# Tokotoko

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{{Short description|Traditional Māori ceremonial walking stick}}
{{One source|date=September 2025}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=June 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
thumbnail|Tokotoko in Te Papa, Museum of New Zealand.
A '''tokotoko''' is a traditional [Māori](/source/M%C4%81ori_culture) carved ceremonial walking stick. On a [marae](/source/marae) it is a symbol of authority and status for the speaker holding it.<ref name=TalkingPoles>{{cite web|title=Tokotoko|url=http://www.southwaikato.govt.nz/our-district/arts-and-culture/talking-poles/Pages/Details/Tokotoko.aspx|publisher=South Waikato District Council|accessdate=7 May 2018}}</ref>

Poets from New Zealand who win the award of [New Zealand Poet Laureate](/source/New_Zealand_Poet_Laureate) are presented with a tokotoko, typically by a National Librarian of New Zealand.

==See also==
*[Ruyi (scepter)](/source/Ruyi_(scepter))
*[Talking stick](/source/Talking_stick)
*[Cane](/source/Walking_stick)

==References==
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