Maori culture comes alive in Dubai. ... So our stories are etched in stone or shell carvings and that's what's been faithfully handed down from generation to generation," she said.

Initially, Te Puia focused on traditional Maori hand crafts, especially weaving and carving. Like many cultures that had an oral history tradition, Maori arts were the primary media for passing on ...

The culture of the Maoris, New Zealand's first inhabitants, comes alive at this year's Global Village, at a pavilion shared by a host of Pacific nations. The 600-square metre pavilion showcases the ...

New book takes study of Maori carving off the coffee table and into the realm of serious art . Embargoed until 18 December. Media release 7 December 2001.

Jewelry Carving Just as weaving is imbued with the artist’s spirt, so are personal decorative carvings. Maori believe that the carved gift creates a bond between recipient and giver.

The Maori, New Zealand’s Indigenous people, navigated to the country from Polynesia by sea, some arriving as early as the 10th century. Matau, or fishhooks, were among their tools, fashioned ...

Maori may have been first to reach Antarctica, ... The carving is called Te Kaiwhakatere o te Raki, ... middens and stone tools on subantarctic islands dating back as early as the 14th century, ...

IN NATURE of November 21 last, p. 763, reference is made to an interesting discovery of Maori rock-carvings announced by the Wellington (N.Z.) correspondent of the Times in its issue of November 11.

A RARE Maori carving, created in New Zealand nearly 90 years ago for a royal exhibition in London, has found a new home inside the National Trust’s Maori meeting house Hinemihi at Clandon Park ...

A man who claims he "found" a 250kg century-old Maori carving on a dirt road – which took six police officers to lift - was considering selling the historical artefact before police raided his ...