Gordon Toi Hatfield

Gordon graduated in 1983 from the New Zealand M?ori Arts and Crafts Institute in Rotorua winning the Sir Henry Kalliher Student of Honour Award for his talents In the mid1990s he earned Top Warrior status after a long training in M?ori disciplines and he is a role model for M?ori youth through his support of rehabilitation projects at schools A noted woodcarver who designed and carved traditional meeting houses including the Auckland University meeting house Tanenuiarangi he is most known as a ta moko artist He began studying ta moko traditional M?ori body art in 1995 and has become internationally renowned since releasing his book Dedicated by Blood with DutchIndonesian photographer Patricia Steur which captures his indigenous tattooing in photos Gordon has exhibited in several galleries in New Zealand and the Netherlands An actor as well as a film and set designer he worked on the movies The Piano and Whale Rider and received the Best Actor Award at the New Zealand Film and Television Awards in 1993 In 2004 he was nominated for the TV Guide New Zealand Television Award for Best Contribution to Design for his work as production designer