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Kōrero: Te rāngai mahi – Māori in the workforce

George Toms, te tama a te kaipatu wēra

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George Toms, whaler's son

Ko te patu wēra tētahi o ngā mahi Pākehā tuatahi i tū ai te Māori. E whakaatuhia ana ko George Toms, ā, kei muri i a ia ko tētahi waka patu tohorā. Ko ia te tama a te kaipatu tohorā Pākehā nei a Joseph Toms. Ko tana wahine a Te Ua Torikiriki hei irāmutu mā Te Rauparaha.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: PUBL-0014-12-2

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.

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Basil Keane, Te rāngai mahi – Māori in the workforce – European contact, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/25515/george-toms-te-tama-a-te-kaipatu-wera (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Basil Keane, i tāngia i te 4 March 2010.