These tiki are souvenirs from New Zealand from different times and places. They are based on the Maori hei tiki, highly valued neck ornaments, often carved out of pounamu, or NZ jade ("greenstone").

The Maori hei tiki's provenance was questioned by a carver who says he made the piece recently. Photo / Supplied. A Māori hei tiki pendant that surfaced at a glitzy New York auction house and was ...

A hei matau, made from pounamu, the Maori word for New Zealand jade or greenstone. Creators say they give the wearer strength, safety and good luck for travel, especially across oceans.

A Maori hei tiki pendant is expected to fetch thousands when it goes under the hammer in New York next week. A remarkable collection of Maori artefacts including a hei tiki pendant once owned by a ...

In Maori culture, the pounamu hei tiki may symbolize chieftainship and status. Measuring 16cm high and 9.6cm wide, the hei tiki is large and has eyes made from inset paua shell.

Rawiri Waititi, the co-leader of the Maori Party, was ordered to leave the parliament's debating chamber on Tuesday after he came to work wearing a traditional Maori pendant called a hei-tiki ...

Three old Maori greenstone tiki sold for $US45,600 at Sotheby’s auction in New York earlier today.

Under the shadow of the Doge’s Palace, a warlike haka was sounded as 16 performers wearing facial moko tattoos, greenstone hei-tiki pendants and feathered cloaks took to the stage.

The meaning of the Maori hei tiki pendant is obscure ... The tiki had been in the company's inventory for 100 years and were carved by the Germans from greenstone sent from New Zealand to ...