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Story: Te ngahere – forest lore

Piupiu

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Piupiu

This piupiu (skirt) is made of muka, the fibre prepared from flax leaves. It has a woven tāniko (waistband). Clothing was one of the many uses of harakeke (flax).

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Rāwiri Taonui, Te ngahere – forest lore – Plants for weaving, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/14112/piupiu (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Rāwiri Taonui, published 2 March 2009.