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Line 36: == In culture == One [[Māori language\|Māori]] name for pīngao (or ~~pikao~~pīkao, in [[Ngāi ~~Tahu\|Ngai~~ Tahu]] dialect) is ''ngā tukemata o Tāne'', or "Tāne's eyebrows". {{cquote\|In the beginning of time there was a great conflict between Tane Mahuta, God of the Forest, and his brother Takaroa, God of the Sea. Takaroa was jealous of Tane Mahuta's success in separating Ranginui, the Sky Father from Papa-tu-a-nuku the Earth Mother. Tane Mahuta tried to end the warring between them and as a sign of peace plucked out his eyebrows and gave them to Takaroa. Takaroa's jealousy was so great that he could not find it in his heart to forgive Tane, and threw the eyebrows back onto the shore. There they grow today as Pikao, the Golden Sand Sedge, as the boundary between the forest and the sea, and in his continuing anger, Takaroa is still fighting against the domains of Tane Mahuta.<ref>Herbert, A. and Oliphant, J. (1991). ''Pingao: The Golden Sand Sedge''. Nga Puna Waihanga, New Zealand.</ref>}} [[File:Pingao, Waitutu Beach, Fiordland.jpg\|left\|thumb\|300x300px\|Pīngao growing at Waitutu Beach, [[Fiordland National Park]]]] Leaves from pīngao, which turn bright yellow as they dry, are used by [[Māori people\|Māori]] in [[Māori traditional textiles\|traditional weaving]], especially the construction of hats (pōtae), bags (kete), and mats (whāriki). It is also used to create decorative [[tukutuku]] panels in a [[wharenui]].<ref name="LandcarePīngaoInfo">{{cite web\|last1=Scheele \|first1=Sue \|last2=Sweetapple \|first2=Peter \|title=PĪNGAO \|url=http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/science/plants-animals-fungi/plants/ethnobotany/weaving-plants/information-sheets/pingao \|website=www.landcareresearch.co.nz \|publisher=Landcare Research \|accessdate=3 June 2016 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415124122/http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/science/plants-animals-fungi/plants/ethnobotany/weaving-plants/information-sheets/pingao \|archivedate=15 April 2016 }}</ref> The length, width, and strength of the leaves for weaving vary among pīngao populations growing in different areas. Leaves were also used by [[Māori people\|Māori]] for thatching.<ref name="Fl. Nov.-Zel.1853">{{cite book\|last1=Hooker\|first1=Joseph Dalton \|authorlink=Joseph Dalton Hooker \|title=The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror in the Years 1839-1843 :under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross\|date=1853\|publisher=Reeve Bros\|location=London\|page=272\|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15950675#page/323/mode/1up\|accessdate=3 June 2016\|doi=10.5962/bhl.title.16029}}</ref>

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