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The logo of Air New Zealand, the national carrier, incorporates a koru design — based on the Ngaru (Ngāti Kahungunu) [5] kōwhaiwhai pattern — as a symbol of New Zealand flora. The logo was introduced in 1973 to coincide with the arrival of the airline's first McDonnell Douglas DC-10 wide-body jet.
The multi-disciplinary design group Brenner Associates was established in 1949 and specialised graphic design agencies including that of Bill Haythornthwaite emerged in the post-war period. Much industrial, interior, graphic, jewellery and fashion design in New Zealand was influenced by international trends although distinctive New Zealand ...
Linda Munn, an activist involved in the creation of the national Māori flag, said Te Kara 'represented the patronising control that Pākehā [non-Māori or white New Zealanders] have always sought to exert over Maori independence.’ [47] Other criticisms highlight the fact that the rangatira at the vote only represented a small contingent of ...
Moko were expensive to obtain and elaborate moko were usually limited to chiefs and high-ranked warriors. Moreover, the art of moko, the people who created and incised the designs, as well as the moko themselves, were surrounded by strict tapu and protocol. [1]: 1–3 Moko design
Her early work was in graphic design and advertising, Paama-Pengelly went into teaching and taught art at secondary schools and at tertiary level. [1] During this time in the early 1990s, she began her artistic engagement with tā moko (traditional Māori tattoo). [5] At this time, it was very unusual for a woman to be involved in this art form.
English: A hand-drawn picture of an earth oven, used too by the Maori. The picture has been drawn after a model from Peter Darman's The Survival Handbook. This earth oven can be constructed in the field using commonly available material and can be used to cook food (so its safe for eating).
A typical design of a Māori hei matau A hei matau is a bone or greenstone carving in the shape of a highly stylised fish hook . They represent good luck and safe travel across water.