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Kōrero: Māori clothing and adornment – kākahu Māori

Ngā whakarākei heru, kura hoki

Comb and feather adornments

I te haerenga tuatahi mai a Kuki, he maha ngā tūmomo makawe ka hopukina ki te pepa e te tohunga tā, e Sydney Parkinson. He rerekē ngā makawe o ngā tokoono nei, ka mutu tokorima e mau heru ana, tokorima anō e mau kura mā ana. Mō te nuinga e toru ngā kura mā, engari anō tētahi, e rima.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: PUBL-0037-23

by Sydney Parkinson

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 – Adorning the head, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/41013/nga-whakarakei-heru-kura-hoki (accessed 4 June 2026).

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