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Story: Māori newspapers and magazines – ngā niupepa me ngā moheni

Tamahau Mahupuku

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Tamahau Mahupuku

This group of Māori are pictured around 1900. At centre front, wearing a hat, with a piupiu draped over his shoulder, is Tamahau Mahupuku, who provided financial support for Māori-language newspaper Te Puke ki Hikurangi.

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Jane McRae, Māori newspapers and magazines – ngā niupepa me ngā moheni – Māori-owned newspapers, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/42417/tamahau-mahupuku (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Jane McRae, published 26 August 2013.