Dress+and++Decoration+(6R)


 * In Central Polynesia women wore a kilt and the men wore a loincloth termed maro or mato.**
 * This clothing was brought to New Zealand by a group of early settlers.**
 * The early settlers found an excellent replacement in the indigenous flax, and from it they plaited loincloths as well as kilted dress.**
 * Both men and women used a kilt or rapaki, often thickly woven, during colder weather.**
 * Also during cold conditions New Zealand people wore a rain cloak and pake that was made from tags of raw flax.**
 * Several types of capes and cloaks were also used.**