Story: Māori non-fiction and scholarship – ngā tuhinga me te rangahau

Apirana Ngata at a Polynesian Society meeting

Apirana Ngata at a Polynesian Society meeting

Sir Apirana Ngata is shown at a meeting of the Polynesian Society in 1947. The Journal of the Polynesian Society began publication in 1897, and some of the inaugural contributors were Māori.

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Basil Keane, 'Māori non-fiction and scholarship – ngā tuhinga me te rangahau - Māori traditions and tribal histories', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/46455/apirana-ngata-at-a-polynesian-society-meeting (accessed 20 April 2024)

Story by Basil Keane, published 22 Oct 2014