Te Kākano Media Reviews - Archives (Jan-July 2010)
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Key unlocks New Zealand Day at World Expo
Scoop - Graham Osborne, 13 July 2010
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key was on hand to officiate at his country’s national day at the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai. The highlight of the day was the gifting to China by the Prime Minister of a Maori canoe carving known as a Te Kakano ... Read the full review »
Expo Visitors Step into Maori's World
China Daily, Xinhua, 11 July 2010
SHANGHAI - ... In front of the dancers and singers, on the pavilion square, stood a 10-meter long, three-meter wide canoe made of a precious kauri pine of 3500 years old, with Maori carvings and sculptures on it. It was New Zealand's gift to China on its pavilion day. ... Read the full review »
Eyes Wide Open Look at the Expo New Zealand Pavilion
blog.sina.com.cn/GavinFan, 11 July 2010
View Gavin Fan's blog - review and pictures of New Zealand Day on 9 July 2010 ... See the Chinese Blog »
New Zealand National Day Expo Tour
blog.sina.com.cn/yoyolove , 11 July 2010
View YoYo's blog - comments and pictures about New Zealand National Day on 9 July 2010 ... See the Chinese Blog »
Video- 360° Expo - New Zealand Pavilion World Expo
360° Expo - v.youku.com, 11 July 2010
View the 360° Expo programme of the Shanghai World Expo featuring New Zealand Day. Opens with a Maori Cultural performance and tour of the New Zealand Pavilion and includes an interview with Karl Johnston, Te Puia Acting CEO... View Video (40 mins) »
John Key PM of New Zealand - Shanghai Expo
nznationalparty on Flickr, 10 July 2010
View slideshow of John Key's visit to Shanghai Expo on New Zealand Day, Friday 9th July... View Flickr Slideshow »
Prime Minister Leads Tourism Push in China
tourismnewzealand.com, 10 July 2010
'Te Kakano', a giant carved waharoa (gateway), was gifted to the people of China on Friday 9 July, during New Zealand's National Day celebrations at the Shanghai World Expo. John Key, in China last week to mark special celebrations around New Zealand's National Day on 9 July at the Shanghai Expo, has been involved with special events to promote New Zealand tourism. ... Read the full review »
PM celebrates New Zealand Day at Expo
guide2.co.nz, 09 July 2010
This morning Mr Key gifted a carved waharoa (gateway) in the shape of a waka to the Baoshan Folk Museum - a cultural and teaching institution being built in Shanghai. Carvers from Rotorua's Te Puia New Zealand Maori Arts and Craft School began working on the waharoa in December. Te Puia spokesman Karl Johnstone said it meant New Zealand was coming to China with a gift rather than just to see what it could extract out of the country... Read the full review »
Carving Forges Cultural Bond with China
tourismnewzealand.com, 09 July 2010
The Prime Minister and Baoshan officials in front of 'Te Kakano', which was presented to the people of China at the Shanghai World Expo 2010. On Friday Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism John Key marked New Zealand's National Day at the Shanghai World Expo by gifting a symbolic piece of Māori art to China's Baoshan Folk Art Museum ... Read the full review »
PM celebrates NZ National Day at Shanghai Expo
Press Release: New Zealand Government, 09 July 2010
... The centrepiece of celebrations at New Zealand Day is the gifting to the people of China of a Waharoa - a carved entranceway in the shape of a waka or canoe. "The Waharoa will be a visible and lasting symbol of the strengthening ties between New Zealand and China," says Mr Key...
A one-metre high replica, carved from the same log, was presented to Premier Wen in Beijing on Wednesday. The final home of the Waharoa will be the Baoshan Folk Museum, a new cultural institution in Shanghai.... Read the full review »
Friendship Canoe Launches
Expo 2010 Shanghai China (official expo website), 09 July 2010
New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key today presented a precious piece of Maori art and craft to China in celebration of the New Zealand Pavilion Day... Read the editor Hu Min review »
NZ shows off at Shanghai World Expo
TVNZ, 09 July 2010
New Zealand's national day at World Expo in Shanghai, China today is an opportunity to showcase all that New Zealand has to offer, Prime Minister John Key says. A waharoa or gateway - carved of 3500-year old wood and in the shape of a waka maumahara (ceremonial canoe) - will be officially gifted to the Baoshan District Mayor... Read the full review »
PM Celebrates NZ National Day at Shanghai Expo
Voxy.co.nz, 09 July 2010
Prime Minister John Key is celebrating New Zealand National Day at the Shanghai Expo. The centrepiece of celebrations at New Zealand Day is the gifting to the people of China of a Waharoa - a carved entranceway in the shape of a waka or canoe. "The Waharoa will be a visible and lasting symbol of the strengthening ties between New Zealand and China," says Mr Key... Read the full review »
New Zealand on Show at Expo 2010
Tourism New Zealand, 13 May 2010
A popular attraction is the waharoa... Students from Te Puia's carving school have travelled to Shanghai to complete carving of the waharoa on-site at the New Zealand Pavilion over the next few months... Read the full review »
Kiwi Pavilion already paying the bills
TVNZ One News, 2 May 2010
The Kiwi Pavilion at the World Expo in Shanghai is proving a hit with the thousands of visitors who have seen it. It is only day one but the exhibition is already returning dividends, organisers say. Thousands of people have flooded into the New Zealand Pavilion site to kickstart the six-month showcase of culture and technology. The site contains a waka canoe carving with a huge greenstone boulder, representing the heart of New Zealand.
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Carvers putting finishing touches to waka
Radio New Zealand News, www.radionz.co.nz, 1 May 2010
... five carvers have been putting the finishing touches to a 10-metre memorial waka that will serve as the entrance to the pavilion. Carvers, from Te Puia Maori Arts and Crafts Institute, are working under the eye of thousands of daily visitors.
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NZ pavilion opened at Shanghai Expo
TVNZ, One News, 30 April 2010
New Zealand's pavilion at Shanghai's World Expo 2010 was officially opened on Thursday and is already proving popular.
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New Zealand wows Shanghai Expo
stuff.co.nz, Business Day, 30 April 2010
New Zealand will be in the international spotlight when Expo 2010 officially opens in Shanghai on Saturday... After yesterday's blessing ceremony, Kiwi artists began to carve the canoe on the pavilion's welcoming square. Made of a precious 3500-year-old Kauri, the canoe is 10 metres long and three metres wide and will be delicately carved by famous carvers from Te Puia (the New Zealand Maori Arts and Crafts Institute) from Rotorua. This treasure will be gifted to China by New Zealand Prime Minister John Key on July 9, the pavilion's national New Zealand day at the expo.
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Carvers take the chisels to Shanghai
Waatea 603 AM, Urban Maori radio, 30 April 2010
Five carvers from Te Puia Maori Arts and Crafts Institute are in Shanghai to put the finishing touches to a 10 metre waka mau- mahara that will serve as the entrance to New Zealand's world Expo pavillion. Te Puia visitor experience manager Karl Johnstone says about two thirds of the work on the 3500 year old kauri log has been done, and the carvers start tomorrow on the surface decoration and kowhaiwhai, under the eye of thousands of daily visitors. He says yesterday's opening of the pavilion was awe-inspiring, particularly the unveiling of the 1800 kilo pounamu boulder which stands at the entrance.
“Chinese are very much a jade culture as well, so strong connection to them with that but also with the carving because of the story and I guess with the values that go along with the gifting of this piece to the people of China. There’s a lot of synergies between the values of the Chinese and Maori so they understand the conceptual nature of the work,” Mr Johnstone says. The Maori contribution should help the New Zealand pavilion stand out.
Te Kākano Carving Bound for Shanghai
Tourism New Zealand, Recent Results, 23 March 2010
News of Te Kakano's journey has appeared in a record 13 media outlets. The story has reached millions of Chinese all over the country through more than 40 Chinese news websites...
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New Zealanders bid farewell to Maori Canoe as Gift
expo2010china.hu (World Expo Shanghai), 18 Feb 2010
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key and Chinese Ambassador Zhang Limin carved a small area of the waharoa (gateway) at a Maori farewell ceremony at Te Puia Maori Village in North Island resort town of Rotorua on Thursday...
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NZ Canoe has Expo destination
Shanghai Daily, Xinhua, 19 Feb 2010
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key and Chinese Ambassador Zhang Limin carved a small area of the waharoa (gateway) on a canoe at a Maori farewell ceremony at Te Puia on the North Island resort town of Rotorua yesterday. An official delegation bid farewell to the ceremonial canoe that will feature at this year's Shanghai 2010 World Expo...
Download the PDF www.shanghaidaily.com
Strengthening trade relations between China and NZ
Te Karere TVNZ (chapter 4), 18 Feb 2010
"The expo in Shanghai is a great way to create businesses for Maori, and it will encourage tourists to visit NZ, our marae and so on," says Peter Sharples... Watch the Video (audio in te reo Māori, with English subtitles)
Maori carving sets sail for Shanghai Expo
Journey etc.com 19 Feb 2010
A piece of precious Maori art will leave New Zealand shores next week, bound for this year’s Shanghai World Expo. The waharoa or Maori gateway - carved in the shape of a waka maumahara (ceremonial canoe), is New Zealand’s gift to China, symbolising the close relationship between the two nations... Read the full review - www.journeyetc.com
New Zealand bids farewell to Maori canoe as gift to Shanghai Expo
xinhuanet.com 18 Feb 2010
ROTORUA, New Zealand, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) - New Zealand Prime Minister John Key and Chinese Ambassador Zhang Limin carved a small area of the waharoa (gateway) at a Maori farewell ceremony at Te Puia Maori Village in North Island resort town of Rotorua on Thursday... Read the full review - www.news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/
New Zealand Chinese Herald
New Zealand Chinese Herald, A6, 20 Feb 2010 Read the article online - www.chnet.co.nz (in Chinese)
PM's chip off the old block leaves mark on gift to China
NZ Herald, Yvonne Tahana, 19 Feb 2010
John Key tapped away at New Zealand's seven-tonne gift to China yesterday as that country prepares for the World Expo in Shanghai. In Rotorua with Chinese Ambassador Zhang Limin, the Prime Minister took a mallet and chisel to what will be a 10m kauri waharoa, or gateway that will be the centrepiece of the $30 million Kiwi pavilion later in the year...
Read full NZ Herald review
"Maori Economy is expected to benefit significantly..."
Māori Television, Te Kaea, 18 Feb 2010
Prime Minister John Key says the Māori Economy is expected to benefit significantly following the unveiling of a newly carved gateway which will be on display at the Shanghai Expo later this year... View the Video
Giant Waka going to Shanghai World Expo
TV 3 News, 18 Feb 2010
One side speaks Maori, the other Mandarin but neither needed translators today. Everyone here understands the Shanghai World Expo is a major opportunity to showcase New Zealand trade and tourism to China and the world...
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Maori Carving Bound for Shanghai
Tourism New Zealand, 18 Feb 2010
An official delegation including Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism John Key today bid farewell to a piece of Māori art that will take centre stage at this year's Shanghai World Expo...
Read full Tourism New Zealand review
Students' carving bound for expo in China
Daily Post, Julie Taylor, 16 Jan 2010
PM will give 10m waka to host nation in Shanghai. The work of Rotorua carving students will be gifted to China at this year's World Expo in Shanghai. Tourism New Zealand and the ministry of Culture and Heritage have commissioned carvers at Te Puia to complete the Te Kākano project - a 10m high kauri waka maumahara (ceremonial canoe)...
