Maori Walking Stick with Curved Handle and Tiki Carving Maori Learning Resources for School or Home This Tui Bird Art Panel

This Tui Bird Art Panel is a Tui print cleverly printed onto a composite aluminium panel

around Hokitika

the garment may be wrapped further around the back velcro pieces to decrease the size

as a luxurious indulgence on its own

Maori Walking Stick with Curved Handle and Tiki Carving Maori Learning Resources for School or Home This Tui Bird Art PanelThis beautifully and extensively carved Maori walking ( and talking) stick is called a Tokotoko (pronounced To as in "tore" and ko as the "co" in "cork"). Some Maori walking sticks have a handle and some don't this is one with a lovely, slightly curved handle. In Maori tradition, the Tokotoko (a ceremonial carved walking stick) is a symbol of the authority and the status of a speaker on the Maori marae (meeting ground), and it tells of the history