You are here:
Home / Archives for tikanga Maori
When they buried our friend Haami Moeke Snr QSM, it was entirely fitting that he should be taken to his final resting place in his aging diesel van. We friends, Juliet and I stood next to each other watching as the pallbearers carried him between a garland of fierce young warriors performing the haka.
Tags: Baden Batt, Baden Batt's Marae, carving tutors, comicStyle, Gail Penney, Haami Moeke Snr QSM, John Hadfield, kaupapa, Kohupatiki Marae, lifeStyle, main blog, Māori world-view or cosmology, Matahiwi Marae, Matua, Matua: Tippy Haeres of a Principal Carver, mindStyle matters, mokopuna (grandchildren), Napier, penneylane, penneylaneonline, Taradale, Te Poho o Tangiianui Marae, tikanga Maori, tikanga whakaairo, traditional Māori ways, turnStyle, waka, www.penneylaneonline.com
Many years ago, my artist friend Whero Te Whata asked me, “how do you see the sun through a rock?” I was young and I had no idea! He didn’t answer me immediately but
Tags: carving skills, Clive Fugill, comicStyle, Gail Penney, geneology, Haami Moeke, Haami Moeke QSM, Hawke's Bay, Hone Te Kauru Taiapa, iwi, James Rickard, kaumatua, knowledge, Ko Mataatua te waka, Ko Ngati Hamua te hapu, Ko Ngati Pukeko te iwi, Ko Ohinemataroa te awa, Ko Putauaki te maunga, Ko Te Poroporo te marae kainga, Ko Toroa te tangata, Kohupatiki Marae, lifeStyle, main blog, maori, Māori cultural context, maori culture, Maoritanga, master carver, Matua, Matua: Sun through a Rock, Mihiroa Marae, mindStyle matters, Ngati Hamua, Ngati Porou, Ngāti Pukeko, NZMACI Act, Omahu Marae, penneylane, penneylaneonline, pepeha, Poroporo, Poroporo Native School, Principal Carver, respected maori elder, Taka Walker, Te Puia, te reo, technique, The New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute Act of 1963, tikanga Maori, Tohunga Whakairo, turnStyle, wānanga, weaving, whakapapa, Whakatane, Whero Te Whata, woodcarving, www.penneylaneonline.com
