Carved Waka Huia (pakati) by Wood Masters freeform Honey bees have been kept

Honey bees have been kept in New Zealand for more than 150 years

and obscure evolutionary relationships to other birds

For those familiar with the Maori love song - Pokarekare Ana - it tells the beautiful story of Hinemoa and Tutanekai

Our national emblem of NZ is the Silver Fern

Patu are a type of short-handled club and were mainly used as a striking weapon

Carved Waka Huia (pakati) by Wood Masters freeform Honey bees have been keptWakahuia Carved in New Zealand from tulipwood 37cm x 14cm x 9cm About Waka Huia: Waka huia and papa hou are treasure containers for storing prized personal possessions, such as hei tiki, feathers for decorating the hair, and other items of personal adornment. Waka huia and papa hou were imbued with the tapu (taboo) of their owners because they contained personal items that regularly came into contact with the body, particularly the head (the most tapu