Editing Digging stick (section)

====New Zealand====
[[File:Digging sticks, Rotorua Museum.jpg|alt=|thumb|A [[Māori people|Māori]] digging stick|upright=0.4]]
The [[Māori people]] traditionally use digging sticks, known as a ''kō'' {{cvt|2|m|adj=on}} to {{cvt|3|m|adj=on}}long pole was made of strong and long-lasting wood, with a footrest tied to the shaft and one end fashioned into a narrow blade. They were used for tilling soil ready for planting [[tuber]]s,<ref>{{cite web | title= Gardens - Māori gardens: Kō for digging | website=Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand |first= Maggy |last=Wassilieff |date= 24 Nov 2008 | url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/object/18856/ko-for-digging | access-date=18 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=ko; spade; digging-stick | website=[[The British Museum]] | url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Oc1895-421-a-b | access-date=18 July 2021}}</ref>  as well as for digging for roots or tubers, and in ceremonial use.<ref>{{cite web | title=Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa | website=[[Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa ]] | url=https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/category/323186 | access-date=18 July 2021}}</ref>