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Kōrero: Māori clothing and adornment – kākahu Māori

Rei niho parāoa

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Rei niho paraoa – whale-tooth pendant

I mahia mai tēnei rei puta ki te parāoa. Kei runga ko tētahi kanohi, ā, e whā ngā puare i wiria i tōna taha whakarunga kia pai ai te mau ki te kakī. Koinei tonu pea te rei puta i tāia e Sydney Parkinson o ‘Head of New Zealander’.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: WE001046

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 – Amulets and ornaments, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/object/41018/rei-niho-paraoa (accessed 4 June 2026).

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