NZ tiki's pi-pi whacked - General Tiki

RB Rum Balls Tiki Socialite Da Big Island Joined: Oct 04, 2004 Posts: 910	RB Rum Balls Posted posted on Fri, Sep 22, 2006 7:23 AM Full Story here. [ Edited by: hanford_lemoore - link shortened - 2006-09-23 00:23 ]
CM Cool Manchu Member PDX Joined: Aug 03, 2003 Posts: 564	CM Cool Manchu Posted posted on Fri, Sep 22, 2006 3:09 PM WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Masked thieves armed with a chisel stole the penis of a wooden Maori figurine, or tiki, at the entrance of a public library in northern New Zealand, police said. Security cameras captured pictures of three masked men using the chisel to remove the tiki's penis early on Sunday morning. The figurine is one of two indigenous Maori designs that stand on "pou" or posts astride the entrance to the library in Whangarei. Carver Kerry Strongman said the theft had damaged the "mana" or pride of the city. Strongman said he would begin work immediately on a carving that would restore the tiki to its original state. Police said they were at a loss to explain the theft, particularly as a nearby statue of Tangaroa, the Maori god of the sea, was better endowed.
R rodeotiki Member calgary Joined: Jan 21, 2004 Posts: 1513	R rodeotiki Posted posted on Fri, Sep 22, 2006 3:15 PM That sucks. And its also posted here
H hanford_lemoore Tiki Socialite Tiki Central Joined: Mar 23, 2002 Posts: 1899	H hanford_lemoore Posted posted on Sat, Sep 23, 2006 12:22 AM topics merged.

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Rum Balls Posted posted on Fri, Sep 22, 2006 7:23 AM

[ Edited by: hanford_lemoore - link shortened - 2006-09-23 00:23 ]

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Cool Manchu Posted posted on Fri, Sep 22, 2006 3:09 PM

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Masked thieves armed with a chisel stole the penis of a wooden Maori figurine, or tiki, at the entrance of a public library in northern New Zealand, police said.

Security cameras captured pictures of three masked men using the chisel to remove the tiki's penis early on Sunday morning. The figurine is one of two indigenous Maori designs that stand on "pou" or posts astride the entrance to the library in Whangarei.

Carver Kerry Strongman said the theft had damaged the "mana" or pride of the city.

Strongman said he would begin work immediately on a carving that would restore the tiki to its original state.

Police said they were at a loss to explain the theft, particularly as a nearby statue of Tangaroa, the Maori god of the sea, was better endowed.

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rodeotiki Posted posted on Fri, Sep 22, 2006 3:15 PM

That sucks.

And its also posted here

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hanford_lemoore Posted posted on Sat, Sep 23, 2006 12:22 AM

topics merged.