Mara-waero: This was a prized maro worn by chiefs only, and was made as a kahu-waero, being adorned with dogs' tails.

Maro kuta: This was a small single maro, worn by girls, the tau or cord being fastened to the belt behind. The maro kuta was made of a species of sedge or coarse swamp-grass known as “kutakuta,” or “paopao.” (He meet, takiri, ka paieretia, ka mahia hai maro mo nga wahine.) Two aho, or cross-threads, were woven across the coarse fibrous paopao to bind same, the ends hanging loosely down, as in a piupiu.

Maro-huka: This is said to have been a maro made of flax-fibre. It appears to have been worn only by priests, or during certain rites or ceremonies, as was also the case with tu-hou. The maro-huka was worn during the war-dance, and was donned by a priest when about to engage in some sacred task. (“Ka huihui mai nga tohunga ki te tuahu ki te inoi, ka tatua ki te tu-hou, ka maro-huka, ka whakatavrangi, ka pakauroha nga ringa.”)

Tu-hou, or maro-tuhou: This appears to have been a rude maro of leaves of the karamuramu, or other shrubs. It was worn by priests during ceremonies of various kinds. It was also known as a “maro-taua.”

Maro-purua is a term used to denote a married woman.

Tau-maro: This was not a woven maro, but merely a bunch of flax-tow or refuse (hungahunga) worn by young girls (hai huna i te aroaro). Boys wore nothing; not even the proverbial postage-stamp, as a rule.

The term “maro” is also applied to certain karakia, or invocations, used in war, such as Te Maro-o-whakatau.