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TC Tiki Chris Member London Joined: Mar 24, 2002 Posts: 1542	TC Tiki Chris Posted posted on Wed, Feb 2, 2005 1:30 PM On 2005-02-02 12:00, Trader Woody wrote: Was Rotorua the epicentre of Maori carvings? I'd always assumed it was, and will be the place I head to first when we make the journey, but did you find anywhere more Tiki in NZ? Trader Woody Aloha Trader Woody! Rotorua was probably the most accessible place to see non-museum carvings. It's a huge domestic & international tourist destination (w/ good reason!) & actually has a fairly substantial Maori community. Unfortunately, we did not make it to the Eastern Cape (a great reason to go back!). Even w/ three weeks, there just wasn't enought time to do everything! in much of that rural & remote section of the North Island, carvings & marae are pretty common (this is the area where they filmed Whalerider). Carvings and other Polynesian (not just Maori) items were somewhat plentiful in Auckland. The Auckland War Memorial Museum is fantastic & Te Papa in Wellington is a dream! Aside from the Christchurch area, the South Island is pretty non-Maori. But still, if you fly all the way over there & don't spend a significant amount of time exploring the South Island, you'd really miss out on the best NZ has to offer. I hope to go back in a few years & check out the Eastern Cape & the far North. More pics later, Chris [ Edited by: tiki chris on 2005-02-03 09:14 ] [ Edited by: Tiki Chris on 2005-02-03 09:15 ]

On 2005-02-02 12:00, Trader Woody wrote:

Was Rotorua the epicentre of Maori carvings? I'd always assumed it was, and will be the place I head to first when we make the journey, but did you find anywhere more Tiki in NZ?

Trader Woody

Aloha Trader Woody!

Rotorua was probably the most accessible place to see non-museum carvings. It's a huge domestic & international tourist destination (w/ good reason!) & actually has a fairly substantial Maori community.

Unfortunately, we did not make it to the Eastern Cape (a great reason to go back!). Even w/ three weeks, there just wasn't enought time to do everything! in much of that rural & remote section of the North Island, carvings & marae are pretty common (this is the area where they filmed Whalerider).

Carvings and other Polynesian (not just Maori) items were somewhat plentiful in Auckland. The Auckland War Memorial Museum is fantastic & Te Papa in Wellington is a dream!

Aside from the Christchurch area, the South Island is pretty non-Maori. But still, if you fly all the way over there & don't spend a significant amount of time exploring the South Island, you'd really miss out on the best NZ has to offer.

I hope to go back in a few years & check out the Eastern Cape & the far North.

More pics later,
Chris

[ Edited by: tiki chris on 2005-02-03 09:14 ]

[ Edited by: Tiki Chris on 2005-02-03 09:15 ]

Post #138984 by Tiki Chris on Wed, Feb 2, 2005 1:30 PM