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Story: Kites and manu tukutuku

Māori kites

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Māori kites

These sketches of various Māori kites were made by Titiri and Tui, two young rangatira (chiefs) from the Bay of Islands, while they were in England in the 1800s.

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Auckland Council Libraries − Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero o Tāmaki Makaurau, Sir George Grey Special Collections

Reference: GNZ MMSS147

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Bob Maysmor, Kites and manu tukutuku – Types of Māori kite, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/5292/maori-kites (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Bob Maysmor, published 2 March 2009.