TIKI-A-DAY fundraiser

This is a trial web page for a Whanau fundraiser, raising funds towards the production of a Whanau Whakapapa book and Whanau Website.  For a month or two, i will be making a TIKI-A-DAY for sale at $28 incl (Bank transfer only) postage and packaging (NZ only) . For our Australian whanau, costis $35NZ incl postage and packaging to Australia, payable via credit card.  $20 of the proceeds will go towards the fundraiser. The first one to post SOLD  on our whanau facebook page or on Iti Gifts facebook page, will win the tiki.  Now and then i'll throw in a bonus, either the large size tiki or something else ... if all goes well, I may take it to the end of the year.  Anyone is welcome to purchase, first in, wins the sale ....  Click here to go to the shopping page

DAY 22: Black/Green
The color green is the color of balance and harmony. From a color psychology perspective, it is the great balancer of the heart and the emotions, creating equilibrium between the head and the heart. From a meaning of colors perspective, green is also the color of growth, the color of spring, of renewal and rebirth. It renews and restores depleted energy. It is the sanctuary away from the stresses of modern living, restoring us back to a sense of well being.
Posted: Saturday 21 January 2012

DAY 21: Blue
Positive keywords include: loyalty, trust and integrity, tactful, reliability and responsibility, conservatism and perseverance, caring and concern, idealistic and orderly, authority, devotion and contemplation, peaceful and calm. Negative keywords include: being rigid, deceitful and spiteful, self-righteous, superstitious and emotionally unstable, too conservative, predictable and weak, unforgiving, and frigid. It can also indicate manipulation, unfaithfulness and untrustworthiness.
Posted: Friday 20 January 2012

DAY 20: Pink Pearl
Today is my Mokopuna's 4th birthday so im putting up a nice bright tiki for today. Similar to last Hotpink Tiki but with a Pearlex sheen and with your choice of a pink cord or black cord which hangs from the tiki's neck, not plaited thru the head
Posted: Thursday 19 January 2012

DAY 19: Turpquoise/Peacock
Turquoise represents open communication from and between the heart and the spoken word. It relates to the electronic age and the world of computers, and communication on a large scale.Being the mid color between the extremes of red and violet, turquoise is the color of balance, for the emotions, thoughts and speech. Turquoise has the ability to tune into its own needs and find the way to success.
Posted: Wednesday 18 January 2012

DAY 18: Burgundy
Burgundy is more sophisticated and serious and less energetic than true red. It indicates controlled power, determined ambition and dignified action and is often favored by the wealthy.
Posted: Tuesday 17 January 2012

DAY 17: Pink/purple
"King Country" by Kerry Nicholls, (1884) "In former times we lived differently; each tribe had its territory. We lived in pa placed high upon the mountains. The men looked to war as their only occupation, and the women and the young people cultivated the fields. We were a strong and a healthy people then. When the pakeha came, everything began to die away, even the natural animals of the country. ..."
Posted: Monday 16 January 2012

DAY 16: Black & Red - Katipo
Photographed with a cast iron gecko ornament bcoz i love gecko's, mokomoko, tuatara .... I have fond memories of being at our nannys whare in Carroll St, TeKuiti and watching the mokomoko scuttling out of the old chair on the porch and thought it was cool that we could pull their tails off and they'd still be alive .....
Posted: Sunday 15 January 2012

DAY 15: Black/Bronze
Photographed in Rimu Tree - Rimu is found in forests throughout New Zealand. Captain Cook's crew drank spruce beer made from rimu and manuka to prevent scurvy. In more recent times rimu has been added to beer for added flavour. The juice from a cut stem of rimu is said to encourage hair growth when applied directly to the scalp...
Posted: Saturday 14 January 2012

DAY 14: Pomegranate Red
One wahine of note i'd like to acknowledge is Torere-nui-a-rua. She was the daughter of Hoturoa, captain of the Waka Tainui. She disembarked from the Waka on its journey around the East coast, and married Manaakiao, tangata whenua of the area now known as Torere. Torere is located on the East Coast between Opotiki and Te Kaha and is known to be a Tainui stronghold ... yes whanau a little piece of Tainui smack dab in between Whakatohea and Te Whanau-a-Apanui ... named after a Tainui Woman.
Posted: Friday 13 January 2012

DAY 13: Fuschia
Kotukutuku or Fuschia pinks/purple - ... "John Hetet stood a moment alone, his spear held in two hands pointing at the feet of the oncoming visitor. Then leaping into the air, with an athleticim astonishing in a man well into his sixties ....". .......You'll find the rest in our whakapapa book, so kia tere whanau, send in your whakapapa ........ :)
Posted: Thursday 12 January 2012