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The long white cloud Ao-tea-roa

<em>The long white cloud Ao-tea-roa</em>

The long white cloud Ao-tea-roa

In 1898 the politician William Pember Reeves wrote an influential history of New Zealand, or Aotearoa, as Māori called it. This name refers to the cloud formations which helped early Polynesian navigators find the country.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: BK-622-COVER

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.




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