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Artists | Renata Tane

Renata Tane

Kai Whakairo (Graduate Carver)

Ngāpuhi

Wānanga

Te Wānanga Whakairo Rākau o Aotearoa

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Taranaki Poupou

The interior walls of the whare whakairo (carved meeting house) are adorned with carvings called poupou. Each poupou in a meeting house connects to a common ancestor, after whom the house was named. Spaced evenly along the inside walls, each poupou supported a rafter panel which extended from the main central ridge, reinforcing the importance […]

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