Introducing Maori Lifestyles

This blog provides a visual-verbal snapshot of Maori culture and contemporary Maori lifestyles in modern New Zealand. It presents my own experiences and observations of Maori culture and is not intended in anyway to be the definitive view on all things Maori, but rather an introduction for those who want to know more about Maori culture and its place in everyday bicultural New Zealand.

Monday, January 7, 2013

Kete at a Hui

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The kete collector in me (photographically speaking at least), couldn't resist capturing some of the many woven treasures pre...
Friday, December 7, 2012

Two Men, Two Cloaks

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Over 1,000 people gathered at Tuahiwi Marae just north of Christchurch last weekend, for the opening of the marae's new wharenui, Ma...
Friday, November 30, 2012

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Young secondary school performers in the impressive Amokura Kapa Haka  Group from Christchurch At Ngāi Tahu's Hui-ā-Iwi 2012 No...
Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Textiles at a Hui

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Fibres on a Korowai Feathers on a Korowai Te Whāriki o Te Pīharau Exhibition Ngāi  Tahu Hui-ā-Iwi 2012
Monday, November 26, 2012

Two Photos from a Hui

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Tiki at a Stall Te Pātaka Clutching a Kete Ngāi Tahu Hui-ā-Iwi 2012
Thursday, November 22, 2012

Inspired by Tradition

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Hieke 2012, Copper & PVC Contemporary New Zealand jeweller, Matthew McIntyre Wilson (Taranaki, Titahi, Ngā Mahanga), ...
Tuesday, November 20, 2012

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Nga Hau E Wha National Marae, Christchurch The Changing Lights of Matariki
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Adrienne Rewi
NZ-born freelance Journalist, Photographer, Travel Guide Writer, Fiction Writer,Traveller, Observer. Journalist. Author of 7 editions of Frommer's New Zealand & 1st Ed of Frommer's NZ Day by Day, J.Wiley & Sons, New York 1999-2012).Author of Architects at Home, (1995);Private Views,(1996);Fine Cheese,(1996). Short stories published in Another 100 NZ Short Short Stories(1998);The Third Century(1999);One Hundred New Zealand Short Short Stories 4(2000) Tandem Press, NZ. Included in Dream Vacations -Frommers Travel Experts Choose Their Favourite Places on Earth(2007,Wiley, NYC). Prior to returning to fulltime journalism in 1988, I worked as a fulltime exhibiting artist. PLEASE NOTE: ANY PHOTOGRAPHS, WORDS OR IMAGES ON THIS BLOG ARE PROTECTED BY INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT LAW. You do not have permission to reproduce, transmit, publish, copy or sell these works in any form, including personal use, without the permission of Adrienne J Rewi.
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