Hongi Hika

Fine Art PrintImage size in millimetres: 455 x 375Recently we learned a lot more about this famous Maori portrait painting when one of our prints was found in an antique store in Atlanta, USA. There was an essay on the back all about LIndauer and Rewi Manga Maniopoto. We learned that the cloak is actually decorated with the hair from dogs specially bred for their white tails!Like this Gottfried Lindauer print? You can find more prints like it in these related categories at New Zealand's…

Parihaka

This year, for the first time in the 150-year saga of Parihaka, the government is preparing to apologise for one of New Zealand history’s most deplorable acts: the invasion and sacking of a Māori pacifist community and the imprisonment without trial of its leaders, Te Whiti o Rongomai and Tohu Kākahi. Yet for many New Zealanders, the word “Parihaka” still draws a blank. On hearing the story for the first time, they ask: why wasn't I told?

This year, for the first time in the 150-year saga of Parihaka, the government is preparing to apologise for one of New Zealand history’s most deplorable acts: the invasion and sacking of a Māori pacifist community and the imprisonment without trial of its leaders, Te Whiti o Rongomai and Tohu Kākahi. Yet for many New Zealanders, the word “Parihaka” still draws a blank. On hearing the story for the first time, they ask: why wasn't I told?

Learn why Māori of the Ngāpuhi iwi went to war with the British in 1845 - including the Treaty of Waitangi, land issues, Hone Heke cutting the flagstaff