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Story: Taranaki tribe

‘Comet over Mt Taranaki and Parihaka’

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‘Comet over Mt Egmont’

This 1972 painting by Ralph Hōtere was inspired by a photograph taken in 1882, which showed a comet in the sky over Mt Taranaki, with Parihaka village in the foreground.

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by Ralph Hotere

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Te Miringa Hōhaia, Taranaki tribe – Taranaki tribe today, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/1880/comet-over-mt-taranaki-and-parihaka (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Te Miringa Hōhaia, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.