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This illustrated history tells the amazing story of Pacific people and their relationships with, and contributions to, New Zealand society. In a great feat of exploration and migration, Pacific Islanders became the first people to step foot on these shores some 800 years ago. ...
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Art at Te Papa reveals and illuminates New Zealand's vast national art collection. Reproductions of more than 400 individual artworks, personally selected by curators, are accompanied by brief essays giving expert and engaging commentary on each work. This book spans the entire c ...
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Weaving is more than just a product of manual skills. From the simple rourou (food basket) to the prestigious kahukiwi (kiwi feather cloak), weaving is endowed with the very essence of the spiritual values of Maori people. The first Maori settlers brought the knowledge of weaving ...
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The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa holds the Brian Brake collection, comprising 110,000 images, and in 2010 will mount a major retrospective exhibition which, together with this publication, provides a unique opportunity to examine Brake's legacy.
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Matariki, the 'Maori New Year' is a celebration unique to New Zealand. Te Papa's Matariki Maramataka is the perfect way to mark its beginning - as well as celebrating New Zealand's distinctive indigenous culture and natural world all through the year. The calendar runs from June ...
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Represents every known tree and shrub in New Zealand. More than 500 plants are represented here, and over 800 paintings. Comprehensive notes provide up-to-date botanical information on each plant. A major reference book and a beautiful modern classic. Audrey Eagle started her wor ...
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25 individual designers are profiled in the book, from veterans like Marilyn Sainty and Zambesi's Elizabeth Findlay to commercial success stories like Trelise Cooper.
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Based on a unique exhibition of the customary and contemporary taonga (treasures) of M ori, E T Ake: Standing Strong presents New Zealand's indigenous people as a culture that is dynamic, diverse, politically strong and globally engaged. This book includes images and descriptio ...
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For centuries, M ori treasures, or taonga, have been some of the most prized, popular and precious objects held in museums around the world. From Te Maori to Te Papa and beyond, initiatives in Aotearoa New Zealand over the last 30 years have continued to provide new models for m ...
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Across the great breadth of the Pacific, artists have always employed a wide variety of materials and techniques to create objects for specific purposes, from the domestic to the sacred, from the elegantly simple to the sumptuously ornate, and from the historic to the contemporar ...
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