Pou Kapūa

MATARIKI CELEBRATIONS 24TH JUNE 2006

Pou Kapūa

Pou Kapūa is a magnificent carved taonga designed and developed by Pou Kapūa Creations.

Pou Kapua is carved from magnificent ancient Kauri from the forests of the Iwi of Te Rarawa. Other materials it is sculpted from include totara, steel and 50,000 year old swamp kauri. Standing on each side of Pou Kapua are two moai (over 3 tonnes each) carved by expert sculptors from Rapanui/Easter Island. Pou Kapua is adorned with paua, pounamu, bone and crystal.

Weighing over thirty tonnes and reaching more than seventy feet high Pou Kapua now stands at the TelstraClear Pacific Events Centre, in Manukau, Auckland.

At this time, it is the largest Pou ever to be carved in Aotearoa, the tallest Māori carving in the world.

Pou Kapūa Creations is a Charitable Trust responsible as Kaitiaki of Pou Kapūa and is involved in many other local and international artistic creations that involve Maori, Pacific and Indigenous artists.

Site Index

The following pages discuss the importance of Pou Kapua, and have more information on the Pou Kapua Creations team:

Pou Kapūa
- The Challenge
- The Creation
Pou Kapūa Story
- Pillar of Vision
- He Whatu Ira Tangata
PKC Ropu
- Our Commitments
Photo Gallery
- Photo Preview
Acknowledgements
Academy
Contact PKC
Current Projects
- Hakamana

Site notes

Note that 'PKC' stands for 'Pou Kapūa Creations'.

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