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Whakairo (Māori traditional art of carving in wood)
The visual art of the Maoris is in four forms: tattooing, weaving, carving, and painting.
Even though some people have found Maori carvings to be extreme, there is no denying that they are courageous and true when it comes to expressing themselves in the form of art. Their carvings are done on stones, trees, and bones.
Weweru (Dress)
Traditionally, Māori made their clothes and adornments from native plants, and bird and animal skins. There was a great variety of garments, including many kinds of cloaks Clothing, adornments and even hairstyles showed a lot about a person’s status, and fine clothes could enhance mana.
The weaving technique for most rain capes and cloaks was whatu aho patahi, single-pair twining, which enabled faster construction. Materials included harakeke (flax), kiekie, tōī, tī kōuka (cabbage-tree leaves), neinei (grass tree), kuta and pīngao (sedges), grasses such as eel grass, wīwī (rushes), pātītī (tussock), and rare materials such as tikumu (mountain daisy leaves) and club moss stems.