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Kōrero: Whakairo – Māori carving

Ngā whakairo me ngā whao o Te Moananui-a-Kiwa

Kei runga i tēnei whakairo ngā momo tānga i hangaia e ngā kaitoi i ngā haerenga o Kāpene Kuki ki roto o Te Moananui-a-Kiwa. Ko ētahi o ngā whakaahua nō Tonga, Tahiti, Niue me Aotearoa. Kei raro kei te mauī ngā whao tā moko o Tahiti.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: A-384-065

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Brett Graham, Whakairo – Māori carving – Legendary origins of carving, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/zoomify/43046/nga-whakairo-me-nga-whao-o-te-moananui-a-kiwa (accessed 4 June 2026).

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