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Kōrero: Whakairo – Māori carving

Te pātaka nō Taranaki

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Taranaki pātaka

Nā Charles Heaphy i tā tēnei whakaahua o tētahi pātaka whakairo i te tau 1842. I tū tēnei pātaka ki te pā o Ngāti Tama, ki Ōtūmatua, kei te takutai marangai o Taranaki. He mea whakatū te pātaka kai i runga i ngā pou e rua, hei wawao atu i te kiore. He tawhiti rawa ngā pūnoti o te arapiki kia kakea i te kiore. 

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: A-146-009

by Charles Heaphy

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.

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Brett Graham, Whakairo – Māori carving – Carving, 1500 to 1800, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/43063/te-pataka-no-taranaki (accessed 24 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Brett Graham, i tāngia i te 21 October 2013.