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Kōrero: Building stone

Carving Ōamaru stone

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Carving Ōamaru stone

Because it can be readily shaped, Ōamaru stone is a favourite material for carvers. A carving competition has been held for many years on the Wellington waterfront. Marie Moanaroa-Parata-Munroe’s emerging sculpture, in the 1995 contest, has a motherhood theme.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1995/0331

by Ray Pigney

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Simon Nathan rāua ko Bruce Hayward, Building stone – Limestone and marble, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/8076/carving-oamaru-stone (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Simon Nathan rāua ko Bruce Hayward, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.