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Kōrero: Māori clothing and adornment – kākahu Māori

He hūmaeko huia

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Huia-feather headdresses

Nā Bronwyn Waipuka-Callendar (o Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Porou me Rangitāne) i tā te whakaahua o te ariki tapairu o Rangitāne a Te Aitū o Te Rangi e mau ana i ngā rau huia 12 te maha. He tohu rangatira ēnei taonga, ka mauminaminatia e te tangata hei tino taonga whakarākei i te rangatira, hei whakaatu hoki i tōna mana.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

B. Waipuka Art

by Bronwyn Waipuka

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Awhina Tamarapa rāua ko Patricia Wallace, Māori clothing and adornment – kākahu Māori – Adorning the head, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/41012/huia-feather-headdresses (accessed 4 June 2026).

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