He mea ka hangaia, ka titoa rānei e te tangata, e whai pānga ana ki te ahurea me te hītori o te iwi nāna te taonga. Tērā te taonga ōkiko pērā i te taputapu, tērā hoki te taonga kiko-kore pērā i te mōteatea.
Something made or created by a human being that relates to the culture and history of the people to whom it belongs. It includes tangible objects such as tools, and intangible things such as traditional verse.
Kei Te Papa Tongarewa ētahi o ngā taonga hirahira tonu o te ao Māori e puritia ana.
Ko te mātai whaipara tangata, koirā te āta kimi, te āta tirotiro, te āta rangahau i ngā taonga ā-iwi o nehe.
He taonga ērā matau, nō mua i te taenga mai o te Pākehā ki Aotearoa, he mea Hura i tētahi kāinga tawhito i Te Tauihu-o-te-Waka.