Te Puia carvers deliver Waka Maumahara

More than 100 years ago, a group of Kiwi soldiers toiled 20 metres below the streets of the historic French town of Arras during World War One. A group of carvers from Te Puia, the NZ Maori Arts and Crafts Institute, some of whom whakapapa back to those soldiers, have been working on a special carving. A delegation from Arras tavelled to Rotorua today to receive the Waka Maumahara. Waikato Bay of Plenty reporter Rachel Moore reports.