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Biography: Horomona, Maata

Stars of Te Arawa

A full body studio portrait of six Māori women dressed in korowai (feather cloaks) and piupiu (woven flax skirts). Two hold patu (clubs).

Maata Horomona (third from left) with some of her fellow performers in New York. Also identifiable are Waapi (third from right) and Kiri Matao (far right).

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New York Public Library

Reference: Scrapbook of clippings compiled by press representative Anna Marble Pollock, R.H Burnside Collection, Box 57, Hippodrome Season 1909–1910

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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/47880/stars-of-te-arawa (accessed 4 June 2026).