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Story: Māori architecture - whare Māori

Contents

  1. Story summary

  2. First Māori buildings

  3. Ancestral and mythological origins

  4. Rise of whare whakairo

  5. Revival of the whare whakairo

  6. Contemporary Māori architecture

  7. External links and sources

All images and media

From page 1 - First Māori buildings

Te Hau-ki-Tūranga wharenui

Te Hau-ki-Tūranga wharenui

Māori village, 1840

Māori village, 1840

Wharepuni, Northland

Wharepuni, Northland

Pātaka, 1840s

Pātaka, 1840s

Kāuta, around 1900

Kāuta, around 1900

From page 2 - Ancestral and mythological origins

Whare whakairo

Whare whakairo

Ruatepupuke

Ruatepupuke

From page 3 - Rise of whare whakairo

Raharuhi Rukupō self-portrait

Raharuhi Rukupō self-portrait

Eripitana meeting house, Te Whāiti

Eripitana meeting house, Te Whāiti

Parihaka pā

Parihaka pā

Hīona, Maungapōhatu, 1907

Hīona, Maungapōhatu, 1907

Rātana churches

Rātana churches

From page 4 - Revival of the whare whakairo

Pine Taiapa, 1940s

Pine Taiapa, 1940s

Rongomaitāpui dining hall, Te Araroa

Rongomaitāpui dining hall, Te Araroa

Women making tukutuku panels

Women making tukutuku panels

Rāhui marae, Tikitiki

Rāhui marae, Tikitiki

From page 5 - Contemporary Māori architecture

Waipapa marae, Auckland

Waipapa marae, Auckland

Futuna Chapel, Wellington

Futuna Chapel, Wellington

Capital Discovery Place, Wellington

Capital Discovery Place, Wellington

Venice Biennale exhibition, 2014

Venice Biennale exhibition, 2014

How to cite this page:

Deidre Brown, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/maori-architecture-whare-maori/media (accessed 5 June 2023)

Story by Deidre Brown, published 22 Oct 2014

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