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The July 25, 1893 edition of Te Paki o Matariki, newspaper of the Kīngitanga (Māori King Movement). The masthead depicts Matariki (Pleiades or Seven Stars) and is an adaptation of the coat of arms of the Kīngitanga, designed by Tīwai Parāone...

Photograph taken by photographer, George Valentine (1852-1890), showing the destruction wrought by the eruption of the volcano, Mount Tarawera (New Zealand) in June 1886. The image shows what was left of the Rotomahana Hotel owned by Joseph...

A Samoan tattooist using the traditional tools to place a tatau (tattoo) on a man's back. The methods and tools were also used in New Zealand by the Maori. This photograph was taken c. 1895 CE by Thomas Andrew (1855-1939 CE).

Painting by Charles Meryon (1821-1868) depicting the death of French explorer, Marion du Fresne (1724-1772), who is surrounded by Maori with children in the background and showing parts of a pa (fortification).

An 1888 painting by Kenneth Watkins (1847-1933) of the 'phantom canoe' seen on Lake Tarawera, New Zealand on May 31, 1886, eleven days before the eruption of Mount Tarawera in June 1886. To the local Maori population, the sighting was an...

Hōne Heke (c. 1807/1808 – 1850), an influential Māori rangatira (or chief) and war leader of the Ngāpuhi iwi (or tribe) in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand. This oil portrait was painted by William Duke (1810 - 1859 CE).

Photograph of Alfred Warbrick (1860-1940), who saw the eruption of Mount Tarawera in 1886. He assisted with rescue efforts and later went on to become a rugby player and boatbuilder. Warbrick was the son of an English father and a Maori mother...