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Toi whakairo (art carving) or just whakairo (carving) is a Māori traditional art of carving in wood, stone or bone. [1] History.
The National Wood Carving school, Te Wānanga Whakairo Rākau o Aotearoa, was opened in 1967 and has since restored and built over 40 whare whakairo around New Zealand. The first Tumu (head) of the Carving school was the late renowned Tohunga Whakairo (Master Carver), Hone Taiapa .
As a result, today, many Māori have made an attempt to resurge traditional patterns and carvings within mainstream art through programs like the Māori Arts and Crafts Institute. [5] They have made it their mission to preserve traditional toi whakairo, and have opened various programs and classes to pass their traditions to younger generations ...
Toi whakairo or just whakairo is the Māori traditional art of carving [98] in wood, stone or bone. Some surviving whakairo, or carvings, are over 500 years old. Wood carvings were used to decorate houses, fence-poles, containers, taiaha, tool handles, and other objects. Large-scale stone-face carvings were sometimes created.
Hetet trained in the fraternity of carvers known as Konae Aronui under legendary tohunga whakairo Tuhaka Kapua and later Hōne Taiapa at the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute. [3] He had only two apprentices, including Sam Hauwaho. [4] As his wife did, Hetet sees his art as having a spiritual dimension:
The wharenui of the marae is called Ngā Tūmanako. The whakairo of the wharenui was designed by Hōne Taiapa, and primarily carved by Laurie Nicholas [10] While typical marae depict tupuna (ancestors) or traditional stories associated with the area, a different style was chosen for Hoani Waititi Marae, as the marae was not claiming traditional ownership of West Auckland, instead acting as an ...
Kete Whakairo (patterned flax baskets) on display at the National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan Kete are traditional baskets made and used by New Zealand 's Māori people . [ 1 ] They are traditionally woven from the leaves of New Zealand flax called harakeke and have two handles at the top. [ 2 ]
She is also the subject of whakairo (traditional carving) and other artworks, and the Kurangaituku Netball Tournament has been held annually in Rotorua since 1933. Whiti Hereaka 's novel Kurangaituku (2021) retells the legend from Kurangaituku's perspective, and won the top fiction prize at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards .