Kōrero: Traditional Māori warfare – Riri

Ki mua

Taiaha

Whai muri

Kei runga i te taiaha ko te tinana, ko te ūpoko, ko te ārero. E rākeitia ana ki te kākākura me te waero, ka kīa ēnei huruhuru he awe. I tua atu i tōna ataahua, ko te take o te awe he whakarangirua i te hoariri.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

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Reference: ME000020

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Basil Keane, Traditional Māori warfare – Riri – Rākau Māori – Māori weapons and their uses, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/object/37086/taiaha (accessed 14 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Basil Keane, i tāngia i te 14 June 2012.