Kōrero: Māori clothing and adornment – kākahu Māori

Ki mua

Hei matau

Whai muri

I whakairotia tēnei hei matau ki te pounamu, ā, kotahi te puare i tūwirihia ki roto. Te tikanga o te kupu nei ‘hei’ he whakamau atu ki te kakī. I tauiratia tēnei hei matau hei āhuatanga tohu i te matau hī ika.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: I.002889

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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/41020/hei-matau-neck-pendant (accessed 4 June 2026).

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