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Maaori Arts and Crafts - September CANCELLED due to Covid-19

4 September 2020

We have cancelled this event due to COVID-19 Alert Level 2 restrictions.

12pm-3pm
Free event


Join us for Maaori arts and crafts 'Toi Maaori -- celebrating meaning with making'.

Explore the traditional Tukutuku designs in our Whare Waka. These designs refer to elements of the natural world and remind us of our relationship with it. Patikitiki - Flounder, Rau Ponga - Nikau palm surrounded by Te Ika o te Rangi - The Milky way, Nihio - taniwha, Demons teeth, Mumu - co-operation, Poutama taurua - Double step and Poutama - step pattern.