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Kōrero: Whakairo – Māori carving

He ahitere whakairo

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Carved ashtray

He tauira tēnei ahitere whakairo o ngā taonga ka mahia hei hoko ki te hunga tūruhi. I takea mai ngā tauira i ngā whakairo tuku iho, engari i whakamāmātia, i tuarua noatia mō ēnei momo mahi.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, K. E. Niven and Co Collection

Reference: 1/2-211756-F

by K. E. Niven

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

Brett Graham, Whakairo – Māori carving – The Rotorua school, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/43108/he-ahitere-whakairo (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Brett Graham, i tāngia i te 21 October 2013.