Thank you for explaining the origin of your carving. We saw it about 30 years ago, and I think I still have photos. We thought the carving was amazing.

I was lucky to have visited here couple months back and I have to say I love this place so much. It has a special place in my heart for me seeing this with my own eyes and knowing the story behind it means so much more. I am that type of traveller that appreciates culture, history, art and well being and this has everything to do with it. Mad respect to New Zealand and everything about this Country.

I am both impressed and amazed with his work. The carvings look as though they were done in early Maori times. Matahi's straight forward narration is a delight to listen to. It would be great to hear him repeat it in Maori. Such a pleasure that we have people like him to make us so proud of our nation.

Such amazing carvings! What a guy! We loved seeing it on sailing trip (and again when fishing) :)

I love this! Absolutely Gorgeous and engaging and great memory of heritage and keeping family & travelers educated with a beautiful background! ❤

Filled my heart thank you 💙

Absolutely beautiful! What an incredible sight and so fascinating. With love from 🇬🇧

Truly beautiful and meaningful.

Great respect. I cant wait to see it for myself. Emigration to NZ countdown rolling - Taupo looks like home already. and the respect of this man, and the respect for his work. cant wait to live somewhere that has that respect for their past, culture and identity. - Thank you.

Absolutely fascinating kōrero Matua Matahi. Your tupuna Ngatoro-i-rangi was most definitely a fascinating man. Aku mihi.

So cool, honor to see this

Beautiful art work 👍🇳🇿

That's a beautiful work and story. Great job, guys!

Stunning simply stunning ka pai

#Maori art and clip of history is beautiful.

Miss you Johno Randell... respect always..r.i.p. Xxx

These Rock Carvings all began with Rua Kaika, Gregs Teacher of the Traditional Maori Carvings at the Time. We all know Greg, carved the Rock face, but the more Intricate Rock Carvings of the Lizard and so fourth were done by the Master Carver Rua Kaika himself, maybe Pine & John Taiapa too?

Kiaora. Stunning . May your work endure through the eons. X

Who has been telling the tourists these are ancient and not modern art?

FREEDOM!!

My uncle did that

The carving was done by the "ngati chur".

Is it tourism promotion. The carvings shown are really that old？

Im so proud to be kiwi and so proud to be Maori. Absolutely beautiful story

what happened to the first nz people. cause the horries were not

I miss home, it's been to long (from Taupo 🙋🏽‍♂️)

Ka pai e hoa, ahikaroa o te whakapapa!!!!!! Arohanui!!!

100% pure Tangata whenua 🧬🧬🌎🦁🏰👑✝️

End the mandates!

REDDITT

ka pai e hoa

As a descendant of the Te Arawa canoe aatahua kei runga noa atu

Chur Uncle!

Tuwharetoa maranga ra

This is real because i have been there

I have never seen any Maoris carve anything with only traditional Maori tools. It's always with modern European tools. Why don't they ever use there own ancient tools???

Beautiful.

Chur Uncle!