The story of the Mine Bay Māori Rock Carvings in New Zealand
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- Опубліковано 18 вер 2016
- Master carver Matahi Whakataka-Brightwell shares his story behind the remarkable Mine Bay Māori Rock Carvings in New Zealand. It’s been 38 years since Matahi’s grandmother asked him to sculpt the likeness of High Priest and navigator Ngatoroirangi on the cliffs at Mine Bay, Lake Taupo, but the carvings carry a heritage that goes back 27 generations.
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Thank you for explaining the origin of your carving. We saw it about 30 years ago, and I think I still have photos. We thought the carving was amazing.
Filled my heart thank you 💙
I was lucky to have visited here couple months back and I have to say I love this place so much. It has a special place in my heart for me seeing this with my own eyes and knowing the story behind it means so much more. I am that type of traveller that appreciates culture, history, art and well being and this has everything to do with it. Mad respect to New Zealand and everything about this Country.
Kia ora Whanau, Thanks for sharing! May Atua guide you on your travels. Kia kaha, .Mauri Ora.
I love this! Absolutely Gorgeous and engaging and great memory of heritage and keeping family & travelers educated with a beautiful background! ❤
I am both impressed and amazed with his work. The carvings look as though they were done in early Maori times. Matahi's straight forward narration is a delight to listen to. It would be great to hear him repeat it in Maori. Such a pleasure that we have people like him to make us so proud of our nation.
Such amazing carvings! What a guy! We loved seeing it on sailing trip (and again when fishing) :)
Truly beautiful and meaningful.
Absolutely beautiful! What an incredible sight and so fascinating. With love from 🇬🇧
Absolutely fascinating kōrero Matua Matahi. Your tupuna Ngatoro-i-rangi was most definitely a fascinating man. Aku mihi.
Great respect. I cant wait to see it for myself. Emigration to NZ countdown rolling - Taupo looks like home already. and the respect of this man, and the respect for his work. cant wait to live somewhere that has that respect for their past, culture and identity. - Thank you.
Are you still living here now?
na,stay where you are.please don't come here
stay in ya own country, we don't need any more bludgers
So cool, honor to see this
Beautiful art work 👍🇳🇿
Miss you Johno Randell... respect always..r.i.p. Xxx
#Maori art and clip of history is beautiful.
That's a beautiful work and story. Great job, guys!
Stunning simply stunning ka pai
Taylor, that's a real Maori name isn't it lol
@@chippytwo7920 would settle for Paora taylor mate 👌
Who has been telling the tourists these are ancient and not modern art?
You won’t find any of these from the moa hunter era
I was watching a documentary on NZ and they gave the impression it was ancient. I didn't know this guy had done it
These Rock Carvings all began with Rua Kaika, Gregs Teacher of the Traditional Maori Carvings at the Time. We all know Greg, carved the Rock face, but the more Intricate Rock Carvings of the Lizard and so fourth were done by the Master Carver Rua Kaika himself, maybe Pine & John Taiapa too?
FREEDOM!!
Kiaora. Stunning . May your work endure through the eons. X
Is it tourism promotion. The carvings shown are really that old？
Im so proud to be kiwi and so proud to be Maori. Absolutely beautiful story
My uncle did that
The carving was done by the "ngati chur".
what happened to the first nz people. cause the horries were not
First humans to discover newzealand are the māori
@@kahui2466 no.sorry. you've been told KAKAAAA
@@chippytwo7920 who was here first
@@kahui2466 the Chinese, then the Celtic,then Maori, then us the white
@@chippytwo7920 please provide citation
I miss home, it's been to long (from Taupo 🙋🏽♂️)
Ka pai e hoa, ahikaroa o te whakapapa!!!!!! Arohanui!!!
100% pure Tangata whenua 🧬🧬🌎🦁🏰👑✝️
ka pai e hoa
Rowley, another Maori name,NOT
As a descendant of the Te Arawa canoe aatahua kei runga noa atu
REDDITT
End the mandates!
Tuwharetoa maranga ra
Chur Uncle!
This is real because i have been there
I have never seen any Maoris carve anything with only traditional Maori tools. It's always with modern European tools. Why don't they ever use there own ancient tools???
-Because modernization.
-Using modern tools is just much more effecient & effective.
-Maybe they don't produce the traditional/ancient tools anymore.
@@LW1Tok or maybe there never was any traditional tools. And maybe they stole a couple of boats from the Polynesians and ended up in NZ. That would explain why they never went anywhere else, or that not one single entire stone carved waka has ever been found or ever been built. All waka are just of the Polynesian design and made with European tools and technology.
@@101sharko Dude what are talking about? ... Maori people are Polynesian. They originated out from East Polynesia and migrated into New Zealand.
@@LW1Tok yeah, so where's all their stone boat building tools? They colonized NZ for 700 years before European pioneers arrived. How come they don't have any and if they do, why don't they do a UA-cam video showing everyone how to use them and how long it takes to make a boat with them.... there's nothing but rumors
Chur Uncle!
brightwell, that's a Maori name for sure 😆 NOT