisco. Ka ngākau nui te iwi o Amerika ki a Te Māori. I te hokinga ki Aotearoa, ka whakaaturia whānuitia a Te Māori; mīharo ana te iwi kāinga, hī ake ana te mana Māori. Ko te whakaahua nei nō mua i te tuwheratanga o Te Māori ki te Taiwhanga Toi o Tāmaki-makau-rau (Auckland City Art Gallery), ko ngā kaimahi a te whare ēnei.