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Haurongo: Horomona, Maata

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A group of Māori, dressed in European clothing, are seated on the deck of a ship. A woman in the front row holds a tewhatewha (long handled wooden weapon).

Te kapa haka nō Rotorua, e haere ana ki Niu Ioka i runga i te SS Manapōuri i te Hūrae o 1909. E noho ana a Maata Horomona ki mua, taha mauī, i raro i tētahi korowai me tētahi atu kaiwhakaari, ko Erana te ingoa e ai ki te perehi o Niu Ioka. Tērā pea, ko te wahine kei waenganui i te rārangi o mua ko Waapi Tungi Yates, ā, e whakaarohia ana ko te tangata i tana taha me te hūtu tāeka whāiti ko Mita Taupopoki.

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Reference: AWNS-19090715-12-02

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Minette Hillyer. 'Horomona, Maata', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2024. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/node/232122 (accessed 4 June 2026).