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Story: Ngāi Tūhoe

Elsdon Best and Paitini Tāpeka

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Elsdon Best and Paitini Tāpeka

This photograph shows historian Elsdon Best (left), known to Māori as Te Pēhi, and Paitini Wī Tāpeka of Ngāi Tūhoe, one of Best’s main informants on Tūhoe history.

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Rangi McGarvey, Ngāi Tūhoe – The impact of Europeans, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/2716/elsdon-best-and-paitini-tapeka (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Rangi McGarvey, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.