Māori traditional textiles are the indigenous textiles of the Māori people of New Zealand. The organisation Te Roopu Raranga Whatu o Aotearoa, the national...
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Phormium tenax (category Plants used in traditional Māori medicine)
fibre has been widely used since the arrival of Māori to New Zealand, originally in Māori traditional textiles and also in rope and sail making after the arrival...
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List of New Zealand–related topics (section Māori)
Haka Iwi Māori culture Māori language Māori music Māori mythology Māori politics Māori religion Māori Television Māori traditional textiles Marae Waka...
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Mātauranga (literally Māori knowledge) is a modern term for the traditional knowledge of the Māori people of New Zealand. Māori traditional knowledge is multi-disciplinary...
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lacks the divaricating aspect. The bark of the tree was used in Māori traditional textiles such as in fishing nets. Flora of New Zealand Wikimedia Commons...
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of Māori composers Māori music Māori people Māori language Māori mythology Māori poetry Māori traditional textiles Māori religion New Zealand Māori actors...
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clusters from January to March. The bark of the plant was used in Māori traditional textiles to create ropes, hats, kits and headbands. Oral histories tell...
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Māori (Māori: [ˈmaːɔɾi] ) are the indigenous Polynesian people of mainland New Zealand (Aotearoa). Māori originated with settlers from East Polynesia,...
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Muka (category Articles containing Māori-language text)
Zealand flax (Māori: harakeke). Prepared primarily by scraping, pounding and washing, it is a key material in Māori traditional textiles where it is usually...
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Patricia Te Arapo Wallace (category New Zealand Māori weavers)
grow the understanding of Māori textile crafts. Awhina Tamarapa and Patricia Wallace, 'Māori clothing and adornment – kākahu Māori', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia...
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threat of the loss of traditional Māori arts. The new school continued the tradition in a location well-established for traditional Māori arts and crafts....
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Kete (basket) (category Indigenous textiles)
Kete are traditional baskets made and used by New Zealand's Māori people. They are traditionally woven from the leaves of New Zealand flax called harakeke...
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Tātua (category Māori culture)
defence against spears in the period before a mortal combat. Māori traditional textiles Matthew McIntyre-Wilson (contemporary weaver of tātua) "Definition...
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The history of the Māori began with the arrival of Polynesian settlers in New Zealand (Aotearoa in Māori), in a series of ocean migrations in canoes starting...
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Te Roopu Raranga Whatu o Aotearoa (category Māori culture)
or Māori Weavers New Zealand is the New Zealand national Māori weavers’ collective, which aims to foster and preserve Māori traditional textiles. It...
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Māori (Māori: [ˈmaːɔɾi] ), or te reo Māori ('the Māori language'), commonly shortened to te reo, is an Eastern Polynesian language and the language of...
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New Zealand art (redirect from Traditional Māori art)
(including woodwork, textiles, and ceramics) originating from New Zealand and comes from different traditions: indigenous Māori art and that brought here...
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Tikanga is a Māori term for Māori law, customary law, attitudes and principles, and also for the indigenous legal system which all iwi abided by prior...
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Pā (redirect from Pa (Māori))
The word pā (Māori pronunciation: [ˈpaː]; often spelled pa in English) can refer to any Māori village or defensive settlement, but often refers to hillforts...
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Traditional Māori music, or pūoro Māori, is composed or performed by Māori, the indigenous people of New Zealand, and includes a wide variety of folk music...
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The Māori King Movement, called the Kīngitanga in Māori, is a Māori movement that arose among some of the Māori iwi (tribes) of New Zealand in the central...
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Māori mythology and Māori traditions are two major categories into which the remote oral history of New Zealand's Māori may be divided. Māori myths concern...
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Māori religion encompasses the various religious beliefs and practices of the Māori, the Polynesian indigenous people of New Zealand. Traditional Māori...
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Iwi (redirect from Māori tribe)
Iwi (Māori pronunciation: [ˈiwi]) are the largest social units in New Zealand Māori society. In Māori, iwi roughly means 'people' or 'nation', and is often...
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Waka (canoe) (redirect from Waka (Māori))
Waka (Māori: [ˈwaka]) are Māori watercraft, usually canoes ranging in size from small, unornamented canoes (waka tīwai) used for fishing and river travel...
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Te Pāti Māori (Māori pronunciation: [tɛ ˈpaːti ˈmaːori]), also known as the Māori Party, is a political party in New Zealand advocating Māori rights....
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Kapa haka (category Articles containing Māori-language text)
from traditional forms of Māori performing art; haka, mau rākau (weaponry), poi (ball attached to rope or string) and mōteatea (traditional Māori songs)...
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Marae (category Articles containing Māori-language text)
A marae (in New Zealand Māori, Cook Islands Māori, Tahitian), malaʻe (in Tongan), meʻae (in Marquesan) or malae (in Samoan) is a communal or sacred place...
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Mount Roskill (category Articles containing Māori-language text)
Tāmaki Māori. Harakeke (New Zealand flax) and raupō, which grew along the banks of the creek, were harvested here to create Māori traditional textiles. By...
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Flax in New Zealand (category Māori culture)
sainthelenaisland.info. Mckendry, Lisa (2020). "Māori archaeological textiles: a structural analysis of Māori raranga 'woven' basketry from the Waitakere...
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