Taiaha
Hani, Maipi, Pouhani
A fighting staff with one end shaped like a tongue (arero) and the other as a blade. The arero end is often decorated with a tauri of feathers or dog hair. (Information from Kupu)
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Date:
1910 - 1919
From:
[Postcard album of cards collected by Bessie Cornish. 1905-1920].
By:
August, Bessie Lilian Maiwand, 1915-1991; Cornish, Bessie, active 1915
Ref:
Eph-B-POSTCARD-Vol-12-004
Description:
Shows three women in cloaks standing inside meeting house with decorative rafter patterns. Two women hold spears, and wear white feathers in their hair. Two ...
Date:
ca 1920s
Ref:
1/4-018081-G
Description:
Group of Te Arawa men performing the "peruperu" haka at Ohinemutu. They are seated in rows holding their taiaha aloft. Two men face them also holding alof...
Date:
1833
From:
People's magazine of useful information. Boston, Samuel, 1833-1836.
Ref:
PUBL-0125-1833-01
Description:
Shows two waka, one with five and one with three men aboard. Some of the men hold cylindrical fishing baskets, three hold oars, and one holds a taiaha.
Exte...
Date:
ca 1930s
By:
New Zealand. Department of Agriculture
Ref:
PAColl-4544
Description:
Signed photograph of Hare Hongi (Henry Matthew Stowell) holding a taiaha next to a carving. Photographer unidentified.
Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - ...
Date:
1823
By:
Read, Richard, 1765?-1843?; Finden, Edward Francis, 1792-1857
Ref:
A-114-036
Description:
Shows Te Toru wearing a flax tag cloak and white feathers in his hair, holding a taiaha in his right hand. He is standing beside a rocky shore.
A copy of th...
Date:
1817
From:
Nicholas, John Liddiard, 1784-1868 :Narrative of a voyage to New Zealand. London, James Black, 1817
By:
Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771; Neele, Samuel John, 1758-1824
Ref:
PUBL-0111-frontis
Description:
Standing frontal portrait of a Maori chief, wearing a kiwi feather cloak, a skirt with a patu through the belt, a large tiki and three feathers in his hair. ...
Date:
1847 - 1844
Ref:
B-080-029
Description:
Standing portrait of Ngapuhi chief Tamati Waka Nene, a taiaha in his right hand, a woven flax and feather cloak wrapped around him
Published in: Angas, G F ...
Date:
1891
From:
Various artists :[Proofs and related pictorial material for illustrations to J White's Ancient history of the Maori (Wellington, 1891)] 1832, [1880s?] 1890
By:
Kirkwood, Henry William, 1854-1925
Ref:
B-110-019-4
Description:
Half-length frontal portrait of a Maori man, a long lock of hair hanging from his mostly shaved head. He has moko, wears a woven flax cloak and holds a taia...
Date:
[187-?]
Ref:
PA2-2823
Description:
Photograph of Tahana Papawaka, taken circa 1870s. Seated portrait. He holds a taiaha. Photographer unidentified.
Formerly identified as Tahana Turoa, d 1874...
Date:
[196-?]
From:
Goodall, Gladys Mary, 1908-2015: Scenic photographs of New Zealand
Ref:
GG-05-017-1
Description:
Two Maori girls and a Maori boy in front of the the statue depicting Pania of the Reef, on Marine Parade, Napier, photographed 1960s by Gladys M Goodall. T...
Date:
1913
By:
Hamilton, Augustus, 1853-1913
Ref:
qMS-0906
Description:
A catalogue of Maori and Pacific Islands artefacts presented to the Dominion Museum by Mr A H Turnbull with acknowledgement of their receipt by A Hamilton, ...
Date:
1885
From:
New Zealand Department of Justice, Commissioner of Patents :Collection of Burton Brothers prints
By:
Burton, Alfred Henry, 1834?-1914
Ref:
PA7-36-20
Description:
Photographed by Alfred Burton ca May 1885 sitting on a mat outside a whare. He is wearing a feather cloak over one shoulder and holding a taiaha. To the far ...
Date:
1885
From:
[Various artists] :[Exhibition certificates 1865-1924]
By:
Bock & Cousins Lithographers (Firm)
Ref:
C-098-011
Description:
Exhibition certificate with decorative border using Maori carving and weaving patterns. Within the border are 5 circular vignettes, showing First Church Dune...
By:
Hogg, Helen Hume, -1971
Ref:
Curios-033-001
Description:
Maori ceremonial spear. Made with metal tools, therefore post-dating European contact.
Quantity: 1 curio(s).
Physical Description: Carved wood with paua sh...
Date:
1860 - 1920 - 1870 - 1930
By:
Messenger, Arthur Herbert, 1877-1962
Ref:
A-389-019
Description:
A full-length portrait sketch of a Maori warrior, wrapped in a cloak and holding a taiaha. He stands in front of a whare with decorated gables. The likeness ...
Date:
1885
By:
Crompton-Smith, Maurice, 1864-1953; McEwen, Jock Malcolm, 1915-2010
Ref:
A-174-034
Description:
Drawing directly on sheet is entitled: "Puzzle, find the man, 130 ft high kahikatea.
Three cards stuck to sheet have four drawings:
1. Teriwa; the moko or ta...
Date:
1891
From:
Various artists :[Proofs and related pictorial material for illustrations to John White's Ancient history of the Maori (Wellington, 1891)] 1832, 1890
By:
Koch, Augustus Carl Ferdinand, 1834-1901
Ref:
A-274-037
Description:
A Maori man standing in a defensive position, a taiaha (hani) lowered in his right hand, its point facing down, his left arm in a defensive blocking position...
Date:
1840 - 1849
From:
Taylor, Richard, 1805-1873 :Sketchbook. 1835-1860.
Ref:
E-296-q-004-2
Description:
A pointed implement or weapon head.
Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook..
Physical Description: Pen & ink 65 x 30 mm.
Date:
1840 - 1850
Ref:
A-320-026
Description:
Arms of the Baron de Thierry, self-proclaimed king of New Zealand.
Shows a coat of arms flanked by Maori warriors with taiaha and musket. The coat of arms is...
Date:
1800 - 1810
By:
Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771; Piron, Jean, active 1791-1794
Ref:
A-452-010
Description:
Shows a scene depicting three Maori men at water's edge (or possibly two men and a woman). One of the men is standing and gestures toward the prow of a waka....