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Pouwhenua or pou
whenua (land post), are
carved wooden posts used by Māori, the
indigenous peoples of New
Zealand to mark
territorial boundaries or places...
- at one end and a rapa (broad, quarter-round head) at the other. Like
pouwhenua and taiaha, this long club was
designed for
sparring and
lightning strokes...
-
carving in wood,
stone or bone.
Timber was
formed into houses, fencepoles,
pouwhenua, containers, taiaha, tool
handles and waka (canoe).
Carving tools were...
- shape,
which resembles the
lobed part of the
human liver. Mere (weapon)
Pouwhenua Tewhatewha Patu
Taiaha Wahaika "Description of ME002492; Kotiate". Collections...
- a
pounder used to
break up
edible fern
roots for food. Mere (weapon)
Pouwhenua Tewhatewha Kotiate Taiaha Wahaika "Maori Dictionary". Te Aka Māori-English...
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Multiverse wields a
taiaha as a weapon.
Other Māori weapons:
Kotiate Mere Patu
Pouwhenua Tewhatewha Wahaika Hiroa, Te
Rangi (1949). "Long Clubs". The
Coming of...
- a
carved pouwhenua. The park also
features the 2
kilometres (1.2 mi) 'Maungatauhoro Te Hikoi'
walking track,
starting at the
carved pouwhenua near the...
- community.
Other Māori weapons: Mere (weapon)
Kotiate Tewhatewha Patu
Pouwhenua Wahaika It is said
weapons including the
taiaha and patu were
handed down...
- evidence" for Pre-Columbian Polynesia-South
America contact. Mere (weapon)
Pouwhenua Tewhatewha Patu
Taiaha Kotiate New
Zealand portal Imbelloni, J. (1930)...
- is
crossed with a
scroll representing the
Treaty of Waitangi.
Kotiate Pouwhenua Tewhatewha Patu
Taiaha Leiomano Wahaika Best,
Elsdon (1934). The Maori...
