NZ636 - Koru Swirl on Black
The contemporay image of the New Zealand Koru on this greeting card symbolises New Life, New Beginnings, Growth, Peace and Harmony. © Peter KarstenThe inside of the card has been left blank for your own personal message.
NZ Natives know about Kraken and Sea Dragons too.
Journal of the Polynesian Society: The Evolution Of Maori Clothing. Part IX, By Te Rangi Hiroa (P. H. Buck) P 111-149
Map of New Zealand's Māori Iwi (tribes)
From NZTE's Māori Cultural Kit for people wanting to do business with Māori organisations, a map showing tribal boundaries of New Zealand's Māori iwi.
Tāniko designs
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 ...
FREE Mihi/Pepeha template {1-cut-book}
Core Maori values and principles
Opening and closing Karakia
The Treaty of Waitangi is an inherent part of our practice where Tikanga and te reo are woven into the fabric of our day...here are our karakia to open and close the day.
Queen Te Atairangikaahu, 1966
As the young Princess Piki is appointed the first Māori queen, Te Atairangikaahu, in 1966, the solemnity of the occasion is evident on her face. She is about to experience the whakawahinga ceremony, in which a bible is held over her head while traditional expressions are recited. The same ...
Dedication sheet and photographs | Collections Online
The Pouwhenua, or carved wooden post, in front of Christchurch City Council's Civic Offices, New Zealand
Young Maori man with gourds for holding preserved birds | National Library of New Zealand
Young Maori man alongside the doorway of a pataka (Maori storehouse) with taha (Maori calabashes made from the fruit of the gourd plant) for holdin...
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Rongomaiwahine, about 1910
Waipapa a Iwi marae in Mōhaka is distinguished by its historic round meeting house, Rongomaiwahine. The origins of this meeting house are unclear – one source says it was built in 1885, another claims it replicates the round house built by Māori religious leader Rua Kēnana at Maungapō...