Meaning and symbols
What’s the name of this pattern?
→ unaunahi
What does it represent?
→ Fish scales that represent and health
What’s the name of this pattern?
→ ahu ahu mataroa
What does it represent?
→ Shows talent and achievement or sport and also can be representative of a new challenge
What’s the name of this pattern?
→ taratara kae
What does it represent?
→ from whale teeth
What’s the name of this pattern?
→ Hei tiki
What does it represent?
→ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ถ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช๐ฌ๐ช ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ด๐บ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ. ๐๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ, ๐ญ๐ฐ๐บ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช๐ฌ๐ช ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ถ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช๐ฌ๐ช ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ณ๐บ๐ฐ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช๐ฌ๐ช’๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด.
What’s the name of this pattern?
→ Hei matau (fish hook)
What does it represent?
→ The Maori symbols or meaning or hei matau, more commonly known as the fish hook symbolises prosperity. Maori use fish in many of their traditional food dishes. Fish were so plentiful to the Maori that the simple ownership of a fish hook meant prosperity. The fish hook also represents strength, determination and good health, as well as providing safe journey over water.
