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 ...

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.

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...