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Ureia, guardian taniwha of the Hauraki people. Carving from the meeting house Hotunui, 1878
Ureia, guardian taniwha of the Hauraki people. Carving from the meeting house Hotunui, 1878
A rock carving of taniwha near Lake Taupō
A rock carving of taniwha near Lake Taupō
A drawing by Murray Grimsdale
A drawing by Murray Grimsdale
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Six major departmental atua represented by wooden godsticks: left to right, Tūmatauenga, Tāwhirimātea, Tāne Mahuta, Tangaroa, Rongo-mā-Tāne, and Haumi
Six major departmental atua represented by wooden godsticks: left to right, Tūmatauenga, Tāwhirimātea, Tāne Mahuta, Tangaroa, Rongo-mā-Tāne, and Haumia-tiketike.
Detail from a ridgepole (tāhūhū) in a Ngāti Awa wharenui. Believed to represent one of two ancestors: Tūwharetoa or Kahungunu.
Detail from a ridgepole (tāhūhū) in a Ngāti Awa wharenui. Believed to represent one of two ancestors: Tūwharetoa or Kahungunu.
First European impression of (Ngāti Tūmatakōkiri) Māori, at Murderers' Bay, 1642.
First European impression of (Ngāti Tūmatakōkiri) Māori, at Murderers' Bay, 1642.