Well, it’s a fact that you can usually recognize a New Zealander when they’re overseas by their Maori pendants, carved from jade, shell or bone. You can’t see it in my photo, but I’m wearing a bone fish-hook that Alice tagged me with before I went home for a holiday. They seem to hold a lot of importance to both Pakeha (New Zealanders of European descent) and Maori, although, of course, they mean a lot more to Maori.
The most famous Maori carving design is the “hei tiki” which represents ...
