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Post #702195 by Bay Park Buzzy on Sun, Dec 15, 2013 5:45 PM

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On 2013-12-15 09:20, bigbrotiki wrote:
..where did you get the term "whakapokoko" from? From this book? :

The illustration above makes it sound like whakapokoko is an area, or a place, not a type of carving. I could not find the term in the online Maori dictionary, and have not seen it as a term in any Maori carving books before.

You just don't have the right books:

Now, you have!
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