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Kōrero: Rongoā – medicinal use of plants

Whakapakoko rākau

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Whakapakoko rākau (god stick)

He koi tētahi pito o te whakapakoko rākau kia pai ai te titi ki te whenua. Ko te whakapakoko rākau he tūāhu ka whakatūria e ngā tohunga ahurewa mō tētahi wā. Ko ngā tohunga ngā kaiwhakaora i te tangata, ka whakamahi e rātou ēnei rākau hei whakahāngai i te mana o tētahi atua ki runga ki tētahi take.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: B.001173

by Augustus Hamilton

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

Rhys Jones, Rongoā – medicinal use of plants – Understanding rongoā, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/14584/whakapakoko-rakau (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Rhys Jones, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.