Thursday, June 5, 2008

ARATAKI !




Arataki is a centre in the Waitakeres with walks & waterfalls and miles of rainforest with giant ferns - like in dinosaur times!. It has spectacular carvings created by local Iwi (tribe). This is the girls next to an 11m high Pou (guardian post) at the entrance. The carvings represent ancestors of Te Kawerau a Maki and it is one of the largest pou of its kind in New Zealand.
Generally you wll find smaller ones on sacred sites and Maori lands, guarding the entrances, and on marae.
For those of you with raised eyebrows at the anatomical details, yes it is!

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