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Kōrero: Mau rākau – Māori use of weaponry

Ngā patu: te wahaika parāoa

One-handed weapons: wahaika parāoa

He patu parāoa te wahaika parāoa ka karawhiua i te riri āpiti. He tikanga tō ngā mata e rua o tēnei patu. He whakairo tangata kei runga ake i te kakau.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: ME003798

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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/39767/one-handed-weapons-wahaika-paraoa (accessed 4 June 2026).

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