 As well as eating the meat of the kakapo , Māori would use kakapo skins with the feathers still attached or individually weave in kakapo feathers with flax fibre to create cloaks and capes . Each one required up to 11 @,@ 000 feathers to make . Not only were these garments considered very beautiful , they also kept the wearer very warm . They were highly valued , and the few still in existence today are considered taonga ( treasures ) — indeed , the old Māori adage " You have a kākāpō cape and you still complain of the cold " was used to describe someone who is never satisfied . Kakapo feathers were also used to decorate the heads of taiaha , but were removed before use in combat . 
 As well as eating the meat of the kakapo , Māori would use kakapo <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>skins</mark></a> with the feathers still attached or individually weave in kakapo feathers with flax fibre to create cloaks and capes . Each one required up to 11 @,@ 000 feathers to make . Not only <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>were</mark></a> these garments considered very beautiful , they also kept the wearer very warm . They <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>were</mark></a> highly valued , and the few still in existence today are considered taonga ( treasures ) — indeed , the old Māori adage " You have a kākāpō cape and you still complain of the cold " was used to describe someone <a href='null_relcl' title='4'><mark>who</mark></a><a href='negative_concord' title='5'><mark>is</mark></a> <a href='negative_concord' title='6'><mark>never</mark></a> satisfied . Kakapo feathers <a href='uninflect' title='7'><mark>were</mark></a> also used to decorate the heads of taiaha , but <a href='uninflect' title='8'><mark>were</mark></a> removed before use in combat . 
As well as eatin da meat of the kakapo , Māori would use kakapo skin w/ tdafeathers still attached or individually weave in kakapo feathers with flax fibre to create cloaks and capes . Each one required up to 11 @,@ 000 feathers to make . Not only was dese garments considered very beautiful , they also kept thdaearer very warm . They was highly valued , and the few still in existence today are considered taonga ( treasures ) — indeed , the old Māori adage " You have a kākāpō cape and you still tlk of the cold " was used to describe someone ain't never satisfied . Kakapo feathers was also used to decorate thedaads of taiaha , but was removed before use in combat .