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Haurongo: Crombie, John Nicol

Portrait of Eruera Maihi Patuone by John Nicol Crombie

Portrait of Eruera Maihi Patuone by John Nicol Crombie
John Nicol Crombie took this posed photograph of Nga Puhi leader Eruera Maihi Patuone some time between 1856 and 1862. Crombie noted that when Hare Pomare saw the photograph in London in 1863 he greeted the image of his uncle with a hongi.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, William Strutt Collection (E-452-f)

Reference: E-452-f-003-2

Photograph by John Nichol Crombie

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

William Main. 'Crombie, John Nicol', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/853/portrait-of-eruera-maihi-patuone-by-john-nicol-crombie (accessed 4 June 2026).