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Story: Ngā tāone nui – Māori and the city

Māori in Sydney

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Māori in Sydney

This 1823 painting shows Māori chiefs standing in the garden of a Sydney villa. Sydney was often the first city Māori visited when working as sailors. Māori also travelled there to engage in trade.

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National Library of Australia, Rex Nan Kivell Collection

Reference: NK259/B

by Robert Havell

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Aroha Harris, Ngā tāone nui – Māori and the city – Māori visit overseas cities, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/24835/maori-in-sydney (accessed 11 June 2026).

Story by Aroha Harris, published 24 January 2011, updated 1 September 2024.