Auckland's volcanoes feature in this red/ grey-blue Pauanesia tea towel. We commissioned this new Pauanesia tea towel to celebrate the volcanic past of the Auckland's landscape and to acknowledge the first names given to the prominent volcanic cones by Tamaki Maori.
They believed that Mataaho, 'God of the secrets hidden in the earth' and his brother Ruamoko, 'God of Earthquakes and Volcanoes' are sleeping and it is important that they are respected and honoured to avoid any disquiet.
The border reads: Auckland’s volcanoes are sleeping. Nga Maunga a Mataaho, the mountains of Mataaho, poke above the Auckland skyline.
May Mataaho, 'God of the secrets hidden in the earth’, and his brother Ruamoko, ‘God of earthquakes and volcanoes’, rest quietly.
Some cones have more than one Maori name and the spelling of the oral Maori names can vary.
Browns island Motukorea
Mount Victoria Takarunga
North Head Takapuna
Auckland Domain Pukeraroa
Mount Eden Maungawhau
Mount Albert Owairaka
Mount Hobson Remuwera
Mount St John Te Kopuke
One Tree Hill Maungakiekie
Mount Wellington Maungarei
Mount Roskill Puketaapapa
Three Kings Te Taatua
Mount Smart Rarotonga
Auckland's volcanoes feature in this red/ grey-blue Pauanesia tea towel. We commissioned this new Pauanesia tea towel to celebrate the volcanic past of the Auckland's landscape and to acknowledge the first names given to the prominent volcanic cones by Tamaki Maori.
They believed that Mataaho, 'God of the secrets hidden in the earth' and his brother Ruamoko, 'God of Earthquakes and Volcanoes' are sleeping and it is important that they are respected and honoured to avoid any disquiet.
The border reads:
Auckland’s volcanoes are sleeping.
Nga Maunga a Mataaho, the mountains of Mataaho, poke above the Auckland skyline.
May Mataaho, 'God of the secrets hidden in the earth’, and his brother Ruamoko, ‘God of earthquakes and volcanoes’, rest quietly.
Some cones have more than one Maori name and the spelling of the oral Maori names can vary.
Browns island Motukorea
Mount Victoria Takarunga
North Head Takapuna
Auckland Domain Pukeraroa
Mount Eden Maungawhau
Mount Albert Owairaka
Mount Hobson Remuwera
Mount St John Te Kopuke
One Tree Hill Maungakiekie
Mount Wellington Maungarei
Mount Roskill Puketaapapa
Three Kings Te Taatua
Mount Smart Rarotonga