Maori motifs for new Kopu Bridge. By MARTIN TIFFANY. April 19, 2009 • 6:27pm. Share. Plans for the new-look Kopu Bridge have taniwha gracing the support pillars bridge and pouwhenua (carved ...

In New Zealand, thousands of indigenous Maori are protesting the new conservative government's plans to review a treaty that was signed by British colonists and Maori chiefs almost 200 years ago.