{"product_id":"marae-te-tatau-pounamu","title":"Marae - Te Tatau Pounamu","description":"\u003cb\u003eA magnificent, prize-winning documentation of and tribute to New Zealand's wharenui, big and small.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Bishop Muru Walters is a very well-known Anglican minister. He is also a master carver, poet, broadcaster and former Maori All Black. His son Robin is a photographer and filmmaker, who is director at Curious Films. Sam Walters, Robin's wife, is a photographer. Together the Walters spent three years visiting some of this country's major meeting houses as well as many of the more humble ones - houses that serve smaller hapu and iwi - to bring together a beautiful photographic book on the meeting house.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e They are intensively photographed, with detailed shots of their carvings, kowhaiwhai panels, tukutuku panels and much more. Many are photographed during an event, the images conveying a rich sense of life and activity.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e From north to south, from the east coast to the west, and from ancient wharenui to bold new designs, this handsome book, with its engaging personal text, captures the huge variety of New Zealand's original architecture. It's a book for \u003ci\u003eall\u003c\/i\u003e New Zealanders to treasure.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eWinner of\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eTe Korero Pono - Non-Fiction category of the\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eNga Kupu Ora Maori Book Awards\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43581626384581,"sku":"","price":65.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/Marae_20Te_20Tatau_20Pounamu.jpg?v=1716562098","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/marae-te-tatau-pounamu","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}