everyone has different reasons for wearing korowai on their graduation day
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It was almost like a mirage approaching the urupa and seeing the group's sergeant on the horizon wearing a korowai.
We viewed both kakahu (clothing) and korowai (traditional cloaks) worn by rangatira (chiefs).
What might she be thinking in the picture below, as she is draped in a korowai at the conclusion of her valedictory speech?
He is wearing the korowai, or cloak, that adorns great chiefs - and a piupiu, or flax skirt, that gently swayed in the breeze.
Maories went wild with excitement when the Bishop presented first the Queen, then the Duke, with a korowai - a ceremonial cloak of fine flax fibre, with black tassles, signifying the highest order of chieftainship.
That korowai in particular is difficult to store and very valuable.
Moments earlier he was presented with a traditional, ceremonial coat, a korowai made of flax and kiwi feathers.
Wearing a korowai in court, he eventually made his way into the dock.
A korowai cloak made with kiwi feathers was draped around the shoulders of the 27-year-old when he arrived at the Supreme Court building.
Gorgeous woven korowai are adorned with feathers from kereru, peahen, pukeko and pheasant.