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Hinepare (Ngāti Kahungunu) with huia feathers in her hair

1890 painting of Hinepare (Ngāti Kahungunu) by Gottfried Lindaur

Hinepare, a woman of the Ngāti Kahungunu tribe, c. 1890, by Gottfried Lindauer. The huia feathers proudly displayed in her hair indicate a person of great mana.

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