Kōrero: Whakairo – Māori carving

Ki mua

Tā whakairo

Whai muri

23.5 henemita te roa o tēnei tā whakairo i hangaia ki te kōiwi tohorā. Kua whakairotia tētahi kanohi ki te pito o te kakau, otirā nō te tau 1800 hangaia mai ai tēnei taonga.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: ME0121872

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Brett Graham, Whakairo – Māori carving – Carving materials and techniques, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/object/43050/ta-whakairo (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Brett Graham, i tāngia i te 21 October 2013.