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Story: Māori weaving and tukutuku – te raranga me te whatu

Weaving with pegs

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Weaving with pegs

A woman weaves a cloak, with the work strung between two turuturu (pegs). On the wall behind her hangs a completed piupiu (unwoven flax skirt). 

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Kahutoi Te Kanawa, Māori weaving and tukutuku – te raranga me te whatu – Kākahu – woven cloaks, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/43476/weaving-with-pegs (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Kahutoi Te Kanawa, published 6 December 2013.