We are proudly embracing the heritage of Aotearoa!
At Corporate Traveller, we believe in the importance of preserving indigenous culture and language all around the world, and our commitment starts here, at home.
We share Māori legends and tales across the beautiful Aotearoa, interesting facts, Māori Travel Phrases that you can try as well as the inspiration behind our bespoke pattern, created by Juran Haurua. Designed to be symbolic of the Matariki star cluster and the Polynesian Triangle between Easter Island, New Zealand and Hawai'i - known as Hawaiiki - the pattern speaks to the wonder of travel and the ancestral roots of the Māori.
Did You Know
At the beginning of the 19th Century, Te Reo Māori was the dominant language of New Zealand.
Traditionally, the Māori language was never written down.
Te Reo Māori features variations in the dialect based on your rohe (region).
Bespoke Pattern
Our bespoke pattern is created by Juran Haurua.
The inspiration behind the pattern was taken from research of Hawaiki which is known as the traditional Māori birth place of origin. The first Māori are said to have sailed to Aotearoa (The land of the long white cloud) from Hawaiki. It’s also known as the Polynesian Triangle referring to 3 points - namely Hawai’i, Easter Island and New Zealand.
The significance of our pattern comes from the Matariki Calendar and its 9 stars. Matariki is a cluster of stars visible during the mid-winter season and is commonly used to mark the beginning of the new year. In the past iwi used Matariki to navigate large distances across the Pacific Ocean to reach Aotearoa and discover new land.
As an adaptation of this, Juran Haurua created the 9 triangle (Tapatoru) pattern to honor these findings and to also encompass the Hawaiki Polynesian Triangle. Within the pattern, you can find more or less within it but he deliberately kept it ambiguous as there varying views on how many there are between iwi.
Te Reo Māori Map of New Zealand
