When Tim first started carving pounamu he loved to carve these massive taonga, and I mean massive! I couldn’t understand it. In my mind pounamu taonga were beautiful and small, something you could pop down your shirt and go about your business with. Tim’s large pounamu taonga were like the size of bread and butter …
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I’ve been musing on this whakatauki lately; Nā tō rourou, nā taku rourou ka ora ai te iwi With your food basket and my food basket the people will thrive and how it applies to pakihi. Firstly, I was considering how these large corporations are selfishly doing irreparable damage to Papatūānuku and her people, …
When we first started this mahi we thought it was all about the pounamu. But the further along we go on this hikoi we are realising that the pounamu is actually a waka. The pounamu waka that takes us to the places we need to go to connect to the people we need to connect …
The other day I messaged our dear friend and kaiako, Tamiaho, about the kupu ‘Māori’. Because what does the word ‘Māori’ actually mean anyway? Wrap your head around this question and answer session we had, as he responded to my query. I’ve left our conversation in its raw form because I can not explain this …
I’ve been thinking a lot about Matariki lately. Why is Matariki important for Aotearoa? What does it mean to live this Maramataka life? And I realised I was missing the wood for the trees. Or the universe for the stars shall we say. You know, there’s a reason you feel sluggish and unmotivated at this time …
Tim and I here at Taonga By Timoti have been completely blown away by the upsurge of people wanting to support small NZ businesses now that a light has been shone on the problems that can arise with international trade. It is indeed exciting times for small NZ business. The rise of platforms to …
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Kia Ora ataahua Taonga whanau, short answers for those with little time; Yes, we are still working. 🎉🎉EDIT: WE CAN NOW POST AGAIN – YIPPEEE! While we are still at Level 3 we cannot have people visiting our workshop, but we can connect online so if you have any questions please do get in touch. what …
Matariki is the Māori name for a cluster of nine stars that reappear on the north-east horizon each year, sometime in early winter. The pre-dawn rise of Matariki signals the time to celebrate the Māori New Year for many iwi around Aotearoa.(1) Here at Taonga By Timoti Matariki also signals the time for us to …
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