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Kaumātua and rūnanga: Parihaka management committee

Kaumātua and rūnanga: Parihaka management committee

This photograph is entitled 'Committee of management – Parihaka'.  The members of the committee wear the raukura (albatross feather), which is a symbol of peace.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, W. A. Collis Collection

Reference: 10x8-1752-G

by W. A. Collis

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Rawinia Higgins and Paul Meredith, Kaumātua – Māori elders – Kaumātua and leadership, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/28369/kaumatua-and-runanga-parihaka-management-committee (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Rawinia Higgins and Paul Meredith, published 11 April 2011.