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Story: Ngā tāone nui – Māori and the city

Chiefs and missionary in London

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Chiefs and missionary in London

This painting shows (from left) Waikato (Ngāpuhi chief), Hongi Hika (Ngāpuhi chief) and Thomas Kendall (missionary) in London in 1820. Waikato, Hongi Hika and Kendall worked on the compilation of a Māori grammar.

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Reference: G-618

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Aroha Harris, Ngā tāone nui – Māori and the city – Māori visit overseas cities, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/24836/chiefs-and-missionary-in-london (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Aroha Harris, published 24 January 2011, updated 1 September 2024.