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The Māori word pounamu is derived from namu, an archaic word that describes blue-green (or 'grue') cognate with Tahitian ninamu. [2] Pounamu, also used in New Zealand English, in itself refers to two main types of green stone valued for carving: nephrite jade, classified by Māori as kawakawa, kahurangi, īnanga, and other names depending on colour; and translucent bowenite, a type of ...
Public sculptures including Te Pou Herenga Waka, Worcester Boulevard, Christchurch, Charles Eldon Fayne Robinson [ 1 ] (born 1964) is a New Zealand Māori artist specialising in carving. Robinson has contributed to the carving of buildings on many marae in New Zealand as well as exhibiting his art in galleries and museums.
Sheehan works with pounamu, which is a material of great significance in Māori culture. Some of Sheehan's works explore "the value placed on pounamu as a commodity, rather than a material of cultural importance". [6] In others he uses pounamu in unexpected ways, for example carving ballpoint pens, a tape cassette, or a lightbulb. [3]
The South Island (Māori: Te Waipounamu [tɛ wɐ.i.pɔ.ʉ.nɐ.mʉ], lit. 'the waters of Greenstone', officially South Island or Te Waipounamu or archaically New Munster) is the largest of the three major islands of New Zealand in surface area, the others being the smaller but more populous North Island and sparsely populated Stewart Island.
Te Motu-o-Kura. According to a Ngāti Kahungunu tradition, Ngahue was a major chief on Hawaiki at the time when the first Māori travelled to New Zealand. In his old age, he remained in Hawaiki, but his sons and grandsons had gone to the new land.
2015 ARCHIVES Te Wahi Pounamu (with Mark Adams), Dunedin Public Art Gallery [20] 2014–2015 Whakapaipai: Jewellery as Pepeha, Canterbury Museum, Christchurch; Objectspace, Auckland; The Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt. [21] [22] 2012 Pepeha Bartley and Company Art, Wellington [23] 2012 Collecting Contemporary, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa ...
2005 Taonga Whanau – a collaborative exhibition with the artist, her father Otene Rakena, a pounamu carver, and her sister Hana Rakena, a ceramic artist, SOFA Gallery, Christchurch; 2006 Aniwaniwa – a collaborative work with Brett Graham, Venice Biennale [5] 2006 U.F.O.B – a collaborative work with Brett Graham for the 2006 Biennale of Sydney
The Tears on Greenstone or Roimata Pounamu [6] is a large wall made of greenstone. It serves as a memorial for the 30,000 plus service men and women who have sacrificed their lives for their country. It serves as a memorial for the 30,000 plus service men and women who have sacrificed their lives for their country.