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TRADITIONAL MATERIALS
RELATING TO
Raranga, Whatu, Tänikoand
Tukutuku
Acknowledgement to: Te Wananga o Raukawa from where the original power point presentation originated
Prepared by Ria Waikerepuru for kawai Raupapa L4 Raranga, Te Wanananga o Aotearoa
Traditional Materials
Harakeke Kiekie Pïngao Toetoe Käkaho Raupo Aute
Tï Houhere Kuta Nïkau Kaaretu Neinei
Harakeke - Whakapapa
Ranginui Papatuanuku
Tanemahuta Pakotii
Harakeke Muka Harakeke Wharariki
Harakeke Muka - Description
Phormium tenax Erect leaves Flower/seed pod
grows upwards Generally useable
fibre (muka)
Harakeke Muka - Description
Many varieties Coloured leaf
edges and keel Leaf colour Leaf shape Körari colour and
form
Harakeke Wharariki – Description
Phormium cookianum
Soft droopy leaf Yellow flower Seed pod
grows downwards
Harakeke - uses
Kete Whäriki Käkahu Taura (cordage) Rongoa
Kiekie - Description
Freycinetia banksii Ngahere Epiphyte Long slender leaves
Kiekie - Description
Rhizome Serrated edges Midrib Two prominent
fibre veins
Kiekie - Uses
Kete whakairo Whäriki Tukutuku Käkahu
Pïngao -Whakataukï
“Manaakitia ngä tukemata o Tane ”
Pïngao - Description
Desmoschoenus spiralis
Sand sedge Sand dunes
Pïngao - Description
Slender spikey leaves
Green with gold tips
Rhizome Serrated edges
Pïngao - Uses
Kete whakairo Tukutuku Whäriki (iwi) Pootae
Toetoe Käkaho - Whakataukï
“ E rere ai te kakaho i te waru “
Toetoe Käkaho - Description
Cortaderia toetoe Käkaho - stem of
flower Hard Hollow Softer, droop Cutty Grass
Toetoe Käkaho - Description
Pampus Grass Softer stem White/reddish
flower Stands upright
Toetoe Käkaho - Uses
Tukutuku Rafts Rongoa Manu tukutuku
1st Qtr
2nd Qtr
3rd Qtr
4th Qtr
050
100East
West
North
1st Qtr
2nd Qtr
3rd Qtr
4th Qtr
0
50
100East
West
North
Raupoo - Description
Typha orientalis Bullrush Wainui
Raupoo - Uses
Poi Whare Manu tukutuku Kai
Raupoo - Uses
Aute - Description
Broussonetia papyrifera
Introduced ‘The Skin of Taane’ Tapa
Aute - Uses
Kaakahu Manu Aute Hei taaringa
Tii - Description
Cordyline australis
Many varieties Cabbage Tree Tikouka / tikauka
Tii - Uses
Kete Kaakahu Taura Kai Numerous
Toi - Description
Cordyline indivisa Tii Toii – Toii Mountain Cabbage
tree
Toi - Uses
Kaakahu – Kahu Toii
Houhere - Description
Hoheria populnea Lacebark Light Lowland ngahere,
northern north Island
Houhere - Uses
Kaakahu Raranga Poi Summer clothing ‘The cape to be washed was
spread out on a surface of water (not placed on a stone or slab), the bluish clay, uku,was applied as a soap, and the cape was beaten with strips of lacebark or the butts of toetoe stalks’
Kuta - Description
Scirpus lacustris Lake club-rush Waawaa, kutakuta,
paopao Hollow
Kuta - Uses
Whaariki Kaakahu ‘The stems were left covered
by old mats for three days at the end of which time they turned a brownish-red and were ready to be hung up to dry in preparation for weaving’
Niikau - Description
Rhopalostylis sapida
Niikau palm Lowland ngahere
of north Island and some parts of South Island
Niikau - Uses
Roof thatching Whaariki Weaving
Kaaretu - Description
Hierochloe redolens
Scented grass Wet grassland and
scrub Flat bright green
leaves Long red stems
Kaaretu - Uses
Scent Tu Kaaretu Neck Satchets Anklets Symbolic role in
social customs, e.g. courtship, marriage, aiding conception
Neinei - Description
Dracophyllum traversii
Mountain Neinei Grass Tree Nelson to Arthurs
Pass ‘A spectacular pure stand
grows on the main ridge leading from the Flora Hut to the summit of Mt Arthur”
Neinei - Uses
Kaakahu
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