This Tuesday the Canterbury Museum came to share some tools early Māori used to survive and thrive. Here are some excerpts from our reports: 

The Early Maori used a waka kererū to help them catch kererū. It was a very small waka with water inside astring noose so that when a kererū drunk the water they would get stuck when they tried to fly away. They used this to catch food to eat and the feathers to make coats. - George

A pirori is a drill to drill small holes an to make new tools. Early Māori made them out of a stick, a piece of ponamu or shark tooth and some weaved harakeke for sting. For example they drilled a hole in to bone and filled it in to a fish hook. - Harrison

Kō is a tool used for digging holes. It is like a spear but with an extra bit tied on with rope. You stand on the extra bit after you put it in the ground. When you take it out it makes a hole. Māori used these holes to plant seeds for Kumera. - Addie