Plan to spend the better part of a day here. The Māori carvings at Lake Taupo’s Mine Bay, in central North Island, were created in the late 1970s and represent the passing of skills from one ...
among the Maori all exemplify the contemporary florescence of ancient wood-carving forms and techniques. Although there's much here that is big, fierce, and spectacular, Thompson's kauri-wood ...
Many Maori woodcarvings were treasured objects that became precious and sacred heirlooms. This carved knife from New Zealand is decorated with shell inlays and extremely sharp shark's teeth.
All Blacks 7s star Andrew Knewstubb talks about how a passion for Māori carvings helped him recover from a harrowing set of injuries.