Maori Made Koauau Flute NZ Art Prints and Cards The wahaika was traditionally made

The wahaika was traditionally made from either whale bone or wood

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Maori Made Koauau Flute NZ Art Prints and Cards The wahaika was traditionally madeThis Koauau Flute is Maori made in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. It is made by a carver of Ngati Kahungungu Tu Wharetoa descent, a graduate of the NZ Maori Arts & Crafts Institute, Rotorua. The koauau has been skillfully turned and carved from native totara. It measures approximately 12cm x 3. 1cm (4 3 4" x 1 1 4"), and comes to you in a plaited flax bag (kete). In the right hands, the koauau can make beautiful music, as happened in the story of