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Māori performing kapa haka
Māori woman, c. 1890–1920
Tūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero Tāwhiao
Māori meetinghouse
Detail of a carving on a Maori meetinghouse in the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand.
Māori hei-tiki neck ornament
Maori carving at Rotorua, New Zealand.
carvings; Māori meetinghouse, New Zealand
Maori masks, New Zealand.
Māori meetinghouse, New Zealand
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Alfred Domett
prime minister of New Zealand
Wiremu Kīngi
Maori chief
Āpirana Ngata
Āpirana Ngata
New Zealand politician
Māui Pōmare
Māui Pōmare
Maori statesman
Anne Salmond
New Zealand anthropologist and historian
Buck, Sir Peter
Sir Peter Buck
Maori anthropologist, physician, and politician
Sir Raymond Firth
New Zealand anthropologist