Whangarei’s spectacular Lower Hatea River Crossing now has an official name – Te Matau a Pohe – translated as “The fishhook of Pohe” the Maori chief who welcomed the first English settlers to ...
Maori carvers use greenstone to create versions of the design, an echo of the legend that Maui pulled their islands from the sea. A hei matau, made from pounamu, the Maori word for New Zealand jade or ...