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Kōrero: Whakairo – Māori carving

Ko Hōne Taiapa, i te tau 1970

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Hōne Taiapa, 1970

I te tangohanga o tēnei whakaahua i te tau 1970, ko Hōne Taiapa te tohunga whakairo matua o Te Wānanga Toi Māori i Whakarewarewa. Koia te taina o tērā o ngā kaiwhakairo nui o Ngāti Porou, o Pine Taiapa, ā, i mahitahi te tokorua i te pokapū atu i te tekau tau 1930. Nā rāua anō i whawhao te whare whakairo i Waitangi (i whakatuwheratia i te tau 1940), ā, whāia tonu iho ngā whakairo o te Tai Tokerau.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: AAQT 6401 A92,746

Permission of Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga must be obtained before any re-use of this material.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Brett Graham, Whakairo – Māori carving – Carving in urban environments, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/43111/ko-hone-taiapa-i-te-tau-1970 (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Brett Graham, i tāngia i te 21 October 2013.