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Step into the archives with us as a seemingly ordinary A&P Show catalogue cracks open a hidden world of taonga Māori competitions — carvings, korowai, piupiu, mats, kits, weapons, all filed under the enigmatic category “Native Industries.”
Amber and Migoto follow the clues through 30 years of entries, familiar names, unexpected judges, and the mystery of the elusive piupiu tatangi. No photos. No surviving descriptions. Just the paper trail — and the stories waiting beneath it.
If you love archival detective work, whakapapa threads, and taonga that refuse to stay quiet, this episode is for you.
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Glossary
Hue - Gourd used as a vessel.
Kairaranga - Weavers; practitioners of raranga.
Kaupapa - Purpose, guiding principle, topic.
Kiekie - Freycinetia banksii - a thick native vine which has long leaves with fine teeth crowded at the end of branches.
Korowai - Cloak with decorative tassels (hukahuka).
Kumete - Wooden bowl or vessel.
Mahi - Work, practice, effort.
Mātauranga - Knowledge; Māori knowledge systems.
Piupiu - Flax skirt worn in kapa haka and ceremonial contexts.
Pounamu - Greenstone; highly valued stone.
Raranga - Weaving.
Taiaha - Long-handled weapon used in martial arts and ceremony.
Tokotoko - Carved walking stick used in oratory.
Toki - Adze; tool or weapon.
Whakairo - Carving; carved objects or the practice of carving.
Whakapapa - Genealogy, lineage, relational identity.
Whānau - Family, extended family, community.