Making unique designs on leather with carving is an art form like no other! Watch as each cut and carve creates a stunning, one-of-a-kind design on the leather surface. This video takes you ...

If you’re planning a trip to Rotorua, New Zealand, and want to know what it feels like experiencing Maori culture, you’ll ...

Te Hapū o Ngāti Wheke chair Manaia Rehu said the hapū was mourning the loss of Kōauau o Tāne Whakapiripiri. "This pou [carving] was created with aroha for everyone to appreciate. The site marked a ...

But one woman's striking chin design - or moko - has generated huge debate in New Zealand, because she is white, with no Maori heritage ... "So the carvings that go on the face or head are ...

he eventually became a student at Te Puia’s Maori Arts and Crafts Institute in Rotorua, on New Zealand’s North Island, and says it was a natural progression from carving designs onto wood to ...

The intricate patterns of Maori symbolism have in recent times spread worldwide; tattooed on skin, and carried around the neck as bone or jade carvings across the globe. It is beautiful ...

Levin artist Mitchell Manual has been signed up by New Holland publishers for his Maori designs.Virginia Fallon / Kapiti-Observer A colouring-in book for adults has seen a first-time author from ...

For non-Maori there are heaps of designs in nature that we use and ... t feel like work to me but I get paid doing it." After carving school Mr Maihi was mentored by master carver and moko artist ...