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Wahaika, circa 1900. Rietberg Museum.. A Wahaika is a type of traditional Māori hand weapon. Wahaika are short club-like weapons usually made of wood or whalebone and are used for thrusting and striking in close-quarter, hand-to-hand fighting. [1]
Maori decorated the patu by carving into the wood, bone or stone. Types of patu include: patu pounamu or mere: made from pounamu (greenstone). patu onewa: made of stone. These resemble the mere in outline but thicker, because the stone used was more easily broken than the resilient pounamu. patu paraoa: made of whale bone [2]
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It is said weapons including the taiaha and patu were handed down by Tāne, god of the forest and Tū, god of war, the two sons of Rangi-nui and Papatūānuku.The Whare-tū-taua (House of war) is a term which covers the basics of educating young toa (warriors) in the arts of war.
Pare Watene in 1878 holding a mere (by Gottfried Lindauer). The mere (Māori pronunciation:) is a type of short, broad-bladed weapon in the shape of an enlarged tear drop.It was used to strike/jab an opponent in the body or the head, usually made from nephrite jade (pounamu or greenstone). [1]
The day was the Division's most successful on the Front, as they pushed east and advanced 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) and captured 2,000 German soldiers and 60 field guns. [ 57 ] After the armistice of 11 November 1918 , the New Zealand Division took part in the occupation of the German Rhineland until April 1919, when the Division was transferred ...
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A Maori church of old-fashioned design is seen on the left as one travels from Kaikohe; it stands on a gentle rise a short distance west of the main road. The locality is usually called Ngawha, from the hot springs in the neighbourhood, but it is the true Ōhaeawai; the European township which has appropriated the name should properly be known ...