{"title":"Nikora Henare - Contemporary Maori Carvings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNikora Henare - Contemporary Maori Carvings \u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"carved-tane-mahuta-cm-by","title":"Carved Tane Mahuta  -  116cm by Nikora Henare","description":"\u003cp\u003eTane Mahuta by \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.silverferngallery.co.nz\/pages\/nikora-henare-carver\" title=\"Nikora Henare - Carver\"\u003eNikora Henare\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCarved in New Zealand from NZ Swamp \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.silverferngallery.co.nz\/pages\/about-nz-kauri\" title=\"About NZ Kauri\"\u003eKauri\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e116cm x 30cm x 10cm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWall hung\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Tane Mahuta:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTane in Maori legend is believed to be the progenitor of humankind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome legends say that Tāne made the first man, named Tiki. More widely known is a tradition that Tāne was trying to find himself a wife, but at first he found only non-human females and fathered insects, birds, and plants. One such was Rangahore, who gave birth to a stone and was abandoned by Tāne. Then he made a woman by moulding her from the soil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn some stories, Tāne marries his daughter Hine-tītama without her knowing who he is. Upon discovering that she has married her father, she flees to the underworld, and becomes the goddess of death, Hine-nui-te-pō. Tāne follows her and begs her to return. She tells him to return to the world and raise their children, while she will wait below to receive them when they die.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOther traditions tell of the three baskets of knowledge that Tāne brought down from the heavens. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTane Mahuta is the given name of the largest living Kauri tree in New Zealand and grows a short two minute walk off the twin coast highway in the Waipoua Forest sanctuary. It has an estimated age of 1200 years, a girth of 14 metres and a height of 51 metres. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"silverferngallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46621362159838,"sku":"ATUA-1","price":18500.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/0486\/9854\/files\/Screenshot2025-04-18at6.38.16PM.png?v=1744962388"},{"product_id":"maori-carving-138cm-by-nikora-henare","title":"Carved Hine Nui Te Po - 138cm by Nikora Henare","description":"\u003cp\u003eHine Nui Te Po by \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.silverferngallery.co.nz\/pages\/nikora-henare-carver\" title=\"Nikora Henare - Carver\"\u003eNikora Henare\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCarved in New Zealand from NZ Swamp \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca title=\"About NZ Kauri\" href=\"https:\/\/www.silverferngallery.co.nz\/pages\/about-nz-kauri\"\u003eKauri\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e138cm x 32cm x 15cm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWall hung\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Hine Nui Te Po:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eHine-nui-te-pō is the Goddess of Death and Night in Māori mythology.  She is the daughter of Tāne, the God of the Forest, and Hine-ahuone, a woman created from the earth. On discovering that Tāne is also her husband, she fled to the underworld and became Hine-nui-te-pō.  She is depicted as a powerful figure who welcomes the souls of the dead to Rarohenga, the underworld.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"silverferngallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46621613064414,"sku":"ATUA-2","price":19500.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/0486\/9854\/files\/Screenshot2025-04-18at8.13.08PM.png?v=1744964014"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/0486\/9854\/collections\/Screenshot_2025-04-18_at_8.13.08_PM.png?v=1782280141","url":"https:\/\/www.silverferngallery.co.nz\/collections\/nikora-henare-contemporary-maori-carvings.oembed","provider":"silverferngallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}