Mr Haupeke Piripi, a Ngapuhi elder, addresses a gathering during the unveiling of a carving presented to the University of Canterbury School of Forestry yesterday. The work was carved in 100-year-old kauri by Mr Wallace Hetaraka, a Ngapuhi master carver. Mr Hetaraka is also in charge of carving at the School of Maori Carving at Russell. The presentation was made in recognition of the link between students at the School of Forestry and Maoris in the North Island. The students stay on maraes each year during a North Island field trip and learn of Maori attitudes to land and trees. Tane, the Maori god of forests, is depicted standing over Mount Cook in the carving. Beneath the mountain are the two main canoes which brought Maoris to the South Island. Knowledge and the elements of earth, fire and water are also depicted in the carving.
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