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Story: Kurī – Polynesian dogs

Kurī in village

This kurī appears in a painting of a kāinga (village), at Maurea on the banks of the Waikato River. It was painted by George French Angas in 1847.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: PUBL-0029-033

by George French Angas

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Basil Keane, Kurī – Polynesian dogs – What is the kurī?, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/zoomify/16223/kuri-in-village (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Basil Keane, published 1 March 2009.