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Story: Whānau – Māori and family

Hanikamu Te Hiko, Ngawaina Hanikamu and whānau

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Hanikamu Te Hiko, Ngawaina Hanikamu and whānau

Hanikamu Te Hiko and his wife Ngawaina Hanikamu pose with their children in the late 19th century. The whānau is dressed in the contemporary European fashion of the time.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Wineera Collection

Reference: 1/2-181944-F

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Tai Walker, Whānau – Māori and family – Description of whānau, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/30148/hanikamu-te-hiko-ngawaina-hanikamu-and-whanau (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Tai Walker, published 3 May 2011, updated 1 June 2017.