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Story: Tāmaki tribes

Tara Te Irirangi

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Ngāi Tai are a Tainui tribe based in the Clevedon area of Auckland. An important chief was Tara Te Irirangi, depicted by George French Angas in his book, The New Zealanders illustrated (1847).

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: PUBL-0014-34

by George French Angas

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Rāwiri Taonui, Tāmaki tribes – The tribes of Tāmaki, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/1026/tara-te-irirangi (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Rāwiri Taonui, published 4 March 2009, updated 22 March 2017.