After the Maori welcome and the Poi and Haka are done, we have the chance to visit the rest of the Te Puia Cultural Center. Initially, Te Puia focused on traditional Maori hand crafts, especially ...

The Nga Whakatupuranga - Generations of Weaving exhibition has inspired groups of people to learn how to weave with flax. The exhibition, which showcases woven korowai (full-length cloaks) and hieke ...

Erenora Puketapu-Hetet weaving one of the many cloaks she made in her lifetime. Photo: Mark Tantrum / The-Dominion-Post Veranoa Hetet fingers a black woven cloak, her mother's last work before she ...