Nau mai (welcome)

Many of these projects are collaborations with the local hapori (community).

Traditional Māori Colour Palette

While many of these projects use a wide range of Resene colours, Resene has for many years supported the Marae DIY series, which focuses on collaborative effort to protect and rejuvenate Marae buildings. Through those many projects, the Resene Heritage colour range has been a constantly referred to reference. In many cases early colours were similar for European and Māori buildings, purely because that was the limits of the colour technology and palette available. Traditional Māori colours do have their own unique nuances though, and thanks to Wiremu Puke, Māori ethnographer, these have been reproduced in Resene colour with the Traditional Māori Colour Palette.

View the full palette on the Resene Heritage colour chart – order yours free online. Order drawdowns from the Heritage colour chart.

We can work with your project or local iwi to develop a colour palette to suit you – please get in touch with us.

Te Reo Māori translations

We've translated common paint terms into Te Reo Māori for easy translation between Te Reo Māori and English.

Get inspired for your own projects

Here's a taste of some of the projects Resene has been involved in:

If you'd like to request support for your project:

• For help with specifications, request a Resene Representative visit
• For assistance with your own custom colour palette, write to us
• For community activities, fill out a sponsorship request form
• For general community beautification and to paint over graffiti, request free recycled paint from our Resene PaintWise recycling service

Ana matou ki te mahi tahi me koe (we look forward to working with you).