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Koru Kowhaiwhai
Discover our Koru Kowhaiwhai collection, featuring apparel and accessories adorned with the sacred Māori Koru and Kōwhaiwhai scroll patterns — two of the most iconic, spiritually rich, and visually distinctive motifs in all of Polynesian art and indigenous design.
The Living Spiral of Māori Art
The Koru is one of the most universally recognized symbols of Aotearoa New Zealand — a graceful spiral based on the unfurling frond of the silver fern (ponga), representing new life, growth, strength, and peace. Kōwhaiwhai are the flowing, interlocking scroll patterns traditionally painted on the rafters (heke) of Māori meeting houses (wharenui), each design carrying deep genealogical and spiritual meaning connecting the living to their ancestors. Together, the Koru and Kōwhaiwhai form a visual language of extraordinary beauty and cultural depth — one that has been passed down through generations of Māori tohunga whakairo (master carvers and artists).
- Apparel and accessories featuring sacred Māori Koru and Kōwhaiwhai scroll designs
- The Koru symbolizes new life, growth, strength, and peace — inspired by the silver fern frond
- Kōwhaiwhai patterns adorn the rafters of Māori meeting houses with ancestral meaning
- A visual language of extraordinary beauty passed down through generations of Māori artists
- A meaningful and authentic piece of Aotearoa New Zealand indigenous art and heritage
