23 – Does This Kakahu Make My Butt Look Big?
Continuing on from our talk about harakeke, we discuss the garments and other items Māori were making out of New Zealand’s wonder plant!
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18 – Bringing Art to the Surface
We discuss the mythical origins of carving along with the two main styles and finish with a short talk about tokotoko, orator’s staffs! Oh, and there is a giveaway too!
Read More 18 – Bringing Art to the Surface17 – I Need to Adze You a Question
We talk about toki poutangata, ceremonial adzes, as well as some of the other tools used by traditional Maori carvers.
Read More 17 – I Need to Adze You a Question16 – AND MY ADZE!!!
Today we start our next major Maori culture topic, carving. This episode we discuss how to make and use toki, adzes, as well as their mythological origins!
Read More 16 – AND MY ADZE!!!15 – Matariki
A short little episode about the Maori new year: Matariki!
Read More 15 – Matariki14 – Birth of a Legend
A dramatic retelling of the origins of our favourite trickster: Maui!
Read More 14 – Birth of a Legend13 – Powhiri
We talk about the Maori welcoming ceremony, powhiri, as well as some other related stuff!
Read More 13 – Powhiri12 – Ladies
We talk all about pre-European Maori women and what their life was like!
Read More 12 – Ladies11 – A Map, a Whare and a Marae
We talk about land borders and how Maori viewed each other, houses, marae and their construction!
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