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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 ...
Blue background with a green triangle and a yellow crescent moon and two yellow stars. 2020–present Flag of the City of Napier [11] A banner of arms of Napier's coat of arms. Three red roses from the coat of arms of Lord Napier and Ettrick (a direct descendant of Sir Charles Napier after whom Napier was named). Blue wave bands symbolise ...
Te Wāhipounamu (Māori for "the place of greenstone") is a World Heritage Site in the south west corner of the South Island of New Zealand.. Inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1990 and covering 26,000 square kilometres (10,000 sq mi), the site incorporates four national parks:
An unfurling silver fern frond Koru kōwhaiwhai patterns on a rafter from the Ngāti Maru wharenui Hotunui The koru flag. The koru (Māori for 'loop or coil') [1] is a spiral shape evoking a newly unfurling frond from a silver fern frond. [2]
While the term mere was, and is, used in some regions to refer exclusively to clubs made from pounamu, [1] in other regions, mere was more broadly used to refer to patu of a similar shape and design made from hardwood (meremere, mere rakau), whalebone (patu paraoa), or stone (patu ōnewa) – in these areas, a mere made from greenstone was known as a mere pounamu or patu pounamu.
In addition to the Queen's Service Order, decorations that include or consist of the national colours are the Order of New Zealand, [4] the New Zealand Order of Merit [4] the New Zealand Operational Service Medal, [10] the New Zealand War Service Medal, [11] and the New Zealand Service Medal 1946–1949.
Inevitably the upper harbour was used by Māori for nearly 500 years [8] before Europeans arrived but very little direct evidence remains. [9] The current location of Dunedin's central city sits on either side of a ridge of land (Nga-Moana-e-rua) [10] between the Toitu Stream and Water of Leith.
Weaving of kiekie leaves Weaving peg. Māori traditional textiles are the indigenous textiles of the Māori people of New Zealand.The organisation Te Roopu Raranga Whatu o Aotearoa, the national Māori weavers' collective, aims to preserve and foster the skills of making and using these materials.