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Taonga Maori and the early Christian Missions

Dr Dr Deidre Brown looks at the traffic of taonga to Europe from Aotearoa in the early 19th century

Possible self-portrait by Hongi Hika, carved in wood, Brighton and Hove Museums (PHOTO: Creative Commons)

Wooden bust thought to be representation of Ngāpuhi, Māori leader, Hongi Hika (1772-1828) (PHOTO: Macleay Collections, Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney, ETI.570)

The Museum of the London Missionary Society, Illustrated London News, 1859 (PHOTO: Creative Commons)

Charles Barraud, Interior of Rangiatea Church at Otaki, c.1852, chromolithograph (PHOTO: Permission of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki must be obtained before any re-use of this image)

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