Indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand

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New Zealand: a Maori meeting house. Albumen print.

Mr. C. French Anga's New Zealand and Australian exhibition ... : comprising upwards of 300 full-length portraits, from life, of the prinicipal New Zealand Chiefs, with their wives and children.

A Maori village (a hippah or pa) in New Zealand visited by Captain Cook during his third voyage, 1776-1780. Engraving by B.T. Pouncy, 1784, after J. Webber, ca. 1782.

Rotorua, New Zealand: Maori children in a thermal bath. Albumen print.

Four decorative Maori figures within a red oval representing an advertisement for Whakapuakitanga, a support group for young gay or bisexual Māori men; advertisement by the NZ AIDS Foundation and Te Roopu Tautoko Trust. Colour lithograph by Paul Henckel [?], 1993.

New Zealand: Maori funeral rites. Albumen print.

New Zealand: nine individual photos of Maori people. Albumen print.

A purple condom against a yellow backdrop with a message that condoms work; advertisement by the North, Central and Southern Health, New Zealand and numerous other organizations. Colour lithograph.

Two Maori men, simulating armed attack with a hatchet and a spear(?). Photograph, 18--.

New Zealand: a Maori woman. Albumen print by Pulman Photo.

New Zealand: Hori Ngakapa, Maori chief of the Ngatiwhanaunga tribe. Albumen print by Iles Photo.

New Zealand: two Maori women. Albumen print.

The story of New Zealand : past and present, savage and civilized / by Arthur S. Thomson.

New Zealand: a Maori man. Albumen print.

Henare Taratoa: a chief of the Ngai Te Rangi tribe, in the heroic act of getting water for the British wounded at the battle of Gate Pa, a Maori victory in the Waikato War, 28 April 1864. Watercolour by H.G. Robley, 1864.

Te iwi Maori me te inu waipiro : he tuhituhinga hitori Maori & alcohol a history / Marten Hutt.

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Maori People

Images from the collections

Images referencing Maori People

Works from the collections

The story of New Zealand : past and present, savage and civilized / by Arthur S. Thomson.

New Zealand: a Maori man. Albumen print.

A Maori village (a hippah or pa) in New Zealand visited by Captain Cook during his third voyage, 1776-1780. Engraving by B.T. Pouncy, 1784, after J. Webber, ca. 1782.

Henare Taratoa: a chief of the Ngai Te Rangi tribe, in the heroic act of getting water for the British wounded at the battle of Gate Pa, a Maori victory in the Waikato War, 28 April 1864. Watercolour by H.G. Robley, 1864.

Te iwi Maori me te inu waipiro : he tuhituhinga hitori Maori & alcohol a history / Marten Hutt.

Maori People

Images from the collections

Images referencing Maori People

Works from the collections

The story of New Zealand : past and present, savage and civilized / by Arthur S. Thomson.

New Zealand: a Maori man. Albumen print.

A Maori village (a hippah or pa) in New Zealand visited by Captain Cook during his third voyage, 1776-1780. Engraving by B.T. Pouncy, 1784, after J. Webber, ca. 1782.

Henare Taratoa: a chief of the Ngai Te Rangi tribe, in the heroic act of getting water for the British wounded at the battle of Gate Pa, a Maori victory in the Waikato War, 28 April 1864. Watercolour by H.G. Robley, 1864.

Te iwi Maori me te inu waipiro : he tuhituhinga hitori Maori & alcohol a history / Marten Hutt.

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