Here are some photos which we had taken while we were making the piupius. 1. Mr Wallace, Werawera Te Whetu and Peter Kepa cutting the flax. 2. Peter Kepa and Mr Wallace stripping the flax while Werawera looks on. 3. John Graham marking the pattern on a strip of flax. George Hohua is in the background. 4. Werawera Te Whetu shows how the flesh is removed and only the fibres left to make the pattern. 5. Mrs Wallace and Miss Nano White showing the girls how to taniko the strips together.
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