Maori Tools and Representations

What is name of this Maori tool?

• patu aruhe

• ko

• ketu

• timo

What is name of this Maori tool?

• patu aruhe

• ko

• ketu

• timo

What is name of this Maori tool?

• kaheru

• ko

• ketu

• timo

What is name of this Maori tool?

• patu aruhe

• ko

• ketu

• timo

tapu means sacred; under religious restriction

• True

• False

The construction of fishing nets was a tapu activity

• True

• False

Rākau Māori was designed for hand-to-hand combat

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Rākau Māori means Māori weaponry

When the ancestors of the Māori first arrived in New Zealand they brought pounamu with them

• True

• False

Answer explanation

When the ancestors of the Māori first arrived in New Zealand from East Polynesia, around 1250 to 1300 AD, they were familiar with some materials like basalt and chert (or flint) but not with others, such as pounamu

When the ancestors of the Māori first arrived in New Zealand they brought food plants with them like sweet potatoes, taro, and yams

• True

• False

Answer explanation

The voyagers who came from Hawaiki to Aotearoa New Zealand brought food plants with them, such as kūmarakūmara sweet potatoes, huehue gourds, taro, and yams, as well as the rituals and tools they used for cultivation.

Karakia (incantations) were offered to Tangaroa, god of the sea, and the other gods, inviting them to send an abundance of fish.

• True

• False