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Kōrero: Māori clothing and adornment – kākahu Māori

Kaitaka huaki me ngā tāpiripiringa

Tiro tata mai ki ngā taipitopito mō tēnei kaitaka huaki waiwaiā. E rua ngā paenga tāniko kei ngā taha e toru o tēnei momo kaitaka. Heoi kua tāpirihia anō he paenga whāiti ki te taha tuawhā. Kei runga i ngā tāniko ko ētahi wūru, me ngā papanga hoki o te ao kōhatu. I whatua mai tēnei kahu i te takiwā tōmua o te rautau 1800. 100 tau i muri mai ka tāpiritia anō tētahi paenga tāniko, ā, ka whatua ētahi kiri nanekoti angora (i whakapaoatia). Hei whakakapi tēnei i te huruhuru kurī i whakamahia i ngā rā o nehe.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

British Museum

Reference: Oc1982,Q.718

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Awhina Tamarapa rāua ko Patricia Wallace, Māori clothing and adornment – kākahu Māori – Ngā pueru – prestige garments, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/zoomify/40999/kaitaka-huaki-with-later-additions (accessed 4 June 2026).

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