Kaysha Brownlie
Te Whare Tirohanga-Māori is a unit within Hawke's Bay Regional Prison - where inmates create carvings for the community.
The latest is an instalment for Port Ahuriri Playcentre.
Hawke's Bay Regional Prison officer Brenda Fergusen says carving for a playcentre made the work have "even more aroha, because it was giving back to the tutors and the kaiako of the playcentre, because they're grateful for the hard work that they do working with our next generation".
The carvings were unveiled at an earl morning ceremony to coincide with the rising of the sun, which is thought to give the carvings life.