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Treaty of WaitangiThe Treaty of Waitangi: Maori chiefs recognise British sovereignty and New Zealand becomes part of the British Empire. This was designed to guarantee land rights to the Maoris
Maori Chieftain, New Zealand. Date: circa 1910s
Treaty of WaitangiMaori chiefs recognise British sovereignty by signing the Treaty of Waitangi
Samoan Women - Making Kawa-Kawa. Kawakawa is one of the most distinctive Pacific native plants. It was one of the most important healing herbs in Rongoa Maori (traditional Maori medicine)
A Tiki at Raroera Pah, New Zealand. Plate from The New Zealanders illustrated by George French Angas (1822-1886). Date: 1847
New Zealand GreetingA Maori man and woman meet, touching hands and rubbing noses in the Te hongi greeting
Maori War-Dance, First Taranaki War, March 1860 - March 1861, New Zealand Date: early 1860s
Maori people, from a tourist souvenir albumVintage 19th century photograph: composite images of Maori people, from a tourist souvenir album
Maori tools and weapons with elaborate carving: axe, fish knife, and box. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World
Maori war canoe in front of a pa on a rockMaoris in a war canoe in front of a pa on an arched rock in New Zealand. The fortified village or pa is atop the perforated rock at Tolaga
Maori greeting - rubbing noses Maori greeting - Te Hongi - rubbing nosesMaori greeting - rubbing noses
Maori girls, new Zealand
New Zealand Maori Girls Victorian period
Maori girl, new Zealand
Maori girl, New Zealand - early 1900s
Maori, the indigenous people of New ZealandGroup of Maori, the indigenous people of New Zealand Date: 1840
Map of Hokianga Harbour, New Zealand, with a scene depicting Captain Cook and natives (Cook landed in New Zealand in 1769). Date: 1838
Wellington, N. Z. From The HillsAn etching showing an expansive view of Wellington, or Te Whanganui-a-Tara in the native Maori tongue, the capital of New Zealand since 1865. Date: circa 1921
Five Maori Tombs - New Zealand. Mausoleum of E Tohi, the mother of Rauparaha, on the Island of Mana, in Cook's Straits (top)
Monument to Te Whero Whero's daughter, Raroera PahMonument made of carved wood to Te Whero Whero's favourite daughter at Raroera Pah. Plate from The New Zealanders illustrated by George French Angas (1822-1886). Date: 1847
Cape Reinga lighthouse, North Island, New ZealandView of the lighthouse at Cape Reinga, at the far northern end of the North Island, New Zealand. The lighthouse was built in 1941
RACIAL/NEW ZEALAND/DEATHMaori chief Upokia, sitting in state after his death, surrounded by the heads of his enemies Date: circa 1850
MAORI WARRIOR IN STATENew Zealand : Upokia, a Maori warrior, lies in state after his death Date: circa 1850
New Zealand Maori Chief and native magistrate, Te Wheora. Date: 1864
Tattooing a Maori Chief in New Zealand, during a period of conflict that included the First Taranaki War and the Invasion of the Waikato (1860-1863). Date: early 1860s
19th century vintage photograph: Maori group, man with club, New Zealand, c. 189019th century vintage photograph: Maori group, man with club, New Zealand, c.1890
Composite of Maori images by Burton Bros photographers in Dunedin New Zealand c. 1890
The Pink Terrace, Te Otukapuarangi Māori, or White Terrace, Te Tarata, New Zeland, 1880sThe Pink Terrace, Te Otukapuarangi M─üori, or White Terrace, Te Tarata, New Zealand, 1880s
Maori Girl with facial tattoos, New Zealand, c. 1880Maori Girl with facial tattoos, New Zealand, c.1880
Memorial to Sgt Charles Ranginawawahia SciasiaNew Zealander Sciasia, born of an Italian father and a Maori mother, played, with his brother John, for the Maori All Blacks in 1913
Trading with natives in New Zealand. Date: 1840s
Maori girl with feather in her hair and long earringsGirl of New Zealand. Maori girl with feather in her hair and long earrings. Handcoloured stipple engraving from Frederic Shoberls The World in Miniature, The South Sea Islands, Ackermann, 1824
Maori man of New Zealand. Handcoloured stipple engraving from Frederic Shoberls The World in Miniature, The South Sea Islands, Ackermann, 1824
Inside a Maori fortified village or pa, New ZealandInside a Maori fortified village or pa (Hippah), New Zealand. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Andrea Bernieri after John Webber from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient
Portraits of Maori warriors with facial tattoos, New ZealandPortraits of Maori warriors, New Zealand. Men and boy with facial tattoos and feathers in their hair. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Francesco Rosaspina after William Hodges
Maori family in Dusky Bay, New Zealand. The man holds a taiaha club, the woman a spear, and all wear cloaks of skins or leaves
A Hoodee o Gunna, chief of Ranghee Hoo, New ZealandA Hoodee o Gunna, chief of Ranghee Hoo (Rangihoua), New Zealand. Tattooed Maori chief, probably Turi-a-kuna (Tooree Oganna). Portrait by John Lewin, engraved by M. Griffith
Ngate chief Te Kewiti and tattooed Maori man, New ZealandPortrait of Te Kewiti, son of Te Kauwain, young chief of the Maori Ngate Watnas, New Zealand, and portrait of a tattooed Maori, New Zealander, drawn in London by Agasse
Three Maori people of New Zealand, based on an illustration from the HMS Beagle expedition. Date: 1842
Scrap, Peoples of the World - New Zealand Maori. 19th century
Maori Nose Rubbing Greeting - New Zealand - the Te hongi greeting. Date: circa 1910s
Maori Chief at Kapanga, Ko Paora Matutaera Date: 19th century
Maori woman in traditional dress, with a greenstone ornament and a club Date: 19th century
MAORI COOK W / HOT SPRINGMaori women cook outdoors over a hot spring. Date: 1908
NEW ZEALAND MAORI DANCEThe HAU-HAU, a religious /patriotic dance of the Pai Marire fanatics, which expresses in dance movement a challenge to the authorities, somewhat like a war dance. Date: 1864
MAORI WOMAN WEAVINGA Maori woman weaving the Kataika Date: 1911
NEW ZEALAND MISSIONARYAHoromona (Solomon), a Maori chief, is converted by Henry Williams at Otawhao and proceeds to preach to his fellow countrymen even after he goes blind, led by his wife Date: circa 1840
Maori Churches & Victoria Memorial - Ohinemutu, Rotorua, NZMaori Churches & Victoria Memorial - Ohinemutu, Rotorua, New Zealand - note the abundant geothermal energy in the foreground! Date: circa 1930s
New Zealand - Ancient Carved Maori Gateway or Waharoa - 20ft high - Te Koutou Pah (or Pa - a village of more commonly, a hill fort), Rotorua - now in the Auckland Museum. Date: 1920s
Maori Women Boiling water in a hot pool - Rotorua, New Zealand. Date: circa 1910s
Patara, Maori Chieftain, New Zealand. Date: 1900s
Matene Te Nga, Chief of the Ngati Maru Tribe, New ZealandMatene Te Nga, Chief of the Ngati Maru Maori Tribe with tattooed face, New Zealand. Date: circa 1900
Te Maro - Te Amotutu - Ko Tariu - MaorisTe Maro, a boy of Waikato (top left), Te Amotutu, a young chief of the Nga-Ti-Pou tribe (top right), and Ko Tariu, a chief of Taupo, with his wife (below) - Maoris
Maori Weapons and Implements of War, with Warriors preparing for a fight. Plate from The New Zealanders illustrated by George French Angas (1822-1886). Date: 1847
Mohi, Maori Chief, New Zealand. Date: circa 1890s
Maori woman, New Zealand. Date: circa 1890s
A Maori Fire Alarm, Ohinemutu, New ZealandA quite spectacular Maori Mounted bell at the Te Papaiouru Marae, Ohinemutu, Rotorua, New Zealand - made in memory of Tara-hai-ahia, a well-respected member of the local Maori community
Tattooing Styles from around the world: 1. West African Woman 2. New Zealand Maori Chieftain 3. New Zealand Maori King 4. Caroline Islander 5/6. Hand and foot tattoos of a Dayak of Borneo 7
Whatas or Patukas - Maori Food Storehouses. They are elevated from the ground by posts, to protect their contents from rats. Top left is an ordinary patuka for holding seeds
Te Whero-Whero - Te Waro & Te Pakaru - Maori ChieftainsTe Whero-Whero or Patuatu, the principal chief of all Waikato (left), and Te Waro and Te Pakaru (right). Te Waro was the principal chief of the Nga-Ti-Apakura tribe
New Zealand Maori Ornaments and Decorations. They are an ear ornament, real or imitation teeth, grotesque figures (tiki), earrings, a tail feather, a shell, wooden combs, a fly catcher
Maori group, New Zealand. Date: circa 1890s
Maori meeting house, Kaitaia, North Island, New ZealandA traditional Maori meeting house (or Marae) at Kaitaia, near Pukepoto, in the far north of the North Island, New Zealand. It is decorated with distinctive red carvings
Maori carving, Coromandel, North Island, New ZealandA Maori carving over the entrance to a Marae (meeting place or house) in Kennedy Bay, Coromandel, North Island, New Zealand
New Zealand - Carved Maori Gateway, with a dapper Gent standing within the lower arch giving an accurate idea of the scale
Maori ChildrenLearning to be good Maoris : The youngest children in the class are a little boxed up in their first lesson in old traditional Maori songs which tell the history of the race
Abel Tasman attacked at Massacre Bay, New ZealandAbel Janszoon Tasman (1603-1659), Dutch seafarer, explorer and merchant, is attacked by native New Zealanders at Massacre Bay (now known as Golden Bay)
Te Heuheu, Maori chief and warrior, New ZealandHepi Te Heuheu (probably Tureiti Te Heuheu Tukino V, 1865/1866-1921), Maori chief and warrior, New Zealand -- portrait surrounded by stamps and a red seal. Date: 1906
Maoris drying flax, New Zealand, with a flax mill and farmstead in the distance. Date: circa 1910
Cassara Street in Suez, EgyptMen standing and strolling about Cassara Street in Suez, north-eastern Egypt. Date: circa 1900
Two maps of Taranaki, New Zealand showing Middlesex Regiment operations during the Maori War, 1860-1872. From the collection of the former Middlesex Regiment Museum. Date: 1860
Tasman, New Zealand - waka (canoe) on Lake RotoitiA group of Maori children rowing a waka (traditional canoe) on Lake Rotoiti, in the Tasman/Nelson area of the South Island of New Zealand, with a large boat and pier in the background. circa 1940s
Maoris Collecting WaterTwo Maoris collecting water in gourds from a geyser in a rocky part of New Zealand Date: early 1930s
Royal reception of Maoris in New Zealand, 1901The visit of the Duke of Cornwall and York (later King George V; he was created Prince of Wales in November 1901) and the Duchess of Cornwall (later Queen Mary)
Native Maori men of New Zealand.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840
Portraits of Five Maoris - New Zealand. The two male portraits (centre left and centre) show tattoo markings, or moko; all over the face; the four female portraits show how the women tattoo only
Native Feast / Throwing the Spear - Maori, New ZealandA Native Feast at Mata-Ta, with Mount Edgecumbe in the distance (above) and Throwing the Spear, the Mode of Salutation (below) - Maori, New Zealand
Maori Ornamental Wooden Carvings - New Zealand. They are an image of Rangihaeata carved by himself, the stern-post of a large canoe, carved boxes for tail feathers, the head of a carved wooden spear
Scene in a New Zealand Forest, showing varieties of ferns including Cyathea medullaris and the Cyathia dealbata. As described in the text accompanying this fine lithograph
Toenga, Daughter of Maori Chief, New ZealandToenga, the only daughter of the celebrated Waraurangi, the most powerful chief of the Nga-ti-maru tribe, formerly inhabiting the Great Barrier Island, north of the mouth of Hauraki Gulf
Ornamental Maori wood carvings, New Zealand. Plate from The New Zealanders illustrated by George French Angas (1822-1886). Date: 1847
E Wai - Na Horua - Tuarau - Maori Group, New ZealandNa Horua (Tom Street), the elder brother of Raupapaha, his wife E Wai and his son Tuarau (Kopai), pictured at Kapotea near Porirua, New Zealand
Maori group outside building, New Zealand. Date: circa 1890s
Maori soldier on Western Front, France, WW1A Maori soldier from New Zealand stands by a tree he has just cut down, on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916
