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Kōrero: Mau rākau – Māori use of weaponry

Te mau koikoi

Pāwhiritia ēnei whakaahua kia tirohia ētahi mau e pā ana ki te koikoi. Ko te tikanga o tēnei rākau he karo, he wero i te hoariri me ngā ringa e rua ki te rākau. Nā te Tiamana nā Augustus Koch ēnei whakaahua i tā, nō tana noho ki Aotearoa i ngā tau 1850.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: B-110-010-1

by Augustus Koch

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

Rangi Matamua, Mau rākau – Māori use of weaponry – Using traditional weapons, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/interactive/39760/combat-actions-with-koikoi (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Rangi Matamua, i tāngia i te 28 November 2012.

Comments

Alan Ngati
31 December 2017
I am 58 wanting to learn mau rakau , would i be put to the fitness as a younger , my culture was taken away from NZ Goverment 50,s60s,70s I am learning te reo in small incrimants in melbourne . Taiaha and mere . as more part of history and its use. with my heart soul and mana .