A Pukeko in a ponga tree

A DigitalNZ Story by mo-mo

On the 12th day of Christmas my true love gave to me - 12 piupiu swinging, 11 haka lessons, 10 juicy fish heads, 9 sacks of pipi, 8 plants of puha, 7 eels a-swimming, 6 pois a-twirling, 5 big fat pigs, 4 huhu grubs, 3 flax kete, 2 kumara, And a Pukeko in a Ponga tree.

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Image: Group of Māori women outside a wharenui during Sir Peter Buck's visit, Horohoro

Group of Māori women outside a wharenui during Sir Peter Buck's visit, Horohoro

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Poi Dance

Poi Dance

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Image: Maori flax skirt (piupiu), probably at Koroniti

Maori flax skirt (piupiu), probably at Koroniti

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Maori haka, Whakarewarewa

Maori haka, Whakarewarewa

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Children's haka, Whakarewarewa

Children's haka, Whakarewarewa

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Image: Haka, Rotorua

Haka, Rotorua

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: He haka

He haka

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Haka 1971

Haka 1971

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Image: Haka

Haka

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Fish head fragment

Fish head fragment

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Newspaper

SMELL OF FISH-HEADS. (Ohinemuri Gazette, 17 January 1912)

National Library of New Zealand

Image: The Tribute

The Tribute

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Image: Fish

Fish

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Design (fish)

Design (fish)

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Frozen fish

Frozen fish

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Fish stripes

Fish stripes

Auckland Libraries

Image: Pipi gathering at Paihia, Bay of Islands

Pipi gathering at Paihia, Bay of Islands

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Three children eating pipi on Petone Beach

Three children eating pipi on Petone Beach

Alexander Turnbull Library

Newspaper

CANNED PIPIS. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 15 October 1924)

National Library of New Zealand

Image: Maori gathering pipi shellfish - Photograph taken by George Leslie Adkin.

Maori gathering pipi shellfish - Photograph taken by George Leslie Adkin.

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Crossing (eels)

Crossing (eels)

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Large eel

Large eel

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: The poi dancers

The poi dancers

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: The Poi dancer

The Poi dancer

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Image: Maori game of poi.

Maori game of poi.

University of Otago

Image: Maori girl with poi

Maori girl with poi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: An unidentified Maori man eating huhu grubs

An unidentified Maori man eating huhu grubs

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Chef Mr Mulvay cooking huhu grubs

Chef Mr Mulvay cooking huhu grubs

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Photograph of a kete

Photograph of a kete

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Mansfield, Katherine 1888-1923 (Collector) :[Flax woven basket or kete. Late nineteenth century?]

Mansfield, Katherine 1888-1923 (Collector) :[Flax woven basket or kete. Late nineteenth century?]

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Photograph of a kete made of woven flax

Photograph of a kete made of woven flax

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Maori man sorting kumara

Maori man sorting kumara

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Kumara Patch, Mangamuka

Kumara Patch, Mangamuka

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Pukeko

Pukeko

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki