Ngāti Maniapoto chief Rewi Maniapoto (right) wears a cloak and holds a patu (club), while his adopted son Ngāmotu Pateriki wears European dress and also holds a patu. As is often the case with whāngai adoptions, Ngāmotu was related to Rewi – he was the son of his relation Ngāmotu.
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Photograph by Elizabeth Pulman
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