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Kōrero: Mau rākau – Māori use of weaponry

Ngā rākau roa: te pouwhenua

Two-handed weapons: pouwhenua

He rākau toa te pouwhenua mēnā kei ngā ringaringa tika e mau ana. He nui ake tōna rau i tō te taiaha, ka mutu he koi kē tētahi pito. Kei raro iho i te rau tētahi wāhanga iti kua whakairotia.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: WE000906

Permission of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa 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/object/39759/two-handed-weapons-pouwhenua (accessed 4 June 2026).

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