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Story: Kurī – Polynesian dogs

Kurī in village

This kurī appears in a painting of a kāinga (village), at Maurea on the banks of the Waikato River. It was painted by George French Angas in 1847.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: PUBL-0029-033
Tinted lithograph by George French Angas

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Basil Keane. 'Kurī – Polynesian dogs', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 1-Mar-09
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