Hei Niho Arawa - Te Moana Nui a Kiwa
Inspired by the form of a fossilized megalodon tooth, this taonga pays homage to the “great migration” from our ancestral land of Hawaiki to Aotearoa.
Carved from one of our highly sought-after native hardwoods, maire raunui, this taonga is intricately detailed with grooves and notches (haehae pākati) that reflect the waves and currents of Te Moana Nui a Kiwa (The Pacific Ocean).
To fortify our relationships with our whanaunga across this sacred body of water, there are seven pāua and parāoa inlays, representing the seven larger islands found throughout Te Moana Nui a Kiwa: Hawaii, Rapanui, Tahiti, Samoa, Tonga, Cook Islands, and Aotearoa.
Inspired by the form of a fossilized megalodon tooth, this taonga pays homage to the “great migration” from our ancestral land of Hawaiki to Aotearoa.
Carved from one of our highly sought-after native hardwoods, maire raunui, this taonga is intricately detailed with grooves and notches (haehae pākati) that reflect the waves and currents of Te Moana Nui a Kiwa (The Pacific Ocean).
To fortify our relationships with our whanaunga across this sacred body of water, there are seven pāua and parāoa inlays, representing the seven larger islands found throughout Te Moana Nui a Kiwa: Hawaii, Rapanui, Tahiti, Samoa, Tonga, Cook Islands, and Aotearoa.
Inspired by the form of a fossilized megalodon tooth, this taonga pays homage to the “great migration” from our ancestral land of Hawaiki to Aotearoa.
Carved from one of our highly sought-after native hardwoods, maire raunui, this taonga is intricately detailed with grooves and notches (haehae pākati) that reflect the waves and currents of Te Moana Nui a Kiwa (The Pacific Ocean).
To fortify our relationships with our whanaunga across this sacred body of water, there are seven pāua and parāoa inlays, representing the seven larger islands found throughout Te Moana Nui a Kiwa: Hawaii, Rapanui, Tahiti, Samoa, Tonga, Cook Islands, and Aotearoa.