{"title":"Paku","description":"Paku is a New Zealand design studio dedicated to creating products uniquely of Aotearoa. They do this by combining mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledge) with the latest technologies to reimagine the objects around us in a bicultural way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCreated by long-time friends Dr Johnson Witehira (Ngāti Hinekura, Ngāi-tū-te-auru) and James Prier, Paku's kaupapa is of inclusivity and pride in Māori culture and language as tangata whenua and tangata tiriti, which they hope to make more accessible to everyone. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaku products are developed and produced in Te Whanganui-a-Tara and Manawatū for all of Aotearoa to experience. \u003cbr\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"paku-timo","title":"Paku Timo","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Paku Timo was born when one day, while picking up his son from kohanga reo, Dr Johnson Witehira noticed something. 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