Messini Palace - Wheku Tahi Matte Black Kowhaiwhai If you find the scent

If you find the scent too strong

Retro Maori Carving moulded in Plaster and hand painted

forward across ancestral tides

While supporting her whanau she decided to turn her love into something that could support them

was a springboard for a journey of wholehearted transformation

Messini Palace - Wheku Tahi Matte Black Kowhaiwhai If you find the scentWheku Tahi A Wheku represents a tpuna (ancestor) and kaitiaki (guardian) and is often found at an entrance to a whare or the apex of a gable of the Whare Nui. Wheku Tahi is one of Messinis first cast pieces and is based on a collaboration with friend and Master Carver, Michael Matchitt. Individually hand crafted using stone (or resin) and finished with four layers of acrylic paint and pua inlay eyes, a process that takes at least a week to complete