Kia Tamatane and Puawaitanga

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Across
  1. 1. House also known as Mahere.
  2. 3. First governor of New Zealand who served in the Napoleonic wars
  3. 6. Served as a premier from October 1877 to October 1879.
  4. 7. The most common pattern symbolizing new beginnings, birth and unfolding of life.
  5. 10. The Maori boy whose name is part of our school insignia
  6. 12. Represents the branches of a family.
  7. 14. The classical period in Maori history between 1500 and 1800 CE
  8. 16. Represents warmth, blood and life.
  9. 17. This shark is creature is represented by the mangopare pattern.
  10. 18. A long repeated pattern.
  11. 19. This is a repeat of a koru and symbolizes self reflection and nurturing.
Down
  1. 2. The patterns are derived from here.
  2. 4. Symbolised by the black on our school insignia
  3. 5. This pattern represents the ocean waves.
  4. 7. White Heron represents our Whakatauki
  5. 8. The patterns represent the mana of the house, ancestors and the people.
  6. 9. Represents purity and promise for the future.
  7. 11. The patterns here on the ridgepole and rafters have a lot of history,
  8. 13. This pattern is a split koru.
  9. 15. Represents the Earth.