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Pikirangi Māori Village: a traditional Māori village settlementPikirangi Māori village was built at Te Puia as a snapshot into pre-European Māori society. The village includes whare punga (houses made from punga trees), waka maumahara (canoe cenotaphs), pātaka (food storage houses), and an array of food cooking and preparation techniques including the traditional Māori hangi (earth oven) pit and drying racks. These types of villages could vary in size depending on the size of the family or hapū (sub tribe) and where they were located. They could range from a few small households to congregations of thousands of people. They were highly functional villages which usually sat just out from the tribal pā tūwatawata (fortified precinct). In times of war, families were able to retreat into the fortified areas to protect themselves. |
