People with chiefly status, the hereditary leaders of the iwi/tribe and hapū/subtribe. In modern times, Rangatira can also be used for contemporary leaders.
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Date:
1795 - 1805
By:
Hodges, William, 1744-1797
Ref:
A-111-026
Description:
Head and shoulders portrait of a Hawkes Bay chief, Tuanui or Rangituanui, principal chief of Ngati Hikatoa
Derived from engraving after Hodges on Cook's 2nd...
Date:
[ca 1852-1975]
From:
King, Michael (Dr), 1945-2004 : Photographs relating to Maori
Ref:
PAColl-9977-13
Description:
Includes:-
Chasing whales.
Celebrating the end of world War II in Wellington and Auckland, 1945.
Troops departing or returning, World War II.
Japanese prison...
Date:
1967
By:
Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Avon Fine Prints; Pictorial Publications Ltd; Maurin, Antoine, 1793-1860
Ref:
B-076-003-b
Description:
Frontal portrait of a Maori chief
Printed by Pictorial Publications Ltd
No. 27 of a limited edition of 1,000 pritns.
Same as B-076-003-a and 003
Extend...
Date:
ca 1920s
From:
Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Ref:
PAColl-3039-1-021
Description:
Te Whiti's bank in a delapidated condition at Parihaka pa. Photographer was Albert Percy Godber.
Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Date:
1856
From:
Strutt, William 1825-1915 :A collection of drawings in water colour ink and pencil illustrative of the scenery and early life of settlers and Maoris of New Zealand. 1855-1863. 1st series.
By:
Strutt, William, 1825-1915
Ref:
E-452-f-010-1
Description:
A full-length frontal portrait of Tamati Waka Ngaru. He is shown wearing a woven flax cloak, over a European shirt and bow tie. He has moko, short hair and s...
Date:
1803
By:
Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771; Klauber, Ignaz Sebastian, 1753-1817; Honkoop (Firm); Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967
Ref:
B-054-019
Description:
Profile view of a Maori chief with moko. He has a bone comb holding his topknot in place, an ear adornment and a large hei tiki around his neck. He wears a f...
Date:
1853
From:
British Library. Department of Manuscripts :Drawings and sketches illustrative of New Zealand. 1849-1850s. [Additional Manuscript 19954. File prints].
By:
Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897
Ref:
E-144-060
Description:
Standing full length frontal portrait of Te Rangihaeata. He wears a flax cloak with taniko border, covered by a shorter dogskin cloak. He holds a patu in hi...
Date:
1975
By:
New Zealand Railways
Ref:
Eph-F-GAMES-1975-02
Description:
A pack of cards with the back featuring the interisland ferry "Aratika" near a coastline.
The court cards in the pack are Maori figures:
King = Ariki
Queen =...
Date:
1975
By:
New Zealand Railways
Ref:
Eph-F-GAMES-1975-01
Description:
A pack of cards with the back featuring the interisland ferry "Aratika" near a coastline.
The court cards in the pack are Maori figures:
King = Ariki
Queen ...
Date:
1901
By:
Boscawen, John Hugh, 1851-1937
Ref:
1/2-066298-F
Description:
Wiremu Patara Te Tuhi, at Mangere, Auckland, 1901, photographed by John Hugh Boscawen.
Source of descriptive information - Photographer, date, and location,...
Date:
1844 - 1847
From:
Angas, George French 1822-1886 :The New Zealanders Illustrated. London, Thomas McLean, 1847.
By:
Giles, John West, 1801-1870
Ref:
PUBL-0014-04
Description:
Depicts the whare whakairo (carved house) "Kaitangata" with carved lintel, posts and gables, said by the artist to have been carved by Te Rangihaeata himself...
Date:
1844 - 1847
From:
Angas, George French 1822-1886 :The New Zealanders Illustrated. London, Thomas McLean, 1847.
By:
Hawkins, Benjamin Waterhouse, 1807-1894
Ref:
PUBL-0014-05
Description:
Te Moanaroa (also known as Te Amoahanga and Amoanaroa) of Waingaroa or Raglan Harbour, standing on the left, dressed in a fringed cloak with tassels and pom...
Date:
1824 - 1826
By:
Chazal, Antoine, 1793-1854; LeJeune, Jules Louis, active 1804-1851; Tardieu, Ambroise, 1788-1841
Ref:
A-092-008-a
Description:
Shows four figures, Tuai in European dress, the others in Maori traditional dress. 'Songhi', the older bearded figure is Hongi Hika.
Same as A-092-008
cf....
Date:
1930 - 1820 - 1939
From:
Goodwin, Arnold Frederick, 1890-1978 :[Historical incidents in New Zealand in 1820]. By courtesy John Walker & Sons, Ltd., Distillers, Kilmarnock [Edinburgh? 1930s]
Ref:
A-236-006-a
Description:
Half-length portrait of Hongi Hika, shown with full facial moko, in a flax cloak, holding a musket. Behind him is a sailing ship, probably in the Bay of Isla...
Date:
1826
By:
Chazal, Antoine, 1793-1854; LeJeune, Jules Louis, active 1804-1851
Ref:
A-092-008
Description:
Shows a young woman, chief Hongi Hika in a long cloak, Tuai in European dress, and a cloaked figure seated (Te Rangi, the brother of Tuai).
Same as A-092-00...
Date:
1885
From:
New Zealand Department of Justice, Commissioner of Patents :Collection of Burton Brothers prints
By:
Burton, Alfred Henry, 1834?-1914
Ref:
PA7-36-33
Description:
Two men photographed in front of a whare by Alfred Burton in Jun 1885. One man is seated and wrapped in a blanket; the other is standing with a blanket aroun...
Date:
[ca 1885]
By:
Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)
Ref:
PAColl-D-1082
Description:
Portrait of Hone Wetere Te Rerenga with his wife (probably his second wife Te Ata Hoani) and son, taken ca 1885 by Alfred H Burton. His wife wears a korowai ...
Date:
ca 1885
From:
Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 15
By:
Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)
Ref:
PAColl-7081-39
Description:
Hone Wetere Te Rerenga with his wife (probably his second wife Te Ata Hoani) and son, circa 1885. His wife wears a korowai (Maori tag cloak). Photograph take...
Date:
ca 1880s
From:
Original photographic prints and postcards from the file print collection, Box 17
Ref:
PAColl-7489-61
Description:
Head and shoulders portrait of Keepa Te Rangihiwinui wearing a woven flax cloak ca 1880s. Photographer unidentified.
Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). ...
Ref:
1/2-097094-F
Description:
Ropata Hurumutu and his wife Oriwia (both left) with Hohepa Tamaihengia and his wife Riria (both right), all being chiefs of the Ngati Toa tribe.. The men ho...
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