He tānga huahua tēnei e kīia ana ko 'Sauvagesse de la Nouvelle-Zélande' (ngā wāhine mohoao o Aotearoa) e whakaari ana i te wahine Māori e mau ana i te pare me te hōro me te pupuri i tana tamaiti. Nā te takawaenga kāwanatanga, tohunga tā, kaituhi hoki o Montreal nā Jacques Grasset de Saint Saveur i tā. He pūkenga ia ki te whakaahua i ngā kākahu me ngā tikanga o ngā iwi rerekē. Kāre ia i tae mai ki Aotearoa, ā, i mātaki noa i ngā whakaahua a ngā kaihōpara pērā i a Kuki hei tā i āna pikitia. Ko tōna tautohu 'he mohoao' te wahine nei, he whanonga nō tauiwi i ērā wā.
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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference:
A-356-004
Artwork by Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauver
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