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  1. 5th March 2008, 09:03 PM #1
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    G'Day All, can anyone tell me what timber is used to carve authentic Maori taiaha? This is the hand held spear type of weapon about five or six feet long.
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    Any hardwood native of New Zealand. Maire will do.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Frank&Earnest View Post
    Any hardwood native of New Zealand. Maire will do.
    no expert, but I had one made of Totara once.

    Good luck finding in Aus
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    Thanks for the replies. Totara I've heard of but not Maire. However, I will put it on my Want List.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Buzza View Post
    Thanks for the replies. Totara I've heard of but not Maire. However, I will put it on my Want List.
    For reference...
    http://www.diggerhistory2.info/nz1917/pages/sect01.htm
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    I took a look at that site Frank&Earnest, and I've bookmarked it. I read a good few of the articles as well as that one on the weapon. A weapon feared by the early English Marines that began the invasion, as they soon found they couldn't parry with the warriors that used it.

    Mine may be from pinus crapiartus and hung on the wall after being stained I think.
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