Motuti calendar
A collection of contemporary Maori carvings and their legends from the Motuti Marae, North Hokianga, has been produced into a calendar by the large New Zealand forestry company, N.Z. Forest Products Limited.
The 1987 calendar illustrates a crosssection of the many beautiful carvings incorporated in the newly built Motuti Whare hui. They are the work of the young people of the area.
The carvings graphically depict stories of old and modem times, and are testimony to the battle of the Maori people of Aotearoa for the defence of their cultural identity.
The marae itself is a microcosm of the Hokianga area and the people who inhabit it, the whanau of Te Rarawa. The driving force beind the marae development is Father Tate, parish priest of Panguru, who interpreted the carvings in the calendar’s accompanying text.
Copies of the calendar are being sold to raise money for the marae development.
Rosanne Meo, marketing manager, papers & chemicals, NZFP, said the people of North Hokianga showed a similar commitment to development in the North as NZFP, which has forest estates there, and for this reason the company decided to support the project.
“NZFP has a similar commitment to the land and to the future of Northland.
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Bibliographic details
Tu Tangata, Issue 35, 1 April 1987, Page 9
Word Count
205Motuti calendar Tu Tangata, Issue 35, 1 April 1987, Page 9
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