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Kōrero: Māori clothing and adornment – kākahu Māori

Hei tiki

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Hei tiki – neck pendant

Ko tēnei tētahi o ngā taonga rongonui rawa a te Māori, ā, e kitea ana te tiki ki ngā tōpito katoa o Te Moananui-a-Kiwa. E mau ana a Mīria Pōmare i tōna hei tiki, i tōna heru nui me ngā rau huia ki tōna makawe. Koia te wahine a te kaiārahi tōrangapū, a Māui Pōmare.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: 1/2-043506-F

by Stanley Polkinghorne Andrew

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Awhina Tamarapa rāua ko Patricia Wallace, Māori clothing and adornment – kākahu Māori – Amulets and ornaments, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/41021/hei-tiki-neck-pendant (accessed 4 June 2026).

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