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Kōrero: Māori clothing and adornment – kākahu Māori

Te heu i ngā makawe o ngā mauhere, i te tau 1827 pea

Tiro whakatata mai ki ngā taipitopito o tēnei tānga i tāia i te tau 1827 pea. Kei Pēwhairangi tēnei kāinga, ā, ko te rangatira o tēnei kāinga he wahine, ko Tōrere te ingoa, e noho ana i raro i tōna parani. Kātahi tonu ka hoki mai tana iwi i ngā marau ki roto o iwi kē. E rua ngā ūpoko hoariri kua whakatakotoria ki mua i a Tōrere. Ko te ūpoko te wāhanga tapu rawa o te tinana. Kei te taha mauī, e heua ana ngā makawe o ētahi atu mauhere.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

National Library of Australia, Rex Nan Kivell Collection

Reference: nla.pic-an2822430

by Augustus Earle

Permission of the National Library of Australia 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

Awhina Tamarapa rāua ko Patricia Wallace, Māori clothing and adornment – kākahu Māori – Hairstyles, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/zoomify/41009/cutting-hair-of-captives-around-1827 (accessed 24 June 2026).

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