Maori Gardening ToolsSostBy Lucy |
| When the ancestors of the Māori first arrived in New Zealand from East Polynesia, around 1250 to 1300 AD, they found a wide variety of rock types suitable for making tools, ornaments and other items. |
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| The name kāheru applies to several forms of wooden spades and light cultivating tools known as ketu, wauwau, and pinaki. There are three basic forms of kāheru: the spade-like form with a short blade, a long-bladed form resembling the kō, and a triangular blade form. |
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| The kō is likened to the hoe. It is the best-known and was the most widely used of all Māori agricultural tools. The kō was used with the teka (foot tread) as a spade and without the teka to loosen earth in post holes. |
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