Uenuku - Te Awamutu Museum
An important Tainui artefact. Uenuku is one of the oldest Maori carvings in New Zealand, because of his unusual shape & style, which is more like an East Polynesian carving than Maori. This carving was made using only stone tools, …
Tainui - Wikipedia
The Tainui iwi share a common ancestry from Polynesian migrants who arrived in New Zealand on the Tainui waka, which voyaged across the Pacific Ocean from Hawaiki to Aotearoa (North Island) approximately 800 years ago. According to Pei Te Hurinui Jones, the Tainui historian, Tainui first entered the Waikato about 1400 bringing with them kumara plants. By about 1450 they had conquered th…
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Nga Iwi o Tainui: The Traditional History of the Tainui …
Thus, Ngā Iwi o Tainui is the culmination of the life work of Pei Te Hurinui Jones. It is a bilingual collection of the histories, genealogies, songs and chants of the Tainui tribe.
6. The Journey of Tainui - a Hauraki View - Blogger
The most well known version of the story of the journey of Tainui from Hawaiki to Aotearoa is that written by the great Ngāti Maniapoto scholar, Pei Te Hurinui Jones.
Uenuku – Waikato region – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand
Uenuku is a taonga (treasure) of the Tainui people. Uenuku was the god of the rainbow, and the style of this striking representation is unlike most Māori carvings. Uenuku was lost during the …
Whakairo – Māori carving - Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand
This ancient representation of the rainbow god Uenuku is one of the greatest taonga of the Tainui people. It is thought to date from about 1400, and is unlike all other known Māori carvings but …
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Whakairo – Māori carving - Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New …
Symbolism of carving materials. The trees used to provide wood for whakairo (carving) represented Tāne, the god of the forest, and carving timber was sometimes referred to as the …
Te Uenuku - Wikipedia
Te Uenuku (literally "The Rainbow") represents Uenuku, a tribal atua of war who manifests as a rainbow. The taonga is of extreme significance both to the local Tainui people and also for its …
Tawhiao Matutaera Potatau Te Wherowhero - Auckland Art Gallery
This outstanding portrait shows a charismatic leader and paramount chief of the Tainui tribes, Tāwhiao Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero. In 1863, three years after succeeding as the …
Tainui - Tainui - Wellington City Libraries
Useful Books. Nga iwi o Tainui : nga koorero tuku iho a nga tuupuna = The traditional history of the Tainui people, compiled by Pei Te Hurinui Jones ; translated and edited by Bruce Biggs. …
