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Story: Te whānau tamariki – pregnancy and birth

Wahakura

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Wahakura are traditionally woven sleeping bassinets for young babies, which enable babies to sleep with their parents safely.

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Hope Tupara, Te whānau tamariki – pregnancy and birth – Baby care, 20th and 21st centuries, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/27634/wahakura (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Hope Tupara, published 23 March 2011, updated 1 June 2017.