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  2. Koru - Wikipedia

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    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] It is an integral symbol in Māori art, carving and tattooing, where it symbolises new life, growth ...

  3. Tukutuku - Wikipedia

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    Tukutuku panelling is a distinctive art form of the Māori people of New Zealand, a traditional latticework used to decorate meeting houses (Wharenui). [1] Other names are Tuitui and Arapaki. Tukutuku flank the posts around the edge of the wharenui, the posts are usually carved and represent ancestors. [2] The patterns of tukutuku have symbolic ...

  4. Māori culture - Wikipedia

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    Māori cultural history intertwines inextricably with the culture of Polynesia as a whole. The New Zealand archipelago forms the southwestern corner of the Polynesian Triangle, a major part of the Pacific Ocean with three island groups at its corners: the Hawaiian Islands, Rapa Nui (Easter Island), and New Zealand (Aotearoa in te reo Māori). [10]

  5. Māori people - Wikipedia

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    The status of Māori as the indigenous people of New Zealand is recognised in New Zealand law by the term tangata whenua (lit. "people of the land"), which identifies the traditional connection between Māori and a given area of land.

  6. Banks Peninsula - Wikipedia

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    Banks Peninsula is a peninsula of volcanic origin on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It has an area of approximately 1,200 square kilometres (450 sq mi) [ 1 ] and encompasses two large harbours and many smaller bays and coves.

  7. Why New Zealand’s Maori are fighting to save an 1840 treaty ...

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    An umbrella group comprising at least 80 Maori tribes has sent an open letter to King Charles III demanding that he intervene in New Zealand politics and ensure the government honours its ...

  8. New Zealand design - Wikipedia

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    New Zealand design is a product both of indigenous Māori culture and of European (Pākehā) traditions and practices. The concept of design applies [ citation needed ] to Māori kaupapa (fundamental principles) as well as to other cultural spheres.

  9. Māori traditional textiles - Wikipedia

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    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.