Golden Kanohi

"Then there was a peal of sound, like great bells blended with laughter. Onua gasped in amazement as a new mask suddenly appeared on the face of each stone carving — a golden Kanohi, glowing with light and power."
— Narrator, Tale of the Toa

Golden Kanohi
Kanohi
Title	Golden Kanohi
Powers	Shielding Speed Strength Water Breathing X-Ray Vision Levitation
Component disks	None
Bearers	The Toa Mata (formerly)
Pronunciation	kah-NO-hee

The Toa Mata speeding to Ta-Koro via their Golden Kanohi

Tahu recovering a Golden Kanohi from Kini-Nui

The Golden Kanohi were powerful and mysterious Kanohi that contained the powers of six Great Masks: the Hau, Kakama, Kaukau, Pakari, Miru, and Akaku. Only one of the six powers could be used at a time.

History

The Golden Kanohi were forged by Artakha.

The Kanohi were bestowed upon the Toa Mata after they collected the six aforementioned masks, brought them to the Kini-Nui, and placed them onto life-size carvings of themselves. Utilizing the power of these masks, along with their own elemental strength, the Toa were able to defeat Makuta Teridax. The Toa continued to use these masks during the Bohrok Invasion, utilizing their various powers to help recover krana. After confronting and defeating the Bahrag, the Toa Mata fell into tubes of Energized Protodermis, where they were transformed into Toa Nuva, and their Golden Kanohi transformed into Kanohi Nuva.

Example Usage

The Toa Mata used their Golden Kanohi to speed to Ta-Koro from the Kini-Nui in The Bohrok Awake.

Bearers

• The Toa Mata - Formerly; transformed into Kanohi Nuva when they became Toa Nuva

Set information

Golden Kanohi were released in 2002 Kanohi & Krana packs, which contained one gold Kanohi, one silver Kanohi and three krana.

Trivia

• A scene in the Mata Nui Online Game depicts Lewa placing all six of his Kanohi on his Suva, and emerging with the golden mask; another scene depicts the Toa Mata's Kanohi simply transforming into the golden masks when they arrive at the Kini-Nui. However, the scene at Kini-Nui is also described in the book Tale of the Toa, and is considered canon. In fact, the six original Kanohi gathered by each of the Toa Mata were teleported to Artakha when the Toa placed them on the statues of themselves.
• The shape of the six Golden Kanohi were permanently locked, even when the Toa Mata used a different power than what the shape would suggest. In Mata Nui Online Game and Mata Nui Online Animations the masks changed their shapes only for visual representation for which power was used.
• Despite the Golden Masks not containing the powers of the six noble Kanohi collected by the Toa Mata, Pohatu has been seen using a golden Kanohi Komau.
• In BIONICLE: Quest for the Masks, these masks are referred to as Golden Master Masks of Power.
• The Golden Kanohi used by the Toa Mata were the only ones known to have ever existed. It's unknown whether similar masks could be made with different powers.

See also

• Golden Armor
• Gallery:Kanohi § Golden Kanohi