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Kōrero: Mosses

Pākē woven with moss

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Pākē woven with moss

Māori sometimes wove flax pākē (rain capes) that included moss for waterproofing.

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: B.025490

Permission of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Maggy Wassilieff, Mosses – New Zealand mosses, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/10650/pake-woven-with-moss (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Maggy Wassilieff, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.