Kōrero: The New Zealanders

‘E Wai and Kahoki’

‘E Wai and Kahoki’

As late as 1850 Europeans were still using the term ‘New Zealanders’ to describe Māori. This drawing by George French Angas of two Māori women, Wai and Kahoki, is from his book The New Zealanders illustrated (1847).

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: PUBL-0014-09
Watercolour 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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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Jock Phillips, 'The New Zealanders - Māori New Zealanders ', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/artwork/1894/e-wai-and-kahoki (accessed 25 April 2024)

He kōrero nā Jock Phillips, i tāngia i te 8 Feb 2005, updated 1 May 2015