Press Release – Pukaha National Wildlife Centre Mount Bruce, Masterton: Pkaha National Wildlife Centre s whare whakairo (carving workshop) Rere Te Maramara is now open to the public. It is one of the first publicly visible developments of Pkahas $4.5 million Environment and Ecology …
Mount Bruce, Masterton: Pūkaha National Wildlife Centre’s whare whakairo (carving workshop) ‘Rere Te Maramara’ is now open to the public. It is one of the first publicly visible developments of Pūkaha’s $4.5 million Environment and Ecology Education programme that includes the build of a learning centre, wharenui, accommodation and nocturnal boardwalk.
The whare whakairo was blessed by Maori kaumātua (elders), dignitaries, whānau and Pūkaha staff in a private ‘light of dawn’ ceremony late last year that commemorated the new building and the significance for local Maori. Three local carvers; Tipene Kawana, Tamai Nicholson and Carl Rongonui; representing local iwi Rangitāne, hav
Wednesday, 3 February 2021, 9:17 am
Mount Bruce, Masterton: Pūkaha National Wildlife
Centre’s whare whakairo (carving workshop) ‘Rere Te
Maramara’ is now open to the public. It is one of the
first publicly visible developments of Pūkaha’s $4.5
million Environment and Ecology Education programme that
includes the build of a learning centre, wharenui,
accommodation and nocturnal boardwalk.
The whare
whakairo was blessed by Maori kaumātua (elders),
dignitaries, whānau and Pūkaha staff in a private ‘light
of dawn’ ceremony late last year that commemorated the new
building and the significance for local Maori. Three local
carvers; Tipene Kawana, Tamai Nicholson and Carl Rongonui;