Master carver Matahi Whakataka-Brightwell shares his story behind the remarkable Ngātoroirangi Mine Bay Māori Rock Carvings in Lake Taupō, New Zealand.
The impressive carvings are over 14-metres high and only accessible by water.
The project to create the carvings began in 1976 when Matahi Brightwell was asked by his grandmother, Te Huatahi Susie Gilbert, to create a likeness of her ancestor Ngātoroirangi, a visionary Māori navigator who guided the Tūwharetoa and Te Arawa tribes to the Taupō area over a thousand years ago. It would create a permanent connection for her family to the land.
Find out more at www.lovetaupo.com/en/discover/our-stories/the-story-behind-the-creation-of-the-mine-bay-maori-rock-carvings/
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