Te Manutukutuku Issue 12 [pdf, 2.6 MB]
...Ted Nia. Each of these ancestors has been chosen because of their association with the Treaty as signatories, and be cause they come from opposite ends of Te Ika a Maui, encompassing the whole island. The carvings are in the tiki or waka koiwi form. It was the artists' intention to pay homage to that carving tra dition, as well as to show the continuing development of that particular style. The waka koiwi style was also selected by the artists because it captures the spiritu...