Pou Maumahara - Zonnebeke, Belgium
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On ANZAC Day in 2019, Pou Maumahara was unveiled in the Passchendaele Memorial Park in Zonnebeke. The wood sculpture in honor of the New Zealand Maori and other World War I soldiers is located next to the Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917.
Waymark Code: WM17H11
Location: West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Date Posted: 02/20/2023
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"The totem is 8 meters high and weighs 6 tons. The monument symbolizes the common history that our country and New Zealand share. One side of the sculpture represents the war and faces the battlefields around Passchendaele. The other side represents the people who have remained in the homeland
The memorial totem was made by master carvers and art school students from a native wood, which is more than 4,500 years old."
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About the creation of this monument:
"Master carvers, teachers and students from the New Zealand Maori Arts and Crafts Institute (NZMACI) in Rotorua, New Zealand created the pou maumahara. They crafted this memorial sculpture from a native New Zealand wood that is over 4,500 years old. This film shows footage of the creation: (
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