CARVED ARCHWAY
STRUCTURE At ROTORUA. EXAMPLE dFMAORi ART. Rotorua, March 30. The erection of ah archway at the entrance to the bridge over the PUarenga stream at Whakarewatewa was finished yesterday. The structure consists of two posts of Carved totafS, Which Wete specially selected, being lift. by 24ih. by Bin. There are two Cross pidceS of totara carved in a tracery design, while the carving on the .posts consists bf ngfiUes and Maori designs, Which Sffe a f§pr&* duction of the carvings bf the dlabn times. The work Was executed at the Rotorua Maori Arts and Crafts school, and is a splendid example bf the Maori carvers’ art. The word "flieSHSl* is carved on one Side of the. cross pieces and “Haepera” on the other Side. The reading at the other end of the bridge leads to, the native village and the Government reserve.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19340402.2.117
Bibliographic details
Taranaki Daily News, 2 April 1934, Page 7
Word Count
144CARVED ARCHWAY Taranaki Daily News, 2 April 1934, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Taranaki Daily News. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in