Kōrero: Kākahu Māori

Pōhoi toroa

Pōhoi toroa

Wero ai te tāne me te wahine i ngā puare ki te toke o te taringa, hei whakairi i ngā pōhoi me ngā kura. I te tau 1840 ka tāia e Charles Heaphy tēnei whakahua o Te Rangihaeata e mau ana i te pōhoi toroa. Kei te mau anō ia i ngā rau huia ki tōna makawe me tētahi kahu kiwi, hei tohu mō tōna mana tapu.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: C-025-022
Watercolour by Charles Heaphy

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Awhina Tamarapa rāua ko Patricia Wallace, 'Kākahu Māori - Ngā tongarerewa me ngā taonga whakarākei ', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/artwork/41022/pohoi-toroa-albatross-feather-ear-ornament (accessed 10 May 2024)

He kōrero nā Awhina Tamarapa rāua ko Patricia Wallace, i tāngia i te 5 Sep 2013