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Background imageMaori Collection: New Zealand - Ancient Carved Maori Gateway or Waharoa

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

Background imageMaori Collection: Maori Women Boiling water in a hot pool - Rotorua

Maori Women Boiling water in a hot pool - Rotorua, New Zealand. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageMaori Collection: Patara, Maori Chieftain, New Zealand

Patara, Maori Chieftain, New Zealand. Date: 1900s

Background imageMaori Collection: Te Maro - Te Amotutu - Ko Tariu - Maoris

Te Maro - Te Amotutu - Ko Tariu - Maoris
Te 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

Background imageMaori Collection: Maori Weapons and Implements of War

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

Background imageMaori Collection: Mohi, Maori Chief, New Zealand

Mohi, Maori Chief, New Zealand. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageMaori Collection: Maori woman, New Zealand

Maori woman, New Zealand. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageMaori Collection: Matene Te Nga, Chief of the Ngati Maru Tribe, New Zealand

Matene Te Nga, Chief of the Ngati Maru Tribe, New Zealand
Matene Te Nga, Chief of the Ngati Maru Maori Tribe with tattooed face, New Zealand. Date: circa 1900

Background imageMaori Collection: A Maori Fire Alarm, Ohinemutu, New Zealand

A Maori Fire Alarm, Ohinemutu, New Zealand
A 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

Background imageMaori Collection: Tattooing Styles from around the world

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

Background imageMaori Collection: Whatas or Patukas - Maori Food Storehouses

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

Background imageMaori Collection: New Zealand Maori Ornaments and Decorations

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

Background imageMaori Collection: Maori group, New Zealand

Maori group, New Zealand. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageMaori Collection: Maori meeting house, Kaitaia, North Island, New Zealand

Maori meeting house, Kaitaia, North Island, New Zealand
A 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

Background imageMaori Collection: New Zealand - Carved Maori Gateway

New Zealand - Carved Maori Gateway, with a dapper Gent standing within the lower arch giving an accurate idea of the scale

Background imageMaori Collection: Maori Children

Maori Children
Learning 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

Background imageMaori Collection: Abel Tasman attacked at Massacre Bay, New Zealand

Abel Tasman attacked at Massacre Bay, New Zealand
Abel Janszoon Tasman (1603-1659), Dutch seafarer, explorer and merchant, is attacked by native New Zealanders at Massacre Bay (now known as Golden Bay)

Background imageMaori Collection: Te Heuheu, Maori chief and warrior, New Zealand

Te Heuheu, Maori chief and warrior, New Zealand
Hepi 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

Background imageMaori Collection: Maoris drying flax, New Zealand

Maoris drying flax, New Zealand, with a flax mill and farmstead in the distance. Date: circa 1910

Background imageMaori Collection: Cassara Street in Suez, Egypt

Cassara Street in Suez, Egypt
Men standing and strolling about Cassara Street in Suez, north-eastern Egypt. Date: circa 1900

Background imageMaori Collection: Two maps of Taranaki, New Zealand

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

Background imageMaori Collection: Tasman, New Zealand - waka (canoe) on Lake Rotoiti

Tasman, New Zealand - waka (canoe) on Lake Rotoiti
A 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

Background imageMaori Collection: Maoris Collecting Water

Maoris Collecting Water
Two Maoris collecting water in gourds from a geyser in a rocky part of New Zealand Date: early 1930s

Background imageMaori Collection: Royal reception of Maoris in New Zealand, 1901

Royal reception of Maoris in New Zealand, 1901
The 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)

Background imageMaori Collection: Native Maori men of New Zealand

Native Maori men of New Zealand.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Background imageMaori Collection: Portraits of Five Maoris - New Zealand

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

Background imageMaori Collection: Native Feast / Throwing the Spear - Maori, New Zealand

Native Feast / Throwing the Spear - Maori, New Zealand
A Native Feast at Mata-Ta, with Mount Edgecumbe in the distance (above) and Throwing the Spear, the Mode of Salutation (below) - Maori, New Zealand

Background imageMaori Collection: Maori Ornamental Wooden Carvings - 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

Background imageMaori Collection: Scene in a New Zealand Forest

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

Background imageMaori Collection: Toenga, Daughter of Maori Chief, New Zealand

Toenga, Daughter of Maori Chief, New Zealand
Toenga, 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

Background imageMaori Collection: Ornamental Maori wood carvings, New Zealand

Ornamental Maori wood carvings, New Zealand. Plate from The New Zealanders illustrated by George French Angas (1822-1886). Date: 1847

Background imageMaori Collection: E Wai - Na Horua - Tuarau - Maori Group, New Zealand

E Wai - Na Horua - Tuarau - Maori Group, New Zealand
Na Horua (Tom Street), the elder brother of Raupapaha, his wife E Wai and his son Tuarau (Kopai), pictured at Kapotea near Porirua, New Zealand

Background imageMaori Collection: Te Whero-Whero - Te Waro & Te Pakaru - Maori Chieftains

Te Whero-Whero - Te Waro & Te Pakaru - Maori Chieftains
Te 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

Background imageMaori Collection: Maori group outside building, New Zealand

Maori group outside building, New Zealand. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageMaori Collection: Maori soldier on Western Front, France, WW1

Maori soldier on Western Front, France, WW1
A 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

Background imageMaori Collection: Maori woman, New Zealand

Maori woman, New Zealand. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageMaori Collection: Shy Maori children, New Zealand

Shy Maori children, New Zealand
Shy Maori children outside a tent, New Zealand. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageMaori Collection: War Canoe from New Zealand

War Canoe from New Zealand
A 16th century detailed illustration of an unmanned and decoratively-carved War Canoe from New Zealand. Date: 19th century

Background imageMaori Collection: Major Ropata

Major Ropata
MAJOR ROPATA A Maori officer in the New Zealand armed forces. Date: 1807 - 1897

Background imageMaori Collection: Maori Woman and child - Tauwhitu House, Ohinemutu, NZ

Maori Woman and child - Tauwhitu House, Ohinemutu, NZ
Maori Woman carrying her child on her back - pictured in front of the Tauwhitu House, Ohinemutu, New Zealand. The house was owned by Te Kahuranga, also known as Wiremu Matene. Date: 1909

Background imageMaori Collection: New Zealand - The Prow of a Maori War Canoe

New Zealand - The Prow of a Maori War Canoe and three Maoris (in western dress) (see: 10634557 for the section in original situ). Date: circa 1910s

Background imageMaori Collection: Ngaroki Te Uru, a Maori Holy Man - New Zealand

Ngaroki Te Uru, a Maori Holy Man - New Zealand
New Zealand - Ngaroki Te Uru, a Maori Holy Man (Priest) of the Ngatimahoe Tribe. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageMaori Collection: Kia Ora - New Zealand tourist postcard

Kia Ora - New Zealand tourist postcard
Kia Ora is a small dairy farming locality in North Otago, based around Kia Ora Hall. The phrase is also a common greeting in the Maori language and literally means " May you live"

Background imageMaori Collection: Whaaru (Leader of the Hursthouse Rescue Party)

Whaaru (Leader of the Hursthouse Rescue Party) wearing a cloak and holding a taiaha and his wife on the porch of Huatare Wahanuis House, Alexandra, New Zealand

Background imageMaori Collection: Maori Beauty - New Zealand

Maori Beauty - New Zealand. Date: circa 1907

Background imageMaori Collection: Sunbeam Maori engine IV

Sunbeam Maori engine IV

Background imageMaori Collection: New Zealand Natives

New Zealand Natives
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Background imageMaori Collection: Nestor meridionalis, South Island kaka

Nestor meridionalis, South Island kaka
Ff. 50. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Psittacus hypopolius and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)



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