Matau Manaia are contemporary forms that personify Tangaroa, the guardian over all living creatures in ngā puna wai (water sources). This piece was carved and...
Similar to Native American totem poles, pouwhenua convey narratives that hold great importance for the Māori community, symbolizing their enduring cultural legacy in New Zealand....
Pātiti are the outcome of European trade and Māori ingenuity. Originally post-colonial tools traded to Māori, pātiti are hatchets with the heads made from the...
This sculpture features a pounamu wheku centred on parāroa (a whale bone vertebrae) engraved with unaunahi whakarei meticulously carved by Alex Sands. The sculpture is...