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Learning to carve

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Learning to carve

Master carver James Te Taonui-a-Kupe Rickard instructs a student in traditional Māori carving at the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute in Rotorua. The institute is now part of Te Puia.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Volcanic Plateau region – An adaptable Māori culture, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/15192/learning-to-carve (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 May 2015.