Story: Muriwhenua tribes

Dog-skin cloak

A detail of the cloak.

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Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira

Reference: Ethno 280b

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Rāwiri Taonui, Muriwhenua tribes – Ngāti Kurī, Ngāi Takoto, Te Pātū and Ngāti Kahu, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/object/3910/dog-skin-cloak (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Rāwiri Taonui, published 4 March 2009, updated 22 March 2017.