Celebrating our National Rugby Team, The Black Ferns
The Black Ferns
are New Zealands premier womens rugby team and the most dominant team in all of rugby with Rugby World Cup titles in 1998, 2002 2006, 2010 and 2017 and 2021 (played in 2022). They have one of the best winning percentages in international rugby, with victory in over 85 percent of their Tests.
The Black Ferns
successful 2017 season was a landmark one for womens rugby with the Black Ferns
becoming the first womens team to ever be named the World Rugby Team of the Year.
In 2022, the Black Ferns
captured the imagination of Aotearoa when they lifted the Rugby World Cup on home soil for the first time. Playing in front of a world record crowd of 42,000 for womens rugby, the Black Ferns edged England 34-31 in a thrilling final.
Pīwakawaka- Known for its friendly ‘cheet cheet’ call and energetic flying antics, the fantail is one of the most common and loved native birds on the New Zealand mainland.
Feathers were symbols of status. In traditional Māori thought, many birds were seen as chiefly. The feathers of certain birds were used as adornment for high-born people – particularly plumes worn in the hair. Chiefs wore the Kahu huruhuru (feather cloak), made from the feathers of the most beautiful birds.
Heru, used by Maori to fasten long hair into a top knot. These also identified the rank of the wearer and were usually carved from a single piece of whale bone or wood and on occasion decorated with paua shell.
Traditionally carved from Whale bone, however these days many bone carvings are made from cattle bone as it is an ethically abundant source.
All carvings are packaged in a Black Ferns
display case with a hologram authenticity sticker and meaning card.
