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Kōrero: Ngā take Māori – government policy and Māori

Ko George Clark te kaihaumaru tuatahi

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George Clarke, first protector of aborigines

Kei waenganui ko te mihinare ko George Clarke rāua ko tana wahine a Martha e noho ana. E karapotia ana rāua e ā rāua tamariki 13, nō te tau 1868 ka tangohia tēnei whakaahua. I te tau 1840 ka whakamanahia ia hei kaiwhakahaumaru tuatahi mō ngā tāngata whenua Māori. Mai i te tau 1842 ka mahi tana tama a Hōri māna hei kaiwhakahaumaru o raro. Engari ka mahue ēnei tūranga i a rāua i te whakakorenga o tōna tari, e te Kāwana hou, e Hōri Kerei (George Grey).

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Nga Kupu Korero Collection (PAColl-6081)

Reference: PAColl-6081-1

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.

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Mark Derby, Ngā take Māori – government policy and Māori – A new colony, 1840s to 1850s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/34375/ko-george-clark-te-kaihaumaru-tuatahi (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Mark Derby, i tāngia i te 5 June 2012.