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

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100East

West

North

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2nd Qtr

3rd Qtr

4th Qtr

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100East

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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