A carved figure, or poupou, in a Maori village at the Whakarewarewa thermal and cultural area of Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand

Graveyard carving, Maori village, Whakarewarewa, Rotorua, South 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

Carved wooden figure, or poupou, replica village, Maori Arts and Crafts Institute, Whakarewarewa thermal and cultural area, Rotorua, South Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Carved portal of a church in a Maori village at the Whakarewarewa thermal and cultural area in Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand

Intricate carving in the replica village at the Maori Arts and Crafts Institute, Whakarewarewa thermal and cultural area, Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Maori reconstructed village, Te Puia, Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Traditional Maori 'Poupou' figure, Whakarewarewa village, Rotorua, New Zealand

Maori totem carving, Ohinemutu village, Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Welcoming ceremony performed by descendants of the Tuhourangi/Ngati Wahiao tribe, Te Puia Maori Village, Te Puia Wakarewarewa Geothermal Village, Rotorua, Taupo Volcanic Zone, 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

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 man performing the Haka at Te Puia Moari Village, Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Maori carving with facial tattoos, Wahiao, Whakarewarewa thermal village, Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Maori carving with facial tattoos, Wahiao, Whakarewarewa thermal village, Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Traditional Maori wood carvings at the entrance of Marae Papatea, North coast, Eastcape, North Island, New Zealand

Traditionally dressed Maori couple in a Maori Village on the North Island, New Zealand

Traditional Maori wood carvings at the entrance of Marae Papatea, North coast, Eastcape, North Island, New Zealand

Maori Barb Stainton works at fastfood restaurant on main street, Te Araroa, Eastcape, North Island, New Zealand

Two young Maori men with horses on the main street of the village Te Araroa, Eastcape, North Island, New Zealand

Gate to Whakarewarewa, Maori village, wood carving, Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand

Wood carvings, Maori village, Whakararewa, Rotorua, Nord Island, New Zealand

Entrance with wood carvings, Maori village, Whakararewa, Rotorua, Nord Island, New Zealand

Wood carvings, Maori village, Whakararewa, Rotorua, Nord Island, New Zealand