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Kōrero: Mau rākau – Māori use of weaponry

Ngā rākau me ngā pū

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Traditional weapons and muskets

I roto i ngā tekau tau mai i te taunga o te pū ki Aotearoa, ka whakamahi te Māori i āna rākau ake i te taha o ngā pū. Otirā nā Joseph Merett i tā tēnei whakaahua i tau 1845 pea, e whakaatu ana i te whakatū waewae. Ko ngā rākau he taiaha, he tao, he mere, he pū, he pātītī hoki.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

National Library of Australia

Reference: nla.pic-an2948236-v

by Joseph Merrett

Permission of the National Library of Australia must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Rangi Matamua, Mau rākau – Māori use of weaponry – Māori weaponry in the 2000s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/39769/traditional-weapons-and-muskets (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Rangi Matamua, i tāngia i te 28 November 2012.