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Biography: Horomona, Maata

Maata Horomona

Maata Horomona, as a young woman, stands in the window of a raupō wharenui (meeting house), inside an ornately carved window frame. She wears a kākahu (feather cloak). She holds a patu (club) and a tewhatewha (long handled wooden weapon) leans against the window frame.

Actress and film star Maata Horomona, photographed in Ōhinemutu in 1912.

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Reference: S1094

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Minette Hillyer. 'Horomona, Maata', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2024. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/47876/maata-horomona (accessed 4 June 2026).