OLD MĀORI PHOTOS

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Chief Whatanui standing inside the porch at Hine-nui-tepo meeting house at Te Whaiti. He is wearing a kakahu (cloak) and holding a kotiate (violin-...

At the peak of the kauri gum digging industry there were 20,000 gumdiggers in the north - Maori, Chinese, Malaysian and Yugoslav.

Maoris of ‘C’ Company, 28th Maori Battalion of the 2nd New Zealand Division perform the ‘Haka’ (ancestral war dance) for the visit of King George II of Greece, his wife…

This is the house built by Te Rā Karepe and Rangawhenua, leaders of the Pao Mīere movement. It was named Te Miringa Te Kakara. It was built in the shape of a cross and had four entrances. The roof was covered with tōtara bark.

Shows a group outside a whare. From left to right back: Te Rangikatukua, Mita Taupopoki, Iharaira Hikairo, Makareti (Maggie) Papakura, Hekemaru Kai...

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Striking images, taken by New Zealand's first ever photographer, Elizabeth Pulman, depict the way of life of the Maori, including their unique method of tattooing the face called ta moko, shown.

Maori Battalion haka in Egypt, 1941. Various actions are employed in the course of a performance, including facial contortions.

Unidentified Maori women, girls and an infant, alongside the Te Tokanganui-A-Noho meeting house in Te Kuiti, 1884. Photographer unidentified. Quan...

Photograph taken by the Northwood Brothers, ca 1910 somewhere in Northland Region. Shows group of gum diggers working a swamp for gum. Quantity: 1...