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Nick Tupara
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Biography
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I have spent all my life studying and working in the area of Mâori art, culture and heritage, and Museums. My formal qualifications and work experiences encompass the fields of:
-Mâori Heritage and Mâori Collections Conservation
-Cultural and Heritage Resource Management and Preservation
-Mâori Meeting House Conservation
-Meeting House building and Whakairo
-Kôwhaiwhai (traditional painting)
-Raranga (traditional weaving - including making tukutuku, taniko, korowai and kakahu, kete)
-Whare Tu-taua (making weapons) - Carver
-Taonga Puoro (making traditional musical instruments) - Carver and Musician
-Ta Moko (traditional Mâori tattooing)
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