Christine Harvey

Christine Harvey is a New Zealand tā moko (Māori tattoo) artist and teacher.

Life and career Harvey was born in Christchurch. She has both Moriori and Māori heritage, and belongs to the Māori iwi (tribes) of Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri, Te Ātiawa ki Te Tauihu, Ngāti Toa Rangatira, and Kāti Māmoe.

Harvey began her career in the mid-1990s; She was mentored by Māori artist Riki Manuel. New Zealand news website Stuff has described her as being at the "forefront" of the revival of tā moko. She uses modern tools as well as traditional uhi (chisels) carved from bone. She was the artist for Ariana Tikao's moko kauae, and Tikao wrote a book about the experience (together with photographs by Matt Calman and Māori language text by Ross Calman) called Mokorua (published by Auckland University Press in 2022).

Harvey was also working as an art teacher at Te Kura Whakapūmau Te Reo Tūturu ki Waitaha school in Christchurch. She homeschooled her five children, and one of her daughters is also a tā moko artist.