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Haurongo: Burns, Barnet

Barnet Burns

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Barnet Burns

Dressed in Māori costume and tattooed on his face and body, from 1836 Barnet Burns gave lectures to English audiences about his action-packed life among Māori on the East Coast of New Zealand.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: B-110-061-A

Lithograph by J. Sutcliffe

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.

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

A. E. Korver. 'Burns, Barnet', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990, whakahou August 2020. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/317/barnet-burns (accessed 4 June 2026).