Maori Collection

Treaty of Waitangi
The 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 Waitangi
Maori 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 Greeting
A 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 album
Vintage 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 greeting - rubbing noses Maori greeting - Te Hongi - rubbing noses
Maori 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 Zealand
Group 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 Hills
An 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 Pah
Monument 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 Zealand
View 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/DEATH
Maori chief Upokia, sitting in state after his death, surrounded by the heads of his enemies Date: circa 1850

MAORI WARRIOR IN STATE
New 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. 1890
19th 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, 1880s
The Pink Terrace, Te Otukapuarangi M─üori, or White Terrace, Te Tarata, New Zealand, 1880s

Maori Girl with facial tattoos, New Zealand, c. 1880
Maori Girl with facial tattoos, New Zealand, c.1880

Memorial to Sgt Charles Ranginawawahia Sciasia
New 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 earrings
Girl 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 Zealand
Inside 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 Zealand
Portraits 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

Maori war canoe in front of a pa on a rock
Maoris 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

A Hoodee o Gunna, chief of Ranghee Hoo, New Zealand
A 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 Zealand
Portrait 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 SPRING
Maori women cook outdoors over a hot spring. Date: 1908

NEW ZEALAND MAORI DANCE
The 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 WEAVING
A Maori woman weaving the Kataika Date: 1911

NEW ZEALAND MISSIONARYA
Horomona (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, NZ
Maori Churches & Victoria Memorial - Ohinemutu, Rotorua, New Zealand - note the abundant geothermal energy in the foreground! Date: circa 1930s

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