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Maori Culture

 
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Te Puia – treasuring Māori arts and crafts

Every piece of Māori art that comes from New Zealand carries a story with it.

Aotearoa - New Zealand's traditional Māori arts

From ancient times, Māori culture has been passed down from generation to generation through music, carvings, art, story-telling and reciting of whakapapa genealogies.

New Zealand's sacred mountains

At the heart of New Zealand’s central North Island is a vast volcanic plateau that is a region of many natural wonders.

Tapu - sacred Māori code

Tapu, an ancient Māori spiritual and social code that was central to traditional society, is about sanctity and respect for people, natural resources and the environment.

Aotearoa - New Zealand's unique Māori culture

Some key moments in Aotearoa - New Zealand's Maori history from Polynesian migrations and British colonisation to the modern renaissance of Maori language.

Rongoa Māori – traditional Māori medicine

Rongoa is the Māori term for medicines that are produced from native plants in New Zealand.

New Zealand's sea-going love affair

Since man first stepped ashore on the islands of New Zealand, the sea and sailing have played a vital role in the lives of New Zealanders.

Conservator restores New Zealand treasure

A conservator specialising in Māori and Pacific objects has turned an expert hand to restoring one of New Zealand’s oldest surviving Māori waka (canoe).

New Zealand's dolphin tales

Generations of Kiwis, past and present, have grown up with dolphin tales – the stories of ‘celebrity’ dolphins who’ve achieved local and sometimes international fame through their exploits in New Zealand’s coastal waters.

Pōwhiri – the Māori welcome

The pōwhiri or pōhiri, a central part of Māori protocol, is a ceremony of welcome involving speeches, dancing, singing and hongi.

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