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Kōrero: Māori clothing and adornment – kākahu Māori

Ngā tūāhua makawe wāhine, 1827 pea

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Women's hairstyles, around 1827

I tauiratia tēnei tānga i ētahi tānga a Augustus Earle i tōna huringa i te hiku o Te Ika-a-Māui i ngā tau o 1827 me 1828. Tokorua ngā wāhine kei konei, ko tētahi e 25 tau pea te pakeke, ko tētahi 13 tau te pakeke. He taurekareka ia nā ‘Amoko’ (te wahine kei te taha mauī). Ko te ingoa o te taurekareka ko ‘Hepee’, ā, kāore ōna taonga i ōna makawe. E mau hei kaki ana rāua, tae atu ki ngā rīpene kei ngā taringa.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

National Library of Australia, Rex Nan Kivell Collection

Reference: nla.pic-an7567607

by Augustus Earle

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

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Awhina Tamarapa rāua ko Patricia Wallace, Māori clothing and adornment – kākahu Māori – Hairstyles, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/41010/womens-hairstyles-around-1827 (accessed 4 June 2026).

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