| Tangata whenua: An illustrated history A Anderson, J Binney, A Harris Bridget Williams Books, 2014 | 322 | 2014 |
| A Whakapapa of Tradition: One Hundred Years of Ngato Porou Carving, 1830-1930 N Ellis, N Robertson Auckland University Press, 2016 | 25 | 2016 |
| Te ao hurihuri o ngā taonga tuku iho: the evolving worlds of our ancestral treasures N Ellis biography, 438-460, 2016 | 18 | 2016 |
| Te Puna: Maori Art from Te Tai Tokerau Northland D Brown, N Ellis Reed Publishing NZ Ltd, 2007 | 10 | 2007 |
| Te Ata: Maori Art From the East Coast, New Zealand W Ihimaera Reed Books, 2002 | 9 | 2002 |
| Sir Apirana Ngata and the School of Maori Arts N Ellis Art New Zealand, 58-61, 1998 | 8 | 1998 |
| " KI TŌ RINGA KINGĀ RĀKAU Ā TE PĀKEHĀ?" DRAWINGS AND SIGNATURES OF" MOKO" BY MĀORI IN THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY N Ellis The Journal of the Polynesian Society, 29-66, 2014 | 7 | 2014 |
| Taonga in a digital world: Maori adornment and the possibilities of reconnection N Ellis, E Macdonald, E Almeida Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 53 (3), 362-380, 2023 | 6 | 2023 |
| Does Māori Art History Matter? DS Brown, N Ellis, J Mane-Wheoki, GH Brown Art history, School of Art History, Classics and Religious Studies, Victoria …, 2014 | 6 | 2014 |
| The Iwirākau Project: A Collaborative Waiapu Approach N Ellis, N Robertson History of Photography 42 (3), 239-248, 2018 | 5 | 2018 |
| A Whakapapa of Tradition: Iwirakau Carving 1830 to 1930 N Ellis PhD Thesis-University of Auckland, 2012 | 5 | 2012 |
| 0192 Toitu te moko: Maintaining the Integrity of the Moko in the 19th Century and the Work of Gottfried Lindauer N Ellis RIHA Journal, 2018 | 4 | 2018 |
| 'No hea koe? Where are you from?' Maori Meeting Houses Overseas N Ellis Rauru: Treasure House of Maori Stories, 419-436, 2012 | 3 | 2012 |
| Te Toi Whakairo, He Mana Tangata N Ellis Te Ata: Maori Art from the East Coast, New Zealand, 2002 | 3 | 2002 |
| Looting and Theft in Colonial-era Aotearoa New Zealand N Ellis The Art Crime Handbook. An Introduction to Crime and Security in the Art and …, 2016 | 2 | 2016 |
| Te Toi Whakairo o Te Tai Tokerau N Ellis Te Puna. Maori Art from Te Tai Tokerau Northland., 2007 | 1 | 2007 |
| Restoring spirits: the Auckland Museum's Maori collection N Ellis Art New Zealand, 2000 | 1 | 2000 |
| Ko Te Moananui-a-Kiwa te wāhi whakarahi. The Pacific Ocean Joins Us All N Ellis, H Igloliorte Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art 23 (2), 133-135, 2023 | | 2023 |
| Teaching Mana Wāhine in Art History: He Whakaaro noa iho/Some Thoughts N Ellis Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art 22 (2), 187-192, 2022 | | 2022 |
| Te Papa to Berlin. The Making of Two Museums N Ellis AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL STUDIES 52 (2), 306-308, 2021 | | 2021 |
