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Story: Te Tau Ihu tribes

Whaler’s view of Māori

Whaler’s view of Māori

This detail from the scrimshaw shows a chief with a full moko and wearing a traditional cloak.

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National Library of Australia, Rex Nan Kivell Collection

Reference: NK827

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Hilary Mitchell and John Mitchell, Te Tau Ihu tribes – Coming of the Pākehā, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/3812/whalers-view-of-maori (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Hilary Mitchell and John Mitchell, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.