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Kōrero: Mau rākau – Māori use of weaponry

He patu

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Decoratively carved wooden club

Nāwai ā, ka tū ko te pakanga te umanga nui a te Māori. Nā te whenua me te rangatiratanga ka pakanga ngā iwi. Ko ā rātou rākau patu i mahia mai i te kōhatu, te parāoa, te pounamu me te rākau. I te nuinga o te wā, he whawhai tūmātakitahi te momo whawhai. He wahaika (momo patu) tēnei i riro i a Kāpene Hēmi Kuki i tana haerenga tuatahitanga ki Aotearoa. Kua whakahokia noa mai tēnei taonga ki Aotearoa.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira

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Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Rangi Matamua, Mau rākau – Māori use of weaponry – Using traditional weapons, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/1452/he-patu (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Rangi Matamua, i tāngia i te 3 March 2009.