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Story: Māori weaving and tukutuku – te raranga me te whatu

Korowai

This striking korowai (cloak) is decorated with both traditional and European materials, on a base of tightly woven muka (flax fibre).

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Kahutoi Te Kanawa, Māori weaving and tukutuku – te raranga me te whatu – Kākahu – woven cloaks, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/zoomify/43480/korowai (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Kahutoi Te Kanawa, published 6 December 2013.