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Kōrero: Māori clothing and adornment – kākahu Māori

Ngā kākahu tapu, tau 1844

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Tapu garments, 1844

Ka whakaatu tēnei whakaahua a George French Angas i tētahi wāhi tapu ki te manga o Waiharakeke ki Kāwhia. I tēnei wāhi e tarahau ana ngā kōiwi me ngā taonga o te rangatira a Te Pahi. Whai muri i tōna matenga ka whakatūria te taiapa hei aukati i te tangata i ngā whakawhiu o taua wāhi. E kī ana a Angas i te kapakapa haere ngā kākahu i roto i te hau, ā, i waiho pērātia, mā te hau e whakahoki anō ki a Papatūānuku. I ētahi wā ka tanumia ēnei momo taonga i te taha tonu o te kaipupuri.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: A-020-024

by George French Angas

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Awhina Tamarapa rāua ko Patricia Wallace, Māori clothing and adornment – kākahu Māori – Ngā taonga tuku iho – traditional Māori dress, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/40983/tapu-garments-1844 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Awhina Tamarapa rāua ko Patricia Wallace, i tāngia i te 4 March 2013.