This tukutuku panel was a collaborative work completed by members of Cambridge Māori Women’s Welfare League including Rae Nordstrom.
It is a wooden slat base with half round dowels attached on top and woven together with natural fibres. The pattern creates a natural hold the vertical and horizontal slats in place while revealing changes within the pattern.
This taonga along with the Poutama tukutuku panel were commissioned by Dr Rongo Wetere and gifted by Te Wānanga o Aotearoa to the people of Waipā District.
Poutama patterns depict an ascending and descending stairway connecting to the realms of Rangi sky father and Papa earth mother.
These are displayed either side of Waiwaia in the entrance hallway to the Te Awamutu Council Chambers.
This taonga along with the Niho Taniwha tukutuku panel were commissioned by Dr Rongo Wetere and gifted by Te Wānanga o Aotearoa to the people of Waipā Disctrict.
Poutama patterns depict an ascending and descending stairway connecting to the realms of Ranginui sky father and Papatūanuku earth mother.
These are displayed either side of Waiwaia in the entrance hallway to the Te Awamutu council chambers.
