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Kōrero: Matariki – Te Tau Hou Māori

Tahā huahua

Gourd container (taha huahua) on carved wooden stand decorated with bird feathers.

Ko Matariki te wā o waenga i te hauhake i ngā kai o te tau me te rumaki i ngā kai o te tau hou. Ranea ana te kai i ngā pātaka. E rua ngā momo kai i āta mahia i tēnei wā, nō reira e āta hono ana ēnei ki a  Matariki. Ko te kererū tēnā, ko te korokoro tēnā. I rite tonu te korotutuhia o te manu ki ōna ake mōmona ki tētahi tahā pērā i tērā kei te whakaahua nei. 

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: I.004228

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

Paul Meredith, Matariki – Te Tau Hou Māori – Cycles of life and death, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/5162/taha-huahua (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Paul Meredith, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, reviewed and revised 30 April 2026 me te āwhina o Che Wilson.

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