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Haurongo: Horomona, Maata

Ko Méliès i Aotearoa

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A group of Māori, dressed in traditional clothing, stand and sit outside a raupō whare and carved building, with a man wearing a European suit at the centre.

Ka toro mai a Gaston Méliès (kei waenga) he kaihanga kiriata Wīwī e noho ana ki Amerika, ki Aotearoa i te 1912–13, ā, ka uru a Maata Horomona hei kaiwhakaari matua i ngā pikitia e toru i waihangatia e ia i te wā i Aotearoa ia. Kei konei ia me te rōpū Māori i puta i roto i ana kiriata.

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Reference: <em>The Moving Picture World</em>, 8 February 1913: 553

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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/232127 (accessed 4 June 2026).