Maori Kakahu

Young Maori girl - Aotearoa

These are three of the more common tāniko weaving designs. The names of these designs vary from tribe to tribe, and in any case are often purely functional and not descriptive. Tāniko expert Hirini [no-lexicon]Moko[/no-lexicon] Mead says, 'The names used could be as irrational as those ...

South Pacific Section. Harpagornis Jan Ubels Auckland

I recently returned from a wonderful trip to New Zealand and Australia and am feeling inspired by the wonderful scenery and baskets which I saw around me. One of the highlights of my trip to New Z…

TOI AOTEAROA, Shona Tawhiao, New Zealand. Air New Zealand South Pacific Section. 2012 Brancott Estate WOW Awards Show

'Surf New Zealand' by Terry Fitzgibbon. Share this 50's retrro-style fun image with those who love our New Zealand shores. Paniathe wahine of the reefwelcomes you to the waves of Aotearoa.

Maori women wearing Kahu huruhuru (feather cloaks) and korowai (tag cloaks), seated outside Te Whai-a-te-Motu meeting house at Mataatua. The woman holding the patu is the wife of Te Whenuanui II. Taken by an unidentified photographer, circa 1910's. ~ They look pretty fierce (esp. the second woman from the right)!

The first part of the raranga/weaving course I’m doing is complete and I have acquired some basic skills so now I need to decide what my major focus will be. Having completed my whatu tauri …

1905 print showing Maori carvers and raupo whare at Rotoiti. Photo by Thomas Hammond held by Auckland War Memorial Museum

My friend's great grandma posing in traditional Maori cloak c. 1920 : OldSchoolCool

Weaving the Taniko Border of a Cloak

Woman wearing a cloak made from fine flax fibre

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