


Hei tohu ngā pikinga mō ngā taumata o te akoranga, me te ahunga whakamua. He aronga tō te Poutama e pā ana ki ngā āhuatanga o te ao wairua, ā, he aronga anō tōna e anga ana ki te mātauranga (Te Pikinga ki ngā Rangi). Ko Te Hau-ki-Tūranga te whare whakairo tawhito rawa o Aotearoa, ā, kei Te Papa Tongarewa e tū ana. Ko te ingoa o tēnei tauira ko Poutama, ā, i takea mai i te whare whakairo o Rongowhakaata, i Te Hau-ki-Tūranga. At Leftover Currency we exchange your old banknotes from Taiwan for cash. It is a pattern used a lot in other Rongowhakaata wharenui including Te Mana o Tūranga and Te Poho o Rukupō, located in the village of Manutūkē, Gisborne. Get paid in 3 steps for your 50 New Taiwan Dollars banknote (Chung-Shan Building). The steps symbolise levels of attainment and advancement. The Poutama (’stairway to heaven’) pattern has both religious and educational meanings. Te Hau-ki-Tūranga is the oldest carved meeting house in existence and is currently located at Te Papa. It is from the Rongowhakaata whare whakairo, Te Hau-ki-Tūranga.

The pattern on the Tukutuku panel is called ‘Poutama’. It was officially opened in 1977 and occupied in 1979. Construction of the 'Beehive' Executive Wing, designed by Sir Basil Spence, began in 1969. Built between 19, it houses the Legislative Chamber. The older building, clad in Takaka marble, is in Edwardian neo-classical style and was designed by architects, John Campbell and Claude Paton. The two main buildings of the New Zealand Parliament in Wellington are shown on the $20 note. It shows the Queen wearing the Sovereign’s insignia of the Order of New Zealand, the New Zealand Order of Merit, the Star, Sash and Badge (obscured), the Queen’s Service Order, and the Diamond Fern brooch, which was presented by the women of Auckland in 1953, on her right shoulder. The portrait was taken by London-based photographer, Julian Calder, in the Blue Room of Buckingham Palace. New official portraits of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II wearing her New Zealand honours were released to mark her Diamond Jubilee.
