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Kōrero: Māori clothing and adornment – kākahu Māori

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Maro – waist girdle

Ko te maro tētahi o ngā kākahu i kitea nuitia i te ao Māori. Ka mutu ka mau te tāne me te wahine i te maro. He maro mō te wahine tēnei, ā, i takohatia ki a Tawa (he kāpene ia i taua wā mō te taua kāwanatanga) ki Maungapōhatu i te tau 1870. I hangaia tēnei maro ki te muka, ā, e rākaitia ana ki te tāniko.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira

Reference: Ethnology number 820

Permission of the Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira 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

Awhina Tamarapa rāua ko Patricia Wallace, Māori clothing and adornment – kākahu Māori – Ngā taonga tuku iho – traditional Māori dress, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/40978/maro-waist-girdle (accessed 4 June 2026).

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