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Toki Raranga Weaving

This is a combination of a toki form with a pattern to represent the weaving or raranga of harakeke/flax.

Raranga can represent many things. It represents a variety of facets being woven together to create something more than the individual parts. In this way it can be used to represent a whanau, or community, or even a set of values or ideas that can be brought together.

The journey from the blank rough piece of pounamu through to the finished taonga is often hidden. Here is a glimpse into the journey that this piece underwent.

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