TRADITIONAL MATERIALS RELATING TO Raranga, Whatu, Täniko and 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
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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
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”