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Sketch of a Māori chief, 1773 engraving by T. Chambers based on a 1769 drawing by Sydney Parkinson, from the 1784 edition of A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas "Portrait of a young Maori woman with moko", by Louis John Steele (1891) Portrait of Tāmati Wāka Nene by Gottfried Lindauer (1890)
The logo of Air New Zealand, the national carrier, incorporates a koru design — based on the Ngaru (Ngāti Kahungunu) [5] kōwhaiwhai pattern — as a symbol of New Zealand flora. The logo was introduced in 1973 to coincide with the arrival of the airline's first McDonnell Douglas DC-10 wide-body jet.
Meaning [ edit ] The fish-hook shape of the hei matau means to know, which holds that the North Island of New Zealand was once a huge fish that was caught by the great mariner Māui using only a woven line and a hook made from the jawbone of his grandmother. [ 2 ]
Polynesian mythology and ancient traditional history of the New Zealand race, as furnished by their priests and chiefs. London: John Murray. Grey, George. (1854) Ko nga mahinga a nga tupuna Maori he mea kohikohi mai. Mythology and traditions of the New Zealanders. London: G. Willis
A traditional Māori war dance, now widely used by sports teams as a challenge and by schools as a tribute or honour. Hei-tiki: Hei-tiki: Traditional Māori ornamental pendants. Kiwifruit: Kiwifruit: This fruit was branded kiwifruit when growers in New Zealand established successful cultivars suitable for export. [15] It remains a major export ...
In traditional Maori culture, the trifecta of colors hold symbolic significance: vitality and life force (red), peace, light and spiritual connection (white), and the ocean as well as spiritual connection between the people and environment (blue), inter alia.
Manaia pounamu carving. The Manaia is a mythological creature in Māori culture, and is a common motif in Māori carving [1] and jewellery.. The Manaia is usually depicted as having the head of a bird and the tail of a fish and the body of a man, though it is sometimes depicted as a bird, a serpent, or a human figure in profile.
Moko facial tattoos were traditional in Māori culture until about the mid-19th century, when their use began to disappear. There has been something of a revival from the late 20th century. In pre-European Māori culture, they denoted high social status. Generally only men had full facial moko. High-ranked women often had moko on their lips and ...