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Kōrero: Māori clothing and adornment – kākahu Māori

Kahu tōī

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Kahu tōī

Ahakoa tōna āhua, he kākāhu rangatira te kahu tōī mā ngā toa anake. I whatua mai ēnei kākahu i te tōī. Nā te ringa rehe tonu i whatu tēnei kākahu, ā, ka ārai anō te kurupatu i ngā ākī o ngā rākau a te hoariri. Ka oti ana te whatu i tēnei kākahu, ka rumakina ki te waitae pango, kātahi ka takatakahia ki te paru. Nō konei kua parea ake te ua mō ngā tau maha tonu.

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: ME001156

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Awhina Tamarapa rāua ko Patricia Wallace, Māori clothing and adornment – kākahu Māori – Practical wear, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/41004/kahu-toi (accessed 4 June 2026).

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