Kōrero: Mau rākau – Māori use of weaponry

Ki mua

Ngā rākau roa (e rua ngā ringa mau): ko te taiaha

Whai muri

I mahia tēnei taiaha rerehua i te takiwā o te tau 1800. Kāore i te mōhiotia nō hea tēnei rākau. Kei tētahi o ōna pito te upoko me te ārero whakairo. Kei raro iho i te upoko ko te tauri (he huru manu) me te awe (he huruhuru kurī). Kei tētahi atu pito ko te mata, arā, ko te rau.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: WE000284

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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/object/39757/two-handed-weapons-taiaha (accessed 4 June 2026).

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