Kōrero: Māori clothing and adornment – kākahu Māori

Ki mua

He korowai kākāpō

Whai muri

11,000 ngā rau kakapo i whakamahia hei whatu i tēnei kākahu i ngā tau tōmua o te rautau 1800. He tino onge te korowai kākāpō, ā, ko ngā rangatira anake ka mau i ēnei kākahu. Kei te whare taonga o Perth, Scotland, tētahi e mau ana.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: MA_I278949

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

Awhina Tamarapa rāua ko Patricia Wallace, Māori clothing and adornment – kākahu Māori – Adapting to new lands and climate, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/object/40987/kakapo-feather-cloak (accessed 24 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Awhina Tamarapa rāua ko Patricia Wallace, i tāngia i te 4 March 2013.

Comments

Verne Barrett
18 June 2018

I feel this cloak should be respectfully returned to Aoteoroa as a national treasure