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New Te Puia boss feels like he's coming home
The Daily Post, 23 November 2011
A national tourism leader is returning to Rotorua to become chief executive at the New Zealand Maori Arts and Crafts Institute Te Puia... Read the full review »
Tourism industry boss Cossar takes the reins
NZ Herald, 22 November 2011
Tourism Industry Association (TIA) New Zealand's chief executive Tim Cossar has resigned to take up the reins at one of New Zealand's top tourist attractions... Read the full review »
Opera in the Pā hits high note with fans
Matthew Martin, The Daily Post, Rotorua, 31 January 2011
It was a night to remember in more ways than one as this year's edition of Opera in the Pa honoured the brave men of the famous Maori Battalion... Read the full review »
Rotorua Tourism Committee members announced
Rotorua District Council, 26 November 2010
Rotorua Mayor Kevin Winters has announced the names of appointees to the city’s new tourism committee, replacing the former tourism advisory board... Read the full review »
New Zealand on Show at Expo 2010
Tourism New Zealand, 13 May 2010
A popular attraction is the waharoa... Students from Te Puia's carving school have travelled to Shanghai to complete carving of the waharoa on-site at the New Zealand Pavilion over the next few months... Read the full review »
Kiwi Pavilion already paying the bills
TVNZ One News, 2 May 2010
The Kiwi Pavilion at the World Expo in Shanghai is proving a hit with the thousands of visitors who have seen it...
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Carvers putting finishing touches to waka
Radio New Zealand News, www.radionz.co.nz, 1 May 2010
Carvers from Te Puia Maori Arts and Crafts are working under the eye of thousands... Read the full review »
NZ pavilion opened at Shanghai Expo
TVNZ, One News, 30 April 2010
New Zealand's pavilion at Shanghai's World Expo 2010 was officially opened on Thursday... Watch the video »
New Zealand wows Shanghai Expo
stuff.co.nz, Business Day, 30 April 2010
New Zealand will be in the international spotlight when Expo 2010 officially opens in Shanghai on Saturday... After yesterday's blessing ceremony, Kiwi artists began to carve the canoe... Read the full review »
Carvers take the chisels to Shanghai
Waatea 603 AM, Urban Maori radio, 30 April 2010
Five carvers from Te Puia Maori Arts and Crafts Institute are in Shanghai to put the finishing touches to a 10 metre waka maumahara that will serve as the entrance to New Zealand's World Expo pavillion.
Te Kākano Carving Bound for Shanghai
Tourism New Zealand, Recent Results, 23 March 2010
News of Te Kakano's journey has appeared in a record 13 media outlets. The story has reached millions of Chinese all over the country through more than 40 Chinese news websites... Download the full review »
NZ Canoe has Expo destination
Shanghai Daily, Xinhua, 19 Feb 2010
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key and Chinese Ambassador Zhang Limin carved a small area of the waharoa (gateway) on a canoe at a Maori farewell ceremony at Te Puia yesterday... Download the PDF »
Strengthening trade relations between China and NZ
Te Karere TVNZ (chapter 4), 18 Feb 2010
"The expo in Shanghai is a great way to create businesses for Maori, and it will encourage tourists to visit NZ, our marae and so on," says Peter Sharples... Watch the Video (audio in te reo Māori, with English subtitles) |
