Maori carving on meeting house, Auckland Museum, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Maori marae, or meeting house, at Putiki, just over the river from the city of Wanganui on the south west coast, Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Maori Meeting House, Waitangi Treaty Grounds, Bay of Islands, Northland Region, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Wooden carving at a Maori Meeting House, Waitangi Treaty Grounds, Bay of Islands, Northland Region, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Wooden carving at a Maori Meeting House, Waitangi Treaty Grounds, Bay of Islands, Northland Region, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Carving in Maori Meeting House, Waitangi, Bay of Islands, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Close-up of Maori carving on Ohinemutu marae meeting house, Rotorua, South Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Tamatekapua, Maori meeting house (whare whakairo), Ohinemutu, Rotorua, South Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Carvings on a Whare Whakairo Meeting House, carvings representing the dead and manifestations of ancestors preserved tribal history in an oral society, Te Puia Maori Village, Rotorua, Taupo Volcanic Zone, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Marai, a Maori Meeting House at Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Statues and carvings of tikis on a Marai, Maori Meeting House, at Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Traditional maori ceremony in front of Marai meeting house, New Zealand

Maori women dancing at tribal gathering in front of the Wharenui meeting house at the Marae in New Zealand

Traditional maori ceremony at the Marai meeting house, New Zealand

Traditional maori ceremony in front of Marai meeting house, New Zealand

Maori women dancing at tribal gathering in front of the Wharenui meeting house at the Marae in New Zealand

Wahaio Traditional Maori meeting house, Whare Tipuna, Whakarewarewa thermal village, Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Red Maori carving, Marai meeting house, Whakarewarewa thermal village, Wahiao, Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Maori carved bargeboards on meeting house, Whakarewarewa centre, Rotorua, South Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Close-up of statue in entrance to Maori Meeting House (Whara runanga in Maori language), Waitangi National Reserve, Waitangi, Bay of Islands, Northland, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Carved figure on main pole at marae meeting house, Maori and Colonial Museum, Okains Bay, Banks Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand

Maori traditional meeting house at Waitangi, carved meeting house representing all tribes, Maori Culture, Te Whare Runanga, North Island, New Zealand

Carved figure on main pole at marae meeting house, Maori and Colonial Museum, Okains Bay, Banks Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand

Carved figure in official Maori meeting house, Whare runanga, Waitangi, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania

Maori Carving at Rotowhio Marae Meeting House Entrance, Te Puia, Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand

Maori Meeting House Carvings, Te Takinga Marae, near Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand

Maori Meeting House Carving, Te Takinga Marae, near Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand00059400

Entrance gate to a Marae-meeting place of the Maoris, South Island, New Zealand

Waitangi Maori Meeting House, interior, North Island, New Zealand

Maori Meeting House, Waitangi Treaty Grounds, Waitangi, North Island, New Zealand

Maori carving, head with tattoo lines, Maori Meeting House, Waitangi Treaty Grounds, Waitangi, North Island, New Zealand

Maori carving, wooden relief with mother of pearl inlays, figural representation and ornaments, Maori Meeting House, Waitangi Treaty Grounds, Waitangi, North Island, New Zealand

Maori Meeting House, Waitangi Treaty Grounds, Waitangi, North Island, New Zealand