On Friday 9 July, Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism John
Key marked New Zealand's National Day at Shanghai World Expo by
gifting a symbolic piece of Māori art to China's Baoshan Folk Art
Museum.
On Friday 9 July, Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism John
Key marked New Zealand's National Day at Shanghai World Expo by gifting a symbolic
piece of Māori art to China's Baoshan Folk Art Museum.
Named Te Kakano (The Seed), the 10-metre-high, 3-metre-wide
kauri waharoa (gateway) is in the shape of a waka maumahara
(ceremonial canoe). It has been gifted to China as a symbol of the
relationship between the two countries.
News of Te Kakano's journey from New Zealand to China reached
millions of Chinese all over the country through more than 40
Chinese news websites, including Sina, Net Ease,
Eastday, China News and Xinhua Net. It
also made front page news on the Wenhui Daily (circulation
400,000) and appeared in a further five major print outlets,
including the Yangtze Evening Post (circulation 2 million)
and the Beijing Daily (circulation 400,000).