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Projects
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Other Carving ProjectsThe New Zealand Māori Arts & Crafts Institute Act (1963) empowers the Institute to maintain, foster, educate and perpetuate all forms of Māori arts and crafts. As a result, the Institute has been involved with the restoration and creation of over forty marae and meeting houses throughout New Zealand over the past 47 years. Most recently, students and master carvers of Te Wānanga Whakairo Rākau (The National School of Carving) have been devoting their efforts at Te Puna's Tutereinga marae. On the 30th October 2010, the wharenui at Tutereinga marae was blessed and opened. It was several years earlier that a small group of kaumātua (elders) and carvers from Te Puna travelled to the New Zealand Māori Arts & Craft Institute, to seek guidance and support from Tumu Whakarae (Master Carver) Clive Fugill over carving 38 poupou (figurative panels), ranging from 2.1m to 5.2m in height. The carvings housed within the wharenui recorded how the local Pirirakau people connected to the rest of Aotearoa (New Zealand). This was achieved by the carvings depicting the Rangatira (chiefs) or captains of each waka that connect to Pirirakau, while the back wall is dedicated to the inter-connection of local families. Past and future carving projects in which the Institute have been involved will be detailed on this site in the near-future. Visit the Te Kākano carving project website and follow the journey from seed to completion » |
