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Kōrero: Kākahu Māori

Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

Mai i te whārangi 1 - Ngā taonga tuku iho

Residents of Dusky Bay, 1770

Te hunga noho i Dusky Bay, i te tau 1770

Maro – waist girdle

Ruhia Pōrutu's kaitaka paepaeroa

Te kaitaka paepaeroa a Ruhia Pōrutu (1 o 3)

Ruhia Pōrutu wearing her kaitaka

Ruhia Pōrutu e mau ana i te kaitaka (2 o 3)

Thomas McKenzie's funeral procession, 1911

Te amo i a Thomas McKenzie, i te tau 1911 (3 o 3)

Tapu garments, 1844

Ngā kākahu tapu, tau 1844

Mai i te whārangi 2 - Te urutau ki te whenua me te pāmahana hou

First migrants bringing tropical plants

Ngā Māori tuatahi e mau mai ana i ngā tipu o Poronīhia

Lacebark piupiu

Ngā piupiu houhi

Preparing and weaving harakeke (flax)

Te whakarite me te raranga i te harakeke

Kākāpō-feather cloak

He korowai kākāpō

Sealskin fragment from kahu kekeno

He kongakonga mai i tētahi kahu kēkeno

Mai i te whārangi 3 - Ngā tikanga raranga

The symbolic meaning of kākahu (cloaks)

Te tohu wairua o te kākahu

Diggeress Te Kanawa

Ko Diggeress Te Kanawa

Tirikātene family kahu kiwi

Te kahu kiwi a te whānau Tirikātene

Kaitaka cloaks with tāniko borders

Ngā kaitaka tāniko

Whanganui weavers, 1930s

Ngā kairaranga o Whanganui, tekau tau 1930

Mai i te whārangi 4 - Ngā pueru

Te Mutu and sons, Hokianga

Ko Te Mutu me ana tama, ki Hokianga

Maggie Papakura wearing kahu huruhuru, around 1909

Ko Mākereti Papakura e mau ana i te kahu huruhuru, i te takiwā o te tau 1909

Kaitaka paepaeroa

Kaitaka paepaeroa (1 o 4)

Kaitaka huaki, with later additions

Kaitaka huaki me ngā tāpiripiringa (2 o 4)

Kaitaka huaki, with dog hair tufts

Kaitaka huaki me ngā pū huruhuru kurī (3 o 4)

Kaitaka ngore-ngore

He kaitaka ngorengore (4 o 4)

Kaitaka ngore-ngore

Kaitaka ngorengore

Mai i te whārangi 5 - Ngā kākahu mō ia rā

Flax rain cape, around 1910

He pākē, i te tau 1910 pea

Kahu tōī

Pākē – rain capes, London, 2011

Pākē – ki Rānana, i te tau 2011

Paraerae – flax sandals

Mai i te whārangi 6 - Ngā tū āhua makawe

Māori hairstyles, 1826

Ngā tū āhua makawe, i te tau 1826

Chief's son, 1769

Tama a te rangatira, tau 1769

Cutting hair of captives, around 1827

Te heu i ngā makawe o ngā mauhere, i te tau 1827 pea

Women's hairstyles, around 1827

Ngā tūāhua makawe wāhine, 1827 pea

Mai i te whārangi 7 - Te whakarākai i te ūpoko

Hawk-wing headdress, around 1847

He parirau, 1847 pea

Huia-feather headdresses

He hūmaeko huia

Comb and feather adornments

Ngā whakarākei heru, kura hoki

Whalebone titireia

He titireia tohorā (1 o 3)

Wood and muka heru

Ngā heru rākau, muka hoki (2 o 3)

Wooden heru

Heru rākau (3 o 3)

Mai i te whārangi 8 - Ngā tongarerewa me ngā taonga whakarākei

Moa-bone necklace

He hei kōiwi moa

Rei niho paraoa – whale-tooth pendant

Rei niho parāoa

Hei matau – neck pendant

Hei tiki – neck pendant

Pōhoi toroa – albatross-feather ear ornament

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Awhina Tamarapa rāua ko Patricia Wallace, 'Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/kakahu-maori/media (accessed 29 March 2023)

He kōrero nā Awhina Tamarapa rāua ko Patricia Wallace, i tāngia i te 5 Sep 2013