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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Te whare pora 

Kākahu | Māori cloaks

Hōparatia ngā weu, ngā tāera whatu me ngā tikanga o te whatu kākahu.

Hanganga kākahu

Harakeke (New Zealand flax). Photograph by Norm Heke, Te Papa

I whātoro atu ngā ringarehe ki tōna taiao, kei reira ngā rawa hanga kākahu, pērā i te harakeke, ngā huruhuru manu, ngā kiri kīrehe. Nā ngā tīpuna ngā momo tāera i whakawhanake e whatu ai ēnei rawa hei kākahu.

Ngā āhuatanga o te whatu kākahu

Close-up of the outer and inner surfaces of a kahu kura (kākā-feather cloak), 1906, made by Makurata Paitini. Te Papa (ME001683)

Ko tā te Māori hanga kākahu ko te whatu. He mea urutau te tikanga whatu hei whakamarumaru i a rātou. Arā atu ngā tikanga auaha pērā i te tāniko. Nā te ringarehe anō te taura i whiri, ngā whāriki me ngā kete i raranga.

Edna Pahewa – Te mahi a te rehe

Edna Pahewa

Ko Edna Pahewa te Ringarehe Matua i Te Puia, ko ia hoki tētahi o ngā kaituhi o Whatu Kākahu | Māori Cloaks. Ka kōrero mō te mahi a te rehe.
Mātakitakihia ngā ataata o Kahu Ora

Banner image: Close-up of the top of a kaitaka (fine flax cloak), 1800–50. Te Papa (ME014336)



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