New Zealand. Ministry of Maori Development :He toa rangatahi - he toa rangatira; 2007 New Zealand Maori Rugby Team poster. Te Puni Kokiri, realising Maori potential [2007].

Recto of poster shows a montage of photographs. At the top a Maori god figure looks down on members of the Maori rugby team in traditional dress performing gestures of the haka. Below is an illustration of a sleeping Maori goddess in a landscape of carved pounamu hills and snowy mountains. Inverted at the lower edge, the Maori rugby team performs the haka in their black rugby jerseys.

The verso gives the words and translation of the team's haka and lists the members and iwi names of all the team players. The other significant symbols and significance of elements of the poster are explained at length.

Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s).

Physical Description: Photolithograph, 420 x 595 mm.

Provenance: Donated by Joan McCracken, Wellington, in 2012.