This National Film Unit documentary examines the evolution of traditional Māori art in a modern context. Two Kiwi artists, Arnold Manaaki Wilson and Paratene Matchitt, discuss the marrying of Māori and Pākehā cultures by forming traditional shapes, colours and silhouettes in contemporary styles. This also includes playing with different elements and creating traditional art with modern materials, such as a concrete sculpture of a kaiwero, along with new works constructed of polystyrene, welded metals, and plastics. Para Matchitt was jailed in 2001 for the indecent assault of a 16-year-old girl.