Colour, shape, form and texture
A Paua shell shimmers with its iridescent blue, green, pink and purple colours.
The Golden Bay sandflats form into perfect ridges as the tide retreats.
An unfurling fern frond, or koru, symbolises life, growth, strength, prosperity and abundance.
A traditionally woven flax kete. Maori weavers use a range of materials and colours to produce items of functional use and aesthetic beauty.
Photo credit: Holger Leue, Graham Charles, Ted Scott, Fay Looney.