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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)
An unfurling silver fern frond Koru kōwhaiwhai patterns on a rafter from the Ngāti Maru wharenui Hotunui The koru flag. The koru (Māori for 'loop or coil') [1] is a spiral shape evoking a newly unfurling frond from a silver fern frond. [2]
Traditionally there were several types of hei-tiki which varied widely in form. Modern-day hei-tiki, however, may be divided into two types. The first type is rather delicate with a head/body ratio of approximately 30/70 and small details such as ears, elbows and knees.
Māori were familiar with the concept of maps and when interacting with missionaries in 1815 could draw accurate maps of their rohe (iwi boundaries), onto paper, that were the equal of European maps. Missionaries surmised that Māori had traditionally drawn maps on sand or other natural materials.
Māori cultural history intertwines inextricably with the culture of Polynesia as a whole. The New Zealand archipelago forms the southwestern corner of the Polynesian Triangle, a major part of the Pacific Ocean with three island groups at its corners: the Hawaiian Islands, Rapa Nui (Easter Island), and New Zealand (Aotearoa in te reo Māori). [10]
Te Maori (or sometimes Te Māori in modern sources) was a landmark exhibition of Māori art (taonga [Note 1]) that toured the United States from 1984 to 1986, and New Zealand as Te Maori: Te Hokinga Mai ('the return home') from 1986 to 1987.
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Front side with entrance in 2009 Interactive fullscreen map Former name Dominion Museum and National Art Gallery Established 1992 Location Wellington, New Zealand Coordinates 41°17′26″S 174°46′55″E / 41.29056°S 174.78194°E / -41.29056; 174.78194 Visitors 1.5 million (2017) Kaihautū Arapata Hakiwai Director Courtney Johnston ...
Goldie was born in Auckland on 20 October 1870. He was named after his maternal grandfather, Charles Frederick Partington, who built the landmark Auckland windmill. His father, David Goldie, was a prominent timber merchant and politician, and a strict Primitive Methodist who resigned as Mayor of Auckland rather than toast the visiting Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York with alcohol.