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Māori kite sketches, Grey Collection, Auckland

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Māori kite sketches, Grey Collection, Auckland

A significant section of the Grey Collection at Auckland Libraries comprises Māori manuscripts. These sketches of Māori kites were made by two Bay of Islands chiefs, Titiri and Tūī, when they visited England in the early 19th century. 

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Auckland Council Libraries − Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero o Tāmaki Makaurau, Sir George Grey Special Collections

Reference: GNZ MMSS147

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Julia Millen, Libraries – Research libraries, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/document/41634/maori-kite-sketches-grey-collection-auckland (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Julia Millen, published 13 May 2013.