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Kōrero: Ngā tuakiri hōu – new Māori identities

'Wahine mohoao'

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'Female savage'

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.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: A-356-004

by Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauver

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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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Rawiri Taonui, Ngā tuakiri hōu – new Māori identities – Early Māori identities, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/29804/wahine-mohoao (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Rawiri Taonui, i tāngia i te 19 April 2011, updated 1 June 2017.